Ukraine is Russia’s Ireland   Ukrainians are Russia’s Irish.   However, it is worse for the Ukrainians than for the Irish; since there is no Irish Sea separating Ukraine from    Russia, just vast vistas of grains.   Imagine if you will, how much more England would covet Ireland, if Ireland contained Camelot and Avalon, Stonehenge and Westminster Abby, Stratford on Avon and Blenheim  on its soil, and not British soil.   That is Ukraine’s existential problem in a nutshell; on its current land, it contains the mystical ground which gave Russia, the LAY OF IGOR’S CAMPAIGN; the first two Saints canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church, Boris and Gleb,  were from Kiev. The Russian Orthodox Church itself started in Ukraine . The scene of Russia’s first great military victory, as a great European power, is located in Ukraine, Poltava.   On current Ukrainian soil, is the mystical ground which gave Russia-RUSSIA. Ukraine is Ireland; Russia is Great Britain.   The current carnage in Ukraine is th