I also remember a simple game of naval battle, where Ukraine and Russia are fighting each other in the Black Sea. It turns out that this game was created by a resident of Sarov in the Russian Federation, Vadim Bashurov, back in 1992. Then can we assume that Russia was planning to attack Ukraine even before the game you’re talking about appeared in 1997?
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However, most likely this is just a coincidence.
No you are wrong here because I know that during the last 30 years Ukrainian TV and Ukrainian schools taught Ukrainians that Russia was an enemy. They were slowly and consistently preparing Ukrainians for a war between Russia and Ukraine whereas here in Russia we always considered Ukrainans to be our brothers and sisters.
Practically all Russian people were shocked by the war but we understood that demilitarization and denazification must be carried out because otherwise security of Russia would be threatened by NATO missiles in Ukraine directed at Russia.