Even if we were to entertain an ethnic angle, Russian propagandists such as Vladimir Solovyov were as little as 15 years ago were saying an invasion of the Ukraine by Russia would be criminal:Typhoon wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 7:20 pmNot even wrong.Heracleum Persicum wrote: ↑Wed Jan 25, 2023 6:41 pm .
I think western Joe misunderstands Ukraine fiasco
Ukraine to Russia is much more than Canada to US of A.
. . . the usual ethnic nonsense . . .
https://youtu.be/wTbEEG_GZfU
wTbEEG_GZfU
To quote the Solovyov translation in the video [bolded words mine]:
Let me put it this way-- there will never be any war between Russia and Ukraine because any person who attempts in full seriousness to undertake such an act is a criminal. What's more, I can't even imagine how big a criminal. In Ukraine, there live people who are absolutely fraternal in spirit, blood and common history, a war with whom would be the worst crime you could think of. We don't need to shout, "Sevastopol's ours!" We don't need to shout, "Crimea's ours!" We just need to make life in our country so attractive that Ukrainians, Belarusians, Moldovans, Armenians, Georgians, all of them want to live in peace with us and come to us.