Even the Russian-speaking residents of the region want the return of Donbass to the control of Ukraine, US Department of State Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker.
"All who live here say that the most important is peace and that the territory must be returned to Ukraine. They very clearly stated this. When we hear from the Russian authorities that the Russian-speaking population is up against Ukraine and feels threatened that this is an ethnic conflict - all this is not so. The position of the inhabitants of the Donbass "completely contradicts the Kremlin's rhetoric," Volcker said in an interview with "Voice of America".