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Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133
Ukraine was under the Tsarist Russian Empire for many centuries already. Actually so was Poland, Baltic states, Georgia, etc etc. It all split up after the fall of Soviet Union which is relatively recently in world history timescale. Ukraine and Russia have many more connections and similarities than differences. There are Ukrainians with Russian last names and are ethnically Russian but loyalties lie with Ukraine and vice versa in Russia. Ukrainians and Russian share a common ancestor, and that is not going back that far.
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True, but Ukraine is now an independent nation and does not want to be part of Russia. Russia invaded a sovereign nation unprovoked.