Obviously Putin is trying to put the USSR back together again because he's getting old and has to do something desperate to have any chance of obtaining his dre

Obviously Putin is trying to put the USSR back together again because he's getting old and has to do something desperate to have any chance of obtaining his dream. If Ukraine were to become a prosperous democracy his fellow Russians might consider that they might have a better life under a self chosen government rather than a dictator like Putin because Ukraine shares a lot in common with Russians and many cultural/familial ties.