What does Putin want with Ukraine

[Badassbab]

mai said:

Badassbab said:

Russian imperialism against Ukraine. Ukraine has suffered tremendously under Russian domination and it's no wonder the majority of the population want to look West and join NATO to protect themselves from the corrupt authoritarian Russian bear.

Like what exactly?

Russia came to Ukraine as imperialists eager to absorb her into the Russian empire first under the Tsars and then under the Bolshevik USSR. Russian was the lanuguage of the better off and culturally advantaged and Ukrainian was seen as a peasant language. Under Russian led Bolshevism Ukraine went through a terrible famine that killed millions of Soviets including over a million Ukrainians and then under Stalinism many millions more died as a result of the Holodomor.  Russian imperialism (Tsarist/Bolshevik) led to the deaths of millions of Ukranians.