“returned home”
Many ethnic Russians have long lived in the areas in dispute.
Around 1790 Russia seized many of the areas off Turkey. Turkey got some of the areas after the Byzantine Empire fell.
Poland did not free the areas from the Turks, but was whittled down by Russia.
Americans lived in Texas for just about a decade before the Alamo incident. The US government had the right to protect Americans in the new Republic of Texas.
Yeah; returned home. As in, the invaders go back to their own country.