Ukraine is not a client state.
It is an independent state that refused to be a client state of Russia, which invoked the security assurances given to it by Retard Putin’s predecessor.
The security assurances provided by at least five different binding treaties between Russia and Ukraine, required Russia to respond to Ukraine’s calls for assistance in the event it ever got invaded, say, by vatnik retards trying to resurrect the USSR.
The Budapest version of these assurances also said the USA and UK would respond if they got the call.
Medvedev and Putin actually green-lit the attempt to assassinate a Ukrainian presidential candidate during an election that was already headed for a pro-Russian win. Putin then blackmailed Ukraine in 2012 and 2013, by switching the gas off. He then blackmailed Yanukovych into violating his own oath of office in December 2013, selling Ukraine’s sovereignty to the Kremlin and in doing so triggering a civil war...
And then Putin invaded Crimea. And bussed in an army to support separatists in the Donbas.
Damned right the UK and USA honored the commitment when POROSHENKO first raised it.
Why oh why oh why didn’t Poroshenko phone Putin up instead of phoning Downing Street and the White House, when Putin was the one invading Ukraine? Er, let me think.
The Russians won’t deal with Zelensky because they know he isn’t Poroshenko. Zelensky is a Russian first language speaker, was popular in Russia as well as Ukraine in his entertainment career, and he was on the verge of proving Ukraine was committed to delivering on the Minsk agreements while Putin remained committed to invading Ukraine.
If Zelensky is NOW a puppet of the West, Putin can only thank himelf. The massive, spasticated retard that he is, he did just about everything he could to ensure that even someone Zelensky finally decided that Ukraine + Russia is a bit like Frog + Scorpion. No matter what you do to keep the scorpion happy, the bugger’s going to sting you anyway.
Worse by far
Ukraine has all the receipts of payments to the Biden family and others
Blackmailing Biden for more cash
Not to mention illegal "gain of function" labs set up by the USA.