Four years ago was seven years after Putin annexed part of Ukraine. This was considered a news story at the time. So it's not as if Ukraine has only been in the news since 2022.

> Did you even know the difference between Ukraine and Russia four years ago?

Yes, ~7 years into the current war, I think a lot of people did.

> Much less 30 years ago.

Yes, I knew the difference, then -- when the breakup of the USSR was relatively recent and the issues in and between post-Soviet states were frequent news items. Again, I think a lot of people did.

Heck, I knew the difference when I was in grade school and both were part of the USSR. There's probably a fair number of people outside the US who have some understanding of the differences between Texas and California, too.

> They were considered basically the same country.

Were considered...by whom?

Who is this average American that can't look at a map?

Because we don't care to anymore. We don't want to be world policeman anymore. Take care of your problems yourself.

You called defending against an invasion with maximalist, genocidal goals nonsense.