Failing to factor in its history in our discussions of the war is like leaving out the Armistice and Alsace–Lorraine from our discussions of WWII.
Okay, so go ahead and "factor in" the history - for both Ukraine/Russia and, say, the Alsace-Lorraine for France/Germany today.
Do you agree that it would be about as (un)fair, (in)equitable, and (un)justified for the Germans to seize Alsace-Lorraine today as it has been for Putin's Russia to invade and annex large parts of Ukraine in 2022/23?
And please do "factor in" the history as much as you want!
Regards,
I mentioned Alsace-Lorraine in the context of the start of WWII — not today — as an admittedly imperfect analogy to the history of Russia and Ukraine since the breakup of the Soviet Union.
The point I was making is that history did not begin with the Russian invasion.