russia is a dictatorship. assassinated and imprisoned all the opposition leaders that may have posed a threat to him. he's running a criminal-gangster state where his government is merged with organized groups. targeting infrastructure and towns and hospitals but especially in the u.s. with protection from the russian government while they do it. i mean russia is not the good guy here. ukraine is our ally. a democratic country, the largest country in europe, they have been independent for 30 years, 30 years ago this month. not for nothing, we the united states made binding security pledges to ukraine 30 years ago