@vitriolix I've watched a bit, #Putin is sure good at "truthiness"! He gives this whole lecture about various kings etc then says things like "In 1939... western Ukraine was to be given to Russia. Thus Russia, which was then named USSR, regained its historical lands". Except the USSR was never Russia, it was many states including the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which were always distinct entities in the USSR. I call bullshit
@eighthave he's definitely the master of slanting history towards his aims
@vitriolix "some unknown reason Lenin make Ukraine independent from Russia" lol, turns out there were so many people Ukraine fighting with their lives against not only empires like Russia but also against Communism in general. Ukraine was a hotbed of anarchism, for example, and then there were republicans, nationalists, and various other ethic groups that wanted independence. #Putin of course ignores all that.