Is Russia Just Wanting the Ukraine to Be Neutral?

I was just looking at an article that was actually on Professor John Merseheimer, who is a foreign policy guru or professor. He represents the realest school usually in foreign policy, meaning it's a competition and the strong survive. And they're all looking for regional power,. But in this article, he said that Merseheimer is arguing these days that Russia just wanted the Ukraine to be neutral. Letting this conflict go on is starting to get us into areas where nuclear warfare is., says Obama.