Putin's War on Ukraine Is About Ethnicity and Empire

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

BRUSSELS — President Joe Biden took office with the idea that this century’s struggle would be between the world’s democracies and autocracies.

But in waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin of Russia has been driven by a different concept, ethno-nationalism. It is an idea of nationhood and identity based on language, culture and blood — a collectivist ideology with deep roots in Russian history and thought.

Putin has repeatedly asserted that Ukraine is not a real state and that the Ukrainians are not a real people, but actually Russian, part of a Slavic heartland that also includes Belarus.

“Putin wants to consolidate the civilizational border of Russia, as he calls it, and he is doing that by invading a sovereign European country,” said Ivan Vejvoda, a senior fellow at the Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/putins-war-ukraine-ethnicity-empire-180853696.html

[Eyeball_Kid]

1. Ethnicity and Empire are excuses for murdering people.

Who would buy into that bullshit?

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

2. Then Putin doesn't know his history.

Kiev was a major capitol of trade, commerce, education, science, and culture for centuries while Moscow was untilled forest land.

[Ray Bruns]

3. Do you think he gives a damn?