from Twitter

https://twitter.com/shchedri/status/1537418984814952450
@kamilkazani And it solves several problems at once-

* Historically, the Kremlin is suspicious of conquered peoples on the periphery. This weakens them.

* Future resettlement (as happened after Holodomor or the Crimean Genocide)

* encourage hatred bw Donbas & the rest of Ukraine.