Ukranians in Ukraine Are Going to Be Effected

i didn't think it was likely that president putton would actually invade ukrane the topic came up on a friday c and a show. But i have a very hard time reading and believing anything that i read in the news reports about things like that. The western mmedia is so a whacky in terms o the things that they report, i believe very little of it. What dos a country like russia have to gain by invading ukraine? It seems to me how, based upon my understanding of the conflict, the cultural differences, the the nationalism of the ukranian people,.The nationalis of the russian people, obviously therere close, close connections