Do you want to learn a bit about the history of why things have gone wrong in Ukraine.

[blue matt]

It was of course slanted but it's interesting

Russia....and the old Soviet Union has seen its buffer states removed

Now those at the top are clearly paranoid but until recently Russia was never an expansionist power

So one can see given the mentality , Russias beef with the west

Why does Russia need Buffer states though, NATO / The West isn't going to invade