https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/extracts-putins-speech-ukraine-2022-02-21/
“Ukraine never had a tradition of genuine statehood.” - V. Putin
This would be tantamount to France trying to reclaim Cajun Louisiana...
Ukraine has only been a country since 1991….Russia,Poland, Hungary, Romania all gave some of their historical land up to create this current mess of a “ nation”.
Hopefully, those chunks of modern Ukraine will revert to its ethnic roots.