I would think so, Russian geopolitical textbooks have been saying for a long time
that an "independent Ukraine doesn't make sense".
Read here the excerpts what it says about UK, and US. Makes an interesting read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
In the UK there's been much discussion of Russia's role in Brexit.
i.e. Aaron Banks, the man who funded the Leave.EU campaign, was aledgidly backed by Russian "business partners".
The Boris Johnson's Conservative government have said in the last 2 hours that they're going to keep £1.93 of Russian linked donations they've received since 2019.
