
Let’s zoom in:

General Hoffman rightly noted the artificiality of this project but he was wrong about it being temporary. You might say, it wasn’t temporary because it was legitimate. I am still not very certain that the creation of Ukraine reflected the needs and aspirations of the people, and was always directed from above with little regard to the real situation. Ukraine’s successive leaders haven’t treated the land as it is but as they envision it to be. The process continues and it will end badly, as it always does…