of ukraine historically and its relationship to russia which does deny ukrainians their agency. it does deny them a history as a country. they ve got a country, a culture and a history. russia would like the world to believe it s just all part of al russia? rt listen, ali, i think you r going to appreciate what i m about to say, this is nothing but putin pull your brain theory. he has essentially made up lies about aly country that he feels should never haveat left the russian n empire. we talked about the ussr. but in reality, putin sees is himself as catherine the great. this country was annexed and taken over by catherine the great in the late 1700s. putin describes ukrainians in