Why Russia Wants Ukraine #shorts

Why does Russia want Ukraine if it's already the largest country on Earth? Russia takes up 1-8th of all land on Earth, but most of this is barren frozen wasteland.

为什么俄罗斯要想要乌克兰，毕竟它已经是地球上最大的国家了呢？俄罗斯占据了地球上1/8的土地，但大部分是荒芜的冻土荒漠。

Russia's heartland, in which 80% of its citizens live, and the economic engine resides, is here, smushed up against its westernmost border. And here in Lise, Russia's geography problem. It's heartland sits at the end of the European plane, a huge swamp that's flat and easy to move across terrain that stretches from the Netherlands all the way to the Euromountins.

俄罗斯的心脏地带，80% 的居民居住在这里，经济引擎也在这里，就在其西部边界附近。在利塞这里，俄罗斯的地理问题显现出来。它的心脏地带位于欧洲平原的尽头，这是一个巨大的沼泽地，平坦且易于穿越的地形，从荷兰一直延伸到欧罗山脉。

You don't have to look far back in the history to see that these planes have been a super highway for armies. The Soviet Union managed to fix this issue by ruling over puppet states that would act as a sponge against invading armies. However, we know that didn't last forever.

在历史上追溯一下，就不难发现这些飞机曾经是军队的绝佳公路。苏联曾经通过统治傀儡国家，让它们充当针对侵略军队的海绵，来解决这个问题。但是我们知道这种局面并不会永远持续下去。

In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed, leaving Russia once again at the mercy of the European plane. With former member states slowly drifting toward Russia's biggest rival, NATO, it became more vulnerable to external pressure.

1991年，苏联解体，使俄罗斯再次置身于欧洲大陆的威胁之下。随着前成员国逐渐向俄罗斯最大的竞争对手北约靠拢，俄罗斯变得更加容易受到外部压力的影响。

Ukraine in recent years has been drifting toward NATO membership. If this happens, it would leave Russia forever in a geopolitical nightmare. That's why Russia wants Ukraine.

近年来，乌克兰一直在向北约成员国靠近，如果这一事实成真，它将使得俄罗斯永远处于地缘政治噩梦中。这也是为什么俄罗斯想要乌克兰的原因。