Long before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a power struggle has played out in the region around language – specifically, whether or not Ukrainian is a language.
Their intended targets do not appear on these maps as many structures were erected more recently, so missiles are missing their targets and endangering more civilians.
To Russian nationalists, if the Ukrainian language is classified as a derivative of the Russian language, the invasion looks less like an act of aggression and more like reintegration.
To Russian nationalists, if the Ukrainian language is classified as a derivative of the Russian language, the invasion looks less like an act of aggression and more like reintegration.