Ukraine - eastern and western - was a part of Russia from 1783 until 1991, with a brief two year break during the Bolshevik Revolution. From 1991 until 2015, it was basically a client state of Russia. Before 1783 - going back to the 1600s, the eastern part - including Donetsk and Luhansk - was in Russia, the western part was a part of Poland. Before then, it was settled by Cossacks - escaped serfs from Poland - and was ruled by a general - a "hetman" - and before that, it was Scythians and Greeks. So Ukraine has been a part of Russia except for the last 7 years, for as long as the United States has been a country - the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783. And that idiotic comment about Russian warships in the Black Sea made by Biden - who is writing this stuff for him? - it's totally ignorant of history, Russia has had a naval base at Novorossisk since 1725 - it was created by Catherine the Great.

Biden is doing it because his economic policy is pure shite and he wants the Democrats to not go down in flames like they so richly deserve: "In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of war, has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will not long be safe companions to liberty. The means of defence agst. foreign danger, have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people." James Madison, 29th June, 1787. For a good background on Ukraine, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAGOS4 - "Why is Ukraine the West's Fault", Prof. John Mearsheimer

And I forgot to mention that there is a rocket engine manufacturing plant complex at Kiev... that's another part of the Russian military industrial complex. And Kiev was the first capital of Russia, from the 900s until 1254, when Moscow was settled and became the capital. https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/kievan-rus-0013926