[Mariner]

This is a whole bunch of nothing, generated by neocon’s hatred of Russia and love of war.

[Olog-hai]

No such thing as a “neocon”. They’re all liberals.

[TheDandyMan]

Ukraine is a sovereign nation, Russia is an aggressor. Russia doesn’t actually want to take over and rule/administrate Ukraine, so what is their motivation? Tweaking and escalating a proxy conflict with western nations.

It’s very much open to debate if the US has any interest in being involved with the situation, but it’s hard to see Russia as anything but the “bad guy” in this. Do the Russian people just genuinely believe in the separate, self-determined destiny of the “Donetsk People's Republic” and the “ Luhansk People's Republic”? Or is it a chance to stir the pot, regardless of the lives lost and maimed in the process?