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Is the moron that wrote that aware of Putin's recent essay claiming that Ukraine is part of Russia and needs to be reunited with its "historical motherland".
Why don't you put your self forward as a Russian translator? There seems to be a dearth of them in our media for some reason. I can't fathom why.
Ukraine has at some points in its history been controlled by Russia and later by the USSR. I very much doubt that that is the central issue here. As pointed out by Peter Hitchens above, Ukraine's best bet was to remain a neutral buffer state between Russia and NATO countries.