Putin isn’t going to give Crimea back to Ukraine and he’s not going to tolerate Azov Battalion’s continued ethnic cleansing of Russians in the Donbas.
“Putin isn’t going to give Crimea back to Ukraine...”
It’s ironic, but Crimea was only part of “Russia” for less than 300 years (since 1783). Prior to that, it was part of the Ottoman Empire, The Byzantine Empire, Imperial Greece, and others. And the three mentioned above each had it far longer than Russia did. It was part of Ukraine for 60 years (from 1954, when Ukraine was an SSR, until 2014 when Russia occupied it and annexed it). Perhaps the Turks have a more legitimate claim to Crimea?