Ukraine fought back to get these invaders out of their country. That is what happened.
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They enlisted the Azov Neo- Nazis to start bombing and shelling Donetsk and Lughansk cities and ethnic provinces, recorded by the UN, 14,000 Russian civilians killed…..Russia moved in to protect their citizens- imagine that, a country called Russia lead by a man called Putin who cares about his citizens!
The US would do well to put their citizens FIRST.
Your widely touted 14 thousand figure is the total of all the deaths, civilian and military on BOTH sides.
Including 4600 Ukrainians and 6500 Russian and 3400 killed
Try to keep up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War
BTW, here is the back story as to why Ukrainians are not fond of Russians who murdered millions of Ukrainians in the Russian Civil war of 1919 and as shown in this award winning documentary, Stalins terror famine of 1933:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsM3YoPiloE