Putin in 2008 plainly stated that Crimea is undesputed Ukranian territory and all borders with it are completely settled.
By 2014 he annexed Crimea and by 2022 declared that Ukraine is not a real country.
So who is the piece of shit?
You of course, because you ignore the fact that Ukraine has several ethnic minorities, some are quite large, like the Russo-Ukrainians of the Donbas and Crimea. They don't want your ******* coup regime, asshole.
So the fact that in the past Putin was friendlier to Ukraine, and recognized Ukraine's right to Crimea and the Donbas, is irrelevant, after the Western Ukrainians, along with Russia-hating ultra-nationalists (with Swastika tattoos) supported by the United States, ousted Yanukovych the democratically elected president of Ukraine and replaced him with Petro Poroshenko a man who hates everything Russian.
The Russo-Ukrainians of the Donbas and Crimea voted against the legitimacy of the new BULLSHIT coup regime i.e. US puppet. That American puppet regime began a terrorist campaign against its ethnic Russian population in the Donbas, when they refused to accept the legitimacy of their government-authority. What's good for the goose, is good for the gander. You support the pro-West/NATO Ukrainians in their violence to oust a democratically elected president, who is friendly to Russia, replacing him with a man who hates everything Russian, then whine like a biatch, when the Russo-Ukrainians of the Donbas and Crimea refuse to recognize that new coup regime and fight for their freedom.
The only reason you take such a hypocritical stance is that you American liberals hate the fact that Russia doesn't have any rainbow flags flying over its Kremlin, and they're not injecting children with puberty blockers. If Russia allowed LGBTQASNM+ to parade their filth in the streets and adopt children you would love Putin. That's what it all amounts to for you liberals. You're willing to fight WW3 with Russia because they have no transsexual public bathrooms.