The monument to Vladimir the Great of Kyiv and the martyr monk Fyodor in Vladimir, Russia. Photo by Alexxx Malev/Wikimedia Commons.

If Ukraine does not exist as a nation, surely Russia is justified in offering a fraternal helping hand?

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