...”Ukraine should be independent and not a satellite of either side of this”....
Well true but what does Ukraine got on it’s own? How can it survive without the money flowing from Russia and Europe? They don’t have anything to offer in the world markets...
You tell others to do their homework, and then you make a statement like that? Read the CIA factbook or Wikipedia articles on Ukraine, for heavens sake. Ukraine has PLENTY to offer both in the way of raw materials, agricultural products, and finished, even high tech goods. The problem is corruption and poor market mechanisms.