You signed up to FreeRepublic yesterday, right? Is it so you can cheer on Putin?
I mentioned the fact that the invaders from outside of Russia have bone really nasty things. How is that being a cheerleader for Putin?
Unless you are paranoid.
In any case, the Ukraine was invaded from the north, via the Lithuanian-Poles and history shows that was unpopular and was invaded from the South by Muslim Tartars and that was equally unpopular and the German invasion was the most destructive of all since they did their damage in a few short years.
But somehow you want us to think this region only has had problems with Russia.
It is more complex than that.