Both sides avoid the topic of Wild Fields, where half of ukraine was mostly deserted for 3 centuries
(en.wikipedia.org)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_FieldsAfter the 2022 war ukraine article(wikipedia) doesn't contain "Wild Fields" connection anymore, because that would jeopardize the "we muh greatest nation" narrative.
And russian side doesn't want to tell that either. Putin in his Tucker interview didn't even touch the subject. That would also jeopardize the "ukraine was muh always rus" narrative.
It was no-mans-land, u kraia, borderlands. Deserted Fields, because Crimean Tatar horde was always pillaging and raiding those lands and way beyond.
And then consider that all of history before 15th century is bullshit.
