Originally Posted by Rochard

There was never a threat to Russian speaking citizens.

The President of Ukraine was legally removed from office by his government due to the mishandling of protests, in which a number of citizens died. These were not Russian speaking citizens and in fact just the opposite - people of the Euromaidan, a movement in Ukraine of people who want to bring the country closer to Europe.

Even if there was any kind of threat to Russian speaking citizens, Russia still has NO RIGHT to invade another country. They are not Russian citizens, they are Ukrainian citizens and have been since long before I was born.