User blog comment:Local Mafia Boss/Crimea Crisis/@comment-5135653-20140302004152/@comment-1310192-20140302050841

The Russian minority is extremely overstated - Ethnic Russians only make the majority in Crimea and Sevastopol, and most ethnic Ukrainian Russian-speakers want to stay with the Ukrainian government. As well as the Tatars, which make near 40% in some areas of the Crimea.

The cut won't be as clear through the Dnieper as some internet maps show it to be.