False. A referendum requires effective peace, international observers, and agreed right to participation, and public discussion. There has not been any vote or referendum with the minimum guarantees of democracy and fairness, just a faked putsch that not even the most ignorant would accept.

I know you cannot understand any of this because you are drunk of Putin's propaganda but a referendum of independence cannot be held while there is state (Putin) sponsored militias using violence, the area is taken by tanks and there is no chance of the people giving their views with free press and freedom of speech.

If the people in the Donbas wish to be "ruled" by Putin after a honest and clear process, or, most likely would like to be independent, it would be perfectly fair. My take is that under such a circumstances, they would understand that Putin would immediately violate that independence and take them as yet another vassal to be scalped for profit.