The reason for the annexation of Crimea and the war in Donbas is the desire of the inhabitants of these two Ukrainian regions to speak Russian.
Repeating an already debunked myth. No state body of Ukraine and no official of this country disallowed the inhabitants of Crimea or Donbas to speak Russian.
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