Territory of present #Ukraine saw WWI and WWII battles. Today the #Ukrainian Army unit defeated the #Russian Army unit of 200 at the very historically significant location - in Kruty village of #Chernigiv province in 130 km to northeast from capital Kyiv. [Thread ⬇️] 
[2] Kruty is a symbol of the #Ukrainian fight for independence. In 1918, the Lenin "bolsheviks" launched an invasion into just created sovereign #Ukraine Republic which tried at the end of WWI to secure its independence with the center in #Kyiv.
[3] On January 29-30, 1918, in Kruty village, the invading unit of 3,000 Bolsheviks after the bloody battle defeated the #Ukrainian unit of 130-150 cadets which demonstrated unbelievable valor and imposed heavy losses (300) on the Russians which stopped their invasion for 4 days.
[4] The #Ukrainian cadets died from the Russian bullets at Kruty but slowed the invasion. It let time for #Kyiv to negotiate the recognition of #Ukraine for the 1st time as independent nation in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed on March 3, 1918 btw Russia and Central Powers.
[5] The Putin's behavior regarding #Ukraine is now the same as Lenin's in 1917-1922: deceit, preparation, war, and occupation. They both are unifiers of the lands around Moscow no matter what.
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