Russian Ukraine War

[Thryleon]

Ukraine war was sold to the Russian people as Putin coming to the aid of ethnic/pro Russian folk in the border regions who he said were being poorly treated and he was going to their rescue.
Hitler used the same marketing 101 tactics when he invaded Poland and that he was looking after/saving ethnic Germans who were being oppressed..

These all run into a deeper level of ethnic pride and is easy for a nation to get behind until it turns out to be a strategic loser. 

Be it Greece marching onto izmir post world war 1, or if Catalonia broke away from Spain and was then invaded by Spain, there would be enough proponents of ethnic pride that would easily sway the people.

Personally im convinced that just like all these other wars in the region like Syria, Libya etc, where we find out later that the strategic planning of Ukraine's defense and counter offensive has been conducted by third parties and that this has been a war by proxy of other nations and their interests in ensuring Ukraine doesn't slip into Russian hands.  Why is not really a questionfor me, as I dont really have a vested interest.

I'm more curious about what this all means for the future of the region.  I stopped looking at these conflicts in isolation a long time ago because they seem to raise and re raise their heads over and over again and are invariably history repeating.