You're just grasping at straws.
The current Russia-Ukraine hostilities are the result of the West overthrowing the legitimate government of Ukraine and replacing it with a puppet regime hostile to Russian interests. People who fixate on Putin's supposed "ambitions" and "aggression" always seem to ignore this fact. The Russian annexation of Crimea and the eastern Ukraine rebellion are direct responses to that hostile Western action.
The Slavic brotherhood alliance between Russia and Ukraine started in 1654, it only ended in 1991. Putin's stand is Russia and Ukraine are one nation, one people.