Despite an initial round of discussions between Ukrainian and Russian leaders today, the ongoing geopolitical disaster overseas doesn’t show signs of calming anytime soon. That sad fact made it even more surreal to see a number of Russian state news outlets over the weekend briefly run a stunningly brazen op-ed exuberantly praising the nation “restoring its unity” via Vladimir Putin’s military invasion of the former Soviet satellite country.
“A new world is being born before our eyes,” begins the essay purportedly written by Valentyn Ogirenko. “Russia is restoring its historical fullness, gathering the Russian world, the Russian people together — in its entirety of Great Russians, Belarusians, and Little Russians.”
