This area of Europe has beenmore or less a civil war zone for 1500 years. Kyiev was founded 500 years before Moscow existed and was the capital of Rus for centuries until Catherine the Great annexed it and the capital became St. Petersburg.
Under Stalin millions of Ukrainians starved during the Holodomor. The Germans in WWII were initially welcomed as liberators. One of the most feared units of the SS was comprised of Ukrainian troops.
When the very sme Russians annexed Crimea, Luhansk and Donbas in 2014 the world shook their finger in Russia's general direction, sent blankets to Ukraine, shrugged and went about their business.
What changed in the 8 years since?
No matter what, the conflict is not worth one drop of U.S. military blood. It's not worth a penny of our treasure either but that horse left the barn long ago.
This area of Europe has beenmore or less a civil war zone for 1500 years. Kyiev was founded 500 years before Moscow existed and was the capital of Rus for centuries until Catherine the Great annexed it and the capital became St. Petersburg.
Under Stalin millions of Ukrainians starved during the Holodomor. The Germans in WWII were initially welcomed as liberators. One of the most feared units of the SS was comprised of Ukrainian troops.
When the very sme Russians annexed Crimea, Luhansk and Donbas in 2014 the world shook their finger in Russia's general direction, sent blankets to Ukraine, shrugged and went about their business.
What changed in the 8 years since?
No matter what, the conflict is not worth one drop of U.S. military blood. It's not worth a penny of our treasure either but that horse left the barn long ago.