putin has said many times things like ....."Ukrainians are just...

putin has said many times things like ....."Ukrainians are just rusians " .....and " it has fallen to me to take back what belongs to russia "

he eulogises about the soviet union and the old rss empire ......he thinks he a smaller reincarnation of Peter the Great ready to win back the empire

these aren't rubbish but facts

Ukraine .....like almost all the other ex iron curtain countries and ex USSR republics has sought the safety of western allies ......why do you imagune they all do that ???