Ukraine is a nation with a distinct history and identity that has remained separate from Russia for most of the last millennium.

“The most crucial thing to know is that Ukrainians are not Russians, and that Ukraine is an ancient, independent nation. Ukraine has a history of more than a thousand years.”

The Ukrainian national project is historically defined by a drive toward independence that manifests as a resistance to centralized, authoritarian states.

“Russia and Russian identity was formed around the state and has difficulty imagining itself outside of the state and that state happened to be Imperial from most of Russian history Ukrainian project came into existence in against the state”