The most crucial thing to know is that Ukrainians are not Russians and that Ukraine is an ancient independent nation. Ukraine has a history of more than 1000 years

Historian Yuval Noah Harari in TED interview: Nobody could say for sure how the Ukrainian people would react. And there was always the option that maybe Putin’s fantasy would come true. And now we know it was just a fantasy.

Ukrainians are a very real nation. They are fiercely independent. They don’t want to be part of Russia. They will fight like hell.

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