Russia is waging war on Ukraine. That much is obvious.
Actually, Ukraine is in a US-Sponsored War with itself.
Putin is reacting to events, not creating them. That he has outmaneuvered the incompetents in the White Hut at every turn, shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone who has been paying attention for the last 6 years.
If we hadn’t financed the most Radical elements in Ukraine, and encouraging them to overthrow the elected government, a Ukrainian Flag would still be flying over Crimea, and people wouldn’t be dying in a civil war.
Russia warned LONG AGO that they would never allow Crimea to fall under western control.
RIA Novosti: Secret Cable Reveals Russia Warned US in 2008 Meddling in Ukraine Could Split Country
http://russialist.org/ria-novosti-secret-cable-reveals-russia-warned-us-in-2008-meddling-in-ukraine-could-split-country/