Buddy. I'm asking you to use common sense here.
As of the 2001 census, about 58% of the population of Luhansk Oblast and 56.9% of the population of Donetsk Oblast are formed by ethnic Ukrainians. Besides this, about 39% of Luhansk Oblast’s population and 38.2% of Donetsk Oblast’s population are formed by ethnic Russians. Between 3-6 million people lived there.
When in the history of anything, have three to six million people voted 99% in favor of anything? And the 60% ethnic Ukrainian population doesn't care? It's really fishy.