“...But Texas is part of the USA. Ukraine is an independent country with its own sovereignty. That’s not a valid comparison....”
It was a soviet state for years. Just like TX is/was a state for years. Very valid comparison.
I suppose it’s valid comparison if you’re pro-Soviet, if you believe the Soviet Union was a legitimate state, and if you’re a communist. If you’re a conservative American who knows something about Russian and Ukrainian history you wouldn’t think Ukraine is as Russian as Texas is American. They’ve different histories and different languages. The Soviets starved Ukrainians in the 1930s so they could get their grain to build their economy. The cruelties Russia and the Soviets have inflicted on the Ukrainians were so bad they welcomed NAZIS. Ukraine should be free of Russia.