Is There Such a Thing as Independent Ucranians?

Many members of the russian leak really believe that a ukrane is not an independent nation. Anda, ah, really. I think many decision makers thought that ucranians are simply very corrupt and fearful people. They will just throw down their weapons and run away. That's serious miscalculation beyond just putin's personal mind - i have been speaking volumes about that. This is actually why i thought that the invasion won't happen, because with such a weak army, we cannot get involved in that sort of effort. So i think these things are connected. He knew that he had some major weaknesses in the army, but he still went for it because he just thought