Russia is too stupid to realize the former USSR republics don’t ever want to be part of Russia again.
USSR: 1. Russia, 2. Ukraine, 3. Belarus, 4. Uzbekistan, 5. Kazakhstan, 6. Georgia, 7. Azerbaijan, 8. Lithuania, 9. Moldavia, 10. Latvia, 11. Kirghizstan, 12. Tajikistan, 13. Armenia, 14. Turkmenistan, 15. Estonia
All but Belarus are supporting Ukraine.
Meanwhile Ukraine are outsmarting the Russians on every front: