The Donbas is almost half the country. Most of the western half is made up of parts of Poland, Romaina, Hungary and Czechoslovakia gifted to the Ukraine from 1939 to 1945.
The Crimea was gifted to Ukraine in 1954. The Donbas by the Bolsheviks in 1917.
Ukraine is a region, it has never been a country until the break up of the USSR in 1989. Putin, in his history lesson speech pre invasion, spoke of how Lenin and the Bolsheviks gave these areas autonomy who had never had it before. The communists continued this. He called it one of the biggest mistakes they made and is the root of all the problems now.
Ukraine went from the control of the Golden Horde, to the Princes of Moscow, to the Czars of the Russian Empire, to the Communist USSR. It is also a region that has seen near constant turmoil for 1500 years. The Khazars, the Cossacks and the Sarmatians of Roman times were all from near this area. It was also a backdoor to Constantinople used by Viking traders and raiders. This is the western end of the Russian Steppes.
The Donbas is almost half the country. Most of the western half is made up of parts of Poland, Romaina, Hungary and Czechoslovakia gifted to the Ukraine from 1939 to 1945.
The Crimea was gifted to Ukraine in 1954. The Donbas by the Bolsheviks in 1917.
Ukraine is a region, it has never been a country until the break up of the USSR in 1989. Putin, in his history lesson speech pre invasion, spoke of how Lenin and the Bolsheviks gave these areas autonomy who had never had it before. The communists continued this. He called it one of the biggest mistakes they made and is the root of all the problems now.
Ukraine went from the control of the Golden Horde, to the Princes of Moscow, to the Czars of the Russian Empire, to the Communist USSR. It is also a region that has seen near constant turmoil for 1500 years. The Khazars, the Cossacks and the Sarmatians of Roman times were all from near this area. It was also a backdoor to Constantinople used by Viking traders and raiders.
The Donbas is almost half the country. Most of the western half is made up of parts of Poland, Romaina, Hungary and Czechoslovakia gifted to the Ukraine from 1939 to 1945.
The Crimea was gifted to Ukraine in 1954. The Donbas by the Bolsheviks in 1917.
Ukraine is a region, it has never been a country until the break up of the USSR in 1989. Putin, in his history lesson speech pre invasion, spoke of how Lenin and the Bolsheviks gave these areas autonomy who had never had it before. The communists continued this. He called it one of the biggest mistakes they made and is the root of all the problems now.
Ukraine went from the control of the Golden Horde, to the Princes of Moscow, to the Czars of the Russian Empire, to the Communist USSR. It is also a region that has seen near constant turmoil for 1500 years. The Khazars, the Cossacks and the Sarmatians of Roman times were all from near this area.
The Donbas is almost half the country. Most of the western half is made up of parts of Poland, Romaina, Hungary and Czechoslovakia gifted to the Ukraine from 1939 to 1945.
The Crimea was gifted to Ukraine in 1954. The Donbas by the Bolsheviks in 1917.
Ukraine is a region, it has never been a country until the break up of the USSR in 1989. Putin, in his history lesson speech pre invasion, spoke of how Lenin and the Bolsheviks gave these areas autonomy who had never had it before. The communists continued this. He called it one of the biggest mistakes they made and is the root of all the problems now.
Ukraine went from the control of the Golden Horde, to the Princes of Moscow, to the Czars of the Russian Empire, to the Communist USSR. It is also a region that has seen near constant turmoil for 1500 years. The Khazars, the Cossacks and the Sarmatians of Roman times were all from near this area.