Russia Ukraine war, page-7214

WTF are you talking about.
A referendum was held, and they voted for independence, not reunification with Russia.

The referendum[edit]

Voters were asked "Do you support the Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine?"^[2] The text of the Declaration was included as a preamble to the question. The referendum was called by the Parliament of Ukraine to confirm the Act of Independence, which was adopted by the Parliament on 24 August 1991.^[3] Citizens of Ukraine expressed overwhelming support for independence. In the referendum, 31,891,742 registered voters (or 84.18% of the electorate) took part, and among them 28,804,071 (or 92.3%) voted "Yes".^[2]

On the same day, a presidential election took place. All six candidates campaigned in favour of a "Yes" vote in the independence referendum. Leonid Kravchuk, the parliament chairman and de facto head of state, was elected to serve as the first President of Ukraine.^[4]

From 2 December 1991 onwards, Ukraine was globally recognized by other countries as an independent state.^[5][6][7] Also on 2 December, the President of the Russian SFSR Boris Yeltsin recognized Ukraine as independent.^[