WARSAW, Poland (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out his version of Ukraine’s history, saying essentially that Ukraine was always part of Russia. While that serves his purpose, it is also a fiction.
Russian President Vladimir Putin laid out his version of Ukraine’s history, saying essentially that Ukraine was always part of Russia. While that serves his purpose, it is also a fiction. Ukraine has its own thousand-year history. What is now Ukraine was a contested region of shifting borders for centuries that did not come completely under…
Analysis: Ukraine was a contested region for hundreds of years that didn't come under Moscow’s complete control until late 18th century; now with Russian troops marching into eastern Ukraine again, it seems millennia-long tug of war is about to be renewed