So, for decades now, the Russian nationals in eastern Ukraine and Crimea have struggled to be out from under the anti-Russian control of Kiev. Crimea wanted out as far back as 1991. The people of those regions have been abused and discriminated against by the forces under Kiev control, to the point of even banning their Russia language and starting a Ukraine state church separate from the Russian orthodox Church.

Did you not see the welcome the “ liberated Russians” gave to Ukraine forces. Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2014. I don’t see Putin as a savior, using missile diplomacy on women and children. The mass graves in Bucha etc. Close your eyes if you want, that seems to be the only way you can pretend this is not aggression by the arrogant Putin administration.
You can work with Tucker to help the Russians take over the world.

Why does Kiev insist on keeping those regions under their control when they hate the people within them?? Why did the Ukraine government feel it was necessary to shell and bomb the donbas region for 8 long years, killing 14,000 men, women and children??

We can see clearly that Russia lacks the military might to take over the whole of Ukraine so why do we fear that Russia would try to take Poland and the rest of the former countries of the Soviet Union?? The entire assumption is pure stupidity in light of what we are seeing. Why not now, at least, go ahead and let Russia have the donbas and Crimea??? Is it for the pride of Ukraine that they want to continue to abuse the Russian nationals in those regions???

If this escalates into a nuclear war, there are an awful lot of stupid government leaders and people who are going to see how stupid they were as they try to survive in the post nuclear world.

Once the Russians had been pushed back from the area they had "liberated" from Ukraine, we were able to see the huge crowd of Ukrainians coming out and cheering the defeat of the Russians. It also underscored the ludicrous vote that the Russians had staged showing that that area wanted to be connected to Russia. Perhaps the Crimea is a different area, but that part of the Donbas region certainly didn't turn out to be. Based on that it might be logical to assume that the other areas that Russia has captured (rather than the liberation fraud the Russians tried to portray) from Eastern Ukraine will also be glad to be liberated by the Ukrainians.

Once the Russians had been pushed back from the area they had "liberated" from Ukraine, we were able to see the huge crowd of Ukrainians coming out and cheering the defeat of the Russians. It also underscored the ludicrous vote that the Russians had staged showing that that area wanted to be connected to Russia. Perhaps the Crimea is a different area, but that part of the Donbas region certainly didn't turn out to be. Based on that it might be logical to assume that the other areas that Russia has captured (rather than the liberation fraud the Russians tried to portray) from Eastern Ukraine will also be glad to be liberated by the Ukrainians.