Russian could not make Ukrainians into Russians in the 400 years that they occupied it under the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. What makes you think that they could do it now? This is why Russia will loose in the long run. Ukrainian nationalism will not again accept Russian rule.
And yes, the gall for the Ukrainians to think that they should defend themselves from a Russian invasion. What were they thinking? Stop blaming your boogeyman the Neocons. This is all the work of Putin. He thought he saw his chance to return Ukraine to Mother Russia under a weak Biden and he took.
“Russian could not make Ukrainians into Russians in the 400 years that they occupied it under the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.”
Correct, that’s why they’ll give Western Ukraine to Poland. They can have the PLEASURE of dealing with that Nazi-infested society.