If you look to the precedent Russia set in Chechnya I think you can feel good about the prospects of Russia/Ukraine relations long term, though it'll be grim in the early days.
Watching footage of the cities after combat--there is nothing left...
It will be a long and winding road. It was an artificial country to begin with when Lenin glued 2 a bit different peoples together. After the break of the soviet union in 1991 there has been a systematic destruction of ethnic Russians in Ukraine. Ukrainians are closer to Poland by culture and by attitude. They consider themselves masters and Russians are their slaves. Due to the milder climate and thus more beneficial agricultural conditions they always have better living looking down on Russians.
Plus intense propaganda and information censor. It will take more than one generation to come to senses
If you look to the precedent Russia set in Chechnya I think you can feel good about the prospects of Russia/Ukraine relations long term, though it'll be grim in the early days.
Watching footage of the cities after combat--there is nothing left...
It will be a long and winding road. It was an artificial country to begin with when Lenin glued 2 a bit different peoples together. After the break of the soviet union in 1991 there has been a systematic destruction of ethnic Russians in Ukraine. Ukrainians are closer to Poland by culture and by attitude. They consider themselves masters and Russians are their slaves. Due to the milder climate and thus more beneficial agricultural conditions they always have better living looking down on Russians. Plus intense propaganda and information censor. It will take more than one generation to come to senses