"Russia does not pretend that the West shares its views on Ukraine. If there were such illusions a decade or more ago, they have long since dissipated. The Kremlin now seeks to push Washington and Brussels out of the country, which it considers to be part of its vital interest zone, and if this fails, it hopes to reformat Ukraine as a state and remove its potential as a threat."
https://www.rt.com/russia/563706-nuclear-weapons-moscow-west/
Hit the Zionist terrorist bastard hard!