The Ukraine is a money laundering and geographically ideal location for trafficking into EU.
It is the equivalent of Mexico to the US in terms of drug trafficking. Why do you think they are fighting over it.
Soros’ has his NGO’s everywhere setting up politicians beholden to him. No major drug trafficking takes place without government complicity. Putin wasn’t going to let go. They have a choice between a gangster boss, and decrepit sociopaths who will let them pretend to be free, and join the EU to serve their purposes.
The geezers behind Soros are a whole other story.