The Soviet Army lost nearly 600,000 men in defense of Ukraine in WWII.
And the Russians have nearly that many buried in Crimea from all the wars they fought there against damn near everyone.
How can anyone reasonably say that’s not their exclusive sphere of influence?
Stalin killed something like 7 to 10 million Ukrainians in 1932 and 1933 alone. When Hitler invaded many Ukrainians prefered the Nazi devils to the Communist ones.
A good portion of western Ukraine was once part of Poland. Russian and Ukrainian are not the same language. Do the Ukrainian people not have a say in their own destiny?
Are you on Putin’s payroll? You Putin apologists make me sick.
It is difficult to make a 180 degree turn and have everyone follow it. Hopefully this latest Goebbelsmedia Wiley Coyote delivery from Acme will follow all its predecessors.