Yeah, my choice of wording was bad. By "never antagonized Russia" I meant "didn't provoke this conflict." I know the countries have a long history. Ukraine's d

Yeah, my choice of wording was bad. By "never antagonized Russia" I meant "didn't provoke this conflict." I know the countries have a long history. Ukraine's democracy wasn't perfect, but elections were successfully rigged at least. It was functional if not necessarily unassailable.