Just because a people are subjugated does not mean they are not a nation and have no national identity.
I’m not picking a side here, either. One country involved here is Russia and one country, Ukraine, is Not Russia. The invading Russians need to GTFO out of Not Russia and we can go from there.
The US and global elites pushed this. They are playing a game and using the people of Ukraine as pawns. By pushing NATO, they drew Russia into this and have supplied Ukraine with just enough to make the Russians pay, but not enough to destroy thd elites. The people of the US, Ukraine , Russia and western Europe are all pawns in the great reset. There us a bigger game going on than you seem to be aware of. The collape of US world and economic dominance is also part of this great reset and shift of power. We are being played.