Did anyone really think...

...that Putin would allow a Slavic EU-wannabe nation (Ukraine) on his border? The history of the Ukraine goes back for centuries, of course, but in the past 200 years, between battles with Poland, Ukraine has been a Russian territory. Since the early 2000s, though, the United States has been pumping money into Ukraine (via both the US State Department and International organizations) in an attempt to influence the politics of that country. Current US President Joe Biden's son Hunter received a salary of $1 million per year to serve on the board of the Ukraine natural gas company Burisma while his father was Vice President of the US. In 2016, Ukraine joined a trade pact with the EU.

I don't blame Putin one bit for trying to secure his border. Or for fighting against the EU globalists. It's purely a regional, ethnic matter...unless looked at through EU or Biden financial-interest eyes.