For those of us actually following all news possible for decades and not just whatever our tribal affiliations deem acceptable, what is going on is a Ukrainian civil war, between a European oriented western side and a Russian oriented eastern side. With backing from Europe and Russia.

If Ukraine was a politically unified country, the logical course of action would have been to follow Turkey's example and play the two sides off each other, as a bridge, rather than being the battleground.

Life's a bitch.