The Kremlin and Putin himself have repeatedly denied Ukraine's right to exist: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lseih/2020/07/01/there-is-no-ukraine-fact-checking-the-k

The Kremlin and Putin himself have repeatedly denied Ukraine's right to exist: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lseih/2020/07/01/there-is-no-ukraine-fact-checking-the-kremlins-version-of-ukrainian-history/ https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lseih/2020/07/01/there-is-no-ukraine... https://time.com/6150046/ukraine-statehood-russia-history-putin/ https://time.com/6150046/ukraine-statehood-russia-history-pu... https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/opinion/ukraine-war-national-identity.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/01/opinion/ukraine-war-natio...