I think so. I never knew about the project of the Ukraine government regarding the Dnieper River. I compared it with the Israeli control of the Jordan river. The Donbass region's economy seems to depend on the Dnieper River and irrigation from it. Solution is easy return the agricultural area to the Ukraine. Do business like Western Europe is doing, France and Germany tried to restore the empire of Charlemagne. After more than one thousand years they gave up on that idea. No Kaisers, Empereurs, or Tsars in European politics.