A lot of people ask why the Ukrainians are so resistant to the "special military operation". They consider it to be a matter of a simple transition of power to a ruler of a similar people: "same faith, similar language, they will just pay taxes to another ruler. What is the problem?"
Others see the issue as a conflict between two global superpowers, where "one is being wronged by the other, has come threateningly close to it, has not respected its vital space", etc., as if the Ukrainian people are not entitled to have independent and free will and to choose the values and culture they want to live with.
The aggressive, expansionist and voracious state cannot tolerate the existence of an independent Church in Kiyv. This fact disrupts its plans to create a common supranational space, including the holy of holies of the Rus people, with a supposedly common culture and a common Church controlled by the stronger state. The occupation of Kiyv is a "necessary step" to further fulfill their imaginary rights about the "Third Rome". The attacking state cannot tolerate the annihilation of its narrative and the undoing of centuries of effort to "liberate the Queen of Cities". The ruler of the state is called upon to become "Great" in the history of his people in order to fulfill the "vow of his nation".