> Putin also seems to have underestimated how much Ukraine hates him personally. I doubt it's personal. Russia has dominated Ukraine over the centuries. Storie

> Putin also seems to have underestimated how much Ukraine hates him personally. I doubt it's personal. Russia has dominated Ukraine over the centuries. Stories of Ukrainian collaboration with the Nazis in WWII are true enough; but at the time, Ukraine was ruled by Russia, which only a decade previously had imposed a famine on Ukraine that killed millions. Unsurprisingly, many Ukrainians welcomed the Nazis as liberators.