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Originally Posted by August
How exactly does that help the locals? Russia is not teaching their young or acting as traffic cops so I don't see why it would be so important that you do that.
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That is simple. They are essentially cut off Ukraine by political activists in Ukraine, who conduct a comprehensive blockade of the region. This means that they could not conduct activities in the Kiev controlled regions of Ukraine - they could not go to a decent university, could not get medical care, could not do buisness. Now they can, just in Russia instead of Ukraine.
This is really a logical result of the blockade of Donbas by Ukrainian political activists, the other ones is the energy crisis in Ukraine (because activists block coal supply from Donbas to the Kiev held regions of Ukraine) and the increased economic ties between Donbas and Russia (I posted a link to an article detailing the changes in the food trade).