And yet you just did it. 

I think in Ukraine everything will be about the same as in Georgia, after the armed conflict in Abkhazia and North Ossetia, which Georgia still considers to be occupied territories. Abkhazia is now almost like Russia, you can enter there without a visa on an internal Russian passport and the currency there is the Russian ruble. In Abkhazia, they love and respect the Russians, who saved them from the attack of Georgian thugs. Russians are also loved and respected in Georgia. Although the Russian military is still in Abkhazia, which Georgia considers its territory. This is a paradox and at the same time it is true.

Russia does not need the love of Ukrainians and their flowers for Russian soldiers. Ukraine is a heterogeneous country - eastern Ukraine is historically Russian-speaking and traditionally loyal to Russia, while western Ukraine historically gravitates towards Poland and is in opposition to Russia. So did Poland, although Russia liberated it from Nazi Germany. These are the features of the national mentality in which these nations find their self-identity. This is acceptable for Russia as long as the anti-Russian rhetoric does not go into action and become a source of strategic threats to Russia's security.