Today marks the 25th anniversary of Ukraine's split from the Soviet Union. Happy news! Those of us who remember the astonishing events of 1991 will certainly understand the joy Ukrainians feel about this wonderful event in history.
We also understand their nervousness about the possibility that life out from under the thumb of Moscow may not last much longer. The Russians are getting aggressive again, with troops massing on the Russia/Ukraine border and Vladimir Putin concocting rationales for yet more aggressive behavior against his neighbor, which is helpless to defend itself in large part thanks to the neglect of one Barack Hussein Obama:
The Kremlin's buildup includes deploying the S-400 air-defense system in Crimea and air and naval assets in the Black Sea, while conducting tank exercises in the Russian-occupied strip of Moldovan territory called Transnistria. In May the Kremlin formed a new motorized rifle division in Russia's western Rostov region, which borders Ukraine's separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.