What ACTUALLY happened was that Putin has been trying to bite off chunks of Ukraine by fomenting “rebellions” to give RuSSian troops an excuse to enter and take it. This was followed by Putin supporting a Kremlin proxy in Kyiv, thus giving him the country like Lukashenko gave Belarus to RuSSia without a shot fired.
All that was messed up by the Maidan revolution when Ukrainians said no to Putin’s henchman and he was expelled. Putin then decided he would have to take Ukraine by force.
Ukraine’s refusal to be annexed by RuSSia is angering Putin and his worshippers.
RuSSian propaganda should NEVER be welcome on a conservative site.