I think apart from the fact that the conflict is a lot closer to us, one huge difference is that this conflict is very straightforward. It's an invasion into a

I think apart from the fact that the conflict is a lot closer to us, one huge difference is that this conflict is very straightforward. It's an invasion into a sovereign country. Just compare the original Krim/DPR/LPR annexation, the story was much more muddled because the invasion was obfuscated and you had the alternative story that these were actually Russians that wanted to belong to Russia. Doesn't matter what the truth is here, simply making it appear that this could be more like a civil war/separatist thing makes it complex enough that we didn't really care.