They are bit suspiciously high. Then again, why would anyone living in those regions want to stay part of Ukraine? It’s much poorer, offers only neoliberal hell, a collapsed economy, ultra-nationalism and hefty prison sentences for almost everyone in those regions. Besides, the people against the accession probably just stayed home anyway.
Yeah, that may explain it. Is there an estimate for how many pro-Kiev people fled from the territories captured in 2022?
Edit: That was a stupid question. “Hey you there fleeing, do you by any chance support Kiev?”. I should have asked how many people fled from the territories captured in 2022.
They are bit suspiciously high. Then again, why would anyone living in those regions want to stay part of Ukraine? It’s much poorer, offers only neoliberal hell, a collapsed economy, ultra-nationalism and hefty prison sentences for almost everyone in those regions. Besides, the people against the accession probably just stayed home anyway.
Most of the pro-Kiev people likely fled a while ago. There probably weren’t many of them (even before February) in the LPR and DPR
Yeah, that may explain it. Is there an estimate for how many pro-Kiev people fled from the territories captured in 2022?
Edit: That was a stupid question. “Hey you there fleeing, do you by any chance support Kiev?”. I should have asked how many people fled from the territories captured in 2022.
No idea. TASS probably has some estimates
Yes there is to some degree. Russia has been the largest recipient of ukrainian immigrants in 2022. https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/qa-the-uk-and-the-ukraine-refugee-situation/ 2.2 million, followed by 1.3 million in Poland, 1 million in Germany, 400k in czechia.
Now, estimating how many left Russia and assuming they are pro-ukraine for that is more complicated.
Proukraine people didn’t vote in many cases. Mostly because Ukraine threatened to kill or prosecute those who voted in the referendum.