[romanfountain]

From the Russian point of view Ukraine provides weapons to militant groups whose objective is to kill the separatists. This is not far from terrorism.

[jd115]

Not far? It's about as far as it gets, really. Wouldn't you fully expect ANY nation to defend itself in this way?

[romanfountain]

Of course not, I'm not some authoritarian totalist. It was a small piece of land not critical to Ukraine as a whole. I don't think it was the right move for Ukraine to make.

[hef19898]

I absolutely would! But hen I'm one of the few people that never really considered Afghan or Iraqi resistance against US and / or NATO forces to be "evil".

Understanding, e.g., Putin's motivation doesn't mean defending him.