Because those outer reaches are the regions that asked them for help when Ukraine spent 8 years slaughtering them for being too ethnically Russian
And Russia finally came to help them in 2021 and not amy sooner.
Yeah, they were hoping to reach a diplomatic solution but the Ukranian nazi government wouldn't stop breaking treaties. Your point?
Because those outer reaches are the regions that asked them for help when Ukraine spent 8 years slaughtering them for being too ethnically Russian
And Russia finally came to help them in 2021 and not amy sooner.
Yeah, they were hoping to reach a diplomatic solution but the Ukranian nazi government wouldn't stop breaking treaties. Your point?