Let's see... who can remember who was blamed for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster? Was it Ukraine, or was it Russia? And were the troops who were sent in to take care of the problem mostly from Russia and the USSR or from Ukraine?
And for our final Jeopardy Question...
After centuries of being part of the same country... How many years has it been since Ukraine finally had a government illegally installed that was not in the Russian sphere of influence?
Alex has it been just over 10 years?
That's why they aren't slaves like Russians.