It is possible to look at this and say that Putin is merely a uniter of Eastern Slav groups and is just trying to go back to the pre- WWII "good ole days" of Cossack unity.
Look, aside for the case of Eastern Slavic Unity and that the current situation is unsustainable long term, I have been saying for years that the day will come when Russia will eventually nail these split-off satellite countries that are that are trying to extort money from Russia/GazProm to allow Russian gas/energy pipelines and russian wheat access to the Black Sea for distribution to Europe (energy and wheat) and the Middle East/North Africa (wheat). Now the hypocrites EuroZone countries and the USA that facilitated this fragmentation because they are one of the big reasons for causing the inflation today and that are shit scared of Russia are all of a sudden concerned about Russia crossing over and taking land that was once united under one empire or lets call it a Euro Zone lookalike territory with open borders are now crying foul! Are you kidding me!
And now Biden is threatening Russia with sanctions and threatening the Nord Stream 2 agreement???
WTF Sleepy do you remember ever putting your signature on that Nord Stream 2 deal??? What is the USA's interest in gas distribution from the Russian Baltic Sea to Germany???
Why is Sleepy Joe Biden making decisions on Russian gas distribution to Europe???
Why do you think Merkel's ass is toast? Maybe the German people/consumer had enough of her sucking up to the US and the UK.
What is Macron the schmuck doing in Russia with a visit to essentially protect US interests???
Yet I still see a confederate flag flying at the top of buildings in the Southern USA. Who dey! Who Dey! Who the fuck are the dictators and extortionists now???
Do you think that European consumers that have seen their energy bills more than double and that being held hostage by their own governments give a shit of the political fragmentation that has resulted in these satellite East Bloc countries like Belarus, Ukraine, Crimea, Georgia, Chechnya want to see this fragmentation???
It should be quite obvious to you Yankees with the Keystone pipeline situation that Alberta/Canada had to live with and tolerate under the two morons and extortionists Obama and now Sleepy Joe Biden!
I am not sure why Putin is waiting so long to go into Ukraine and set the law straight!...Maybe he needs to give a free lifetime supply of vodka made from good ol' Ukraine wheat to get "Komrad Nikita Kucherov" in there to go on the power play, pull the trigger and get 2 cups!!!...lol!...Are you kidding me!!! Are you kidding me!!!