The West must understand that, to Russia, 

Ukraine can never be just a foreign country. 

Russian history began in what was called Kievan-Rus. 

The Russian religion spread from there. 

Ukraine has been part of Russia for centuries, 

and their histories were intertwined before then.

西方必須明白，對俄羅斯來說，烏克蘭絕不只是個異國。 

俄羅斯的歷史始於所謂的基輔羅斯。 

俄羅斯宗教從那裡傳播開來。 

幾個世紀以來，烏克蘭一直是俄羅斯的一部分，

在此之前，他們的歷史交織在一起。

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/henry-kissinger-to-settle-the-ukraine-crisis-start-at-the-end/2014/03/05/46dad868-a496-11e3-8466-d34c451760b9_story.html

華盛頓郵報  2014-3-5