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Originally Posted by Pointman
Nope. In 2014 Ukraine toppled its president and declared that they want to join EU and NATO. They wanted to break away from Russian influence and went as far, as overthrowing its pro-russian yet elected president. The west was actually heavily involved in the coup, although admittedly the country in general did want to "live like the westerners". In return Russia seized Crimea and ignited a proxy war in the east. Russia is an abusive bully for sure, but initially it was Ukraine that decided to go West.
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So the abused wanted to leave, declared their intentions, for the car ready, and Russia reacted violently.
Explain again how Russia didn't push Ukraine away and didn't react as poorly as an abusive bully could have?