Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
Ukraine was part of Russia up to 1991...
Nope, not true. Being occupied by Russia as part of the Soviet Union did not make it Russia. Just as the brief German occupation of Ukraine make it part of Germany.
As for your dates, well in 1994 Russia co-signed a treaty to recognise the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Ukraine. 20 years later Russia's little green men helped themselves. Regarding facts:
"what does it say about the mendacity of Russian diplomacy and its contempt for international opinion when the foreign minister says something that can be proven wrong with less than 30 seconds of Google fact-checking?"