Hi, I’m Russian. Ukraine and Russia is a story of a divorce
This is very cringe. To even imagine that the reason a country got invaded, knowing full well the repercussions that will follow, was because jealous old Putin got all shaky with impotent rage that his beautiful girlfriend called Ukraine with a blue dress and flaxen hair has left him.<p>The first reason Russia invaded Ukraine is because Ukraine joining NATO(in before &quot;but Ukraine could never have joined NATO!!&quot; - yes it would have and NATO was pursuing that, look it up) would be catastrophical for Russia&#x27;s defense. At that point the only option for defense from any invasion would have been nuclear armageddon - if say in 20 years NATO comes back and decides to annex Crimea would it be an easy choice for whoever&#x27;s responsible to press the big red button or would it be nicer to defend it through conventional means?<p>Secondly, Ukraine has found natural oil&#x2F;gas reserves that would have competed with Russian exports.<p>Thirdly, Ukraine has turned off water supply going from Dniepr river to Crimea making it very difficult for Russia to supply water to that area.<p>I&#x27;m not saying that this justifies the invasion - war is a terrible thing and people on both sides are suffering, but would we also be surprised if USA invaded Mexico or Canada to stop it getting aligned with China? I wouldn&#x27;t.