>>7892231Political reasons. Ukraine was part of Russia for so long and many still remember the Soviet days, plus ethnically and linguistically they are very closely related. But for the extremely corrupt government currently ruling Ukraine, Pro-Russian seperatist groups in Donetsk and Luhansk (and Crimea, though no longer part of Ukraine) pose a threat to the regime. Plus American Neoconservatives have a hate boner for Russia because they still remember the days of the Cold War and Russia also serves as a convenient boogeyman to distract from their own corruption, so Poroshenko (Ukraine leader) can get more support for his fragile, failing regime by talking shit about Russia and fearmongering. This is more prevalent in online spaces than in real life for obvious reasons.
