Russia invades Ukraine!

*This article is about the episode. For the non-canonical short, see Russia invades Ukraine. For the event, see Russian invasion of Ukraine.*

## Russia invades Ukraine!

### Air date

Mar 6, 2023

**Russia invades Ukraine!** is an episode of MrSpherical, depicting the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is the sequel to My Best Friend, Ukraine.

## Blurb

On February 24th, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine under the pretense of a “special military operation”, though it seems at this point to be a full-scale land, sea, and air invasion.

Defiant, Ukraine declares martial law and begins the defense of its territory. Meanwhile Ukraine’s allies begin extending sanctions against Russia and its citizens and institutions, with many countries (especially the USA) cutting off some or all trade with Russia.

Over the first month of the invasion, covered in this video, Russian forces pushed all the way to the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. But already things weren’t quite going to plan…

## Summary

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine begins, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and their members France, Germany, America, Britain, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, and Latvia watch as the Russian Federation push into Ukrainian territory. Russia claims that ethnic Russians from Ukraine's Donbas region of Ukraine have been under threat, and NATO has expanded to Russia's borders despite agreements.

The Russians have claimed that their goal is to de-Nazify Ukraine, and heal the country. Russia also claims America's recent invasions as an excuse to invade Ukraine. Ukraine prepares to shoot Russia, but America calls him. Ukraine picks up the phone and explains to America that he is busy, and America knows. America proposes a plan to evacuate Ukraine, but Ukraine refuses, claiming that he needs weapons, not an evacuation plan. Ukraine hangs up as the invasion intensifies. The Russians pass through hiding Ukraine.

At the United Nations, America initiates a resolution condemning the invasion and demanding a full withdrawal of Russian troops. 141 members vote in favor, but only 45 actually chose to sanction Russia. India, a Russian ally, claims that sanctions aren't always the best tool against another country. America debunks that, claiming that half of India's arms come from Russia. India also claims that the European Union also gets Russian gas, saying that everything is interconnected. The EU, however, agrees to switch to American gas by the end of the year.

A TV shows up, and in it, Russia speaks, laughing at the fact that they think that getting off of Russian gas would hurt Russia. America and Russia argue, with Russia claiming that they would do pipeline repairs. America isn't scared. Another TV pulls up, and in it, Ukraine appears, he demands more weapons, before claiming that he is just as much of a UN member as Russia is. Ukraine then asks the UN to sanction Russia, but Russia, having veto power due to past actions, argues that the UN can't. Ukraine then flees from the camera.

America, France, Canada, Germany, and the rest of the EU enter a conversation, where America proposes sending Ukraine more lethal aid, but the other member countries are unsure of that, fearing that it would only escalate tensions. France proposes opening up the European Peace Facility, a special mechanism that allows the EU to spend more on the military. America then proposes sending weapons to Ukraine, and this time, every member agrees. There is just one problem: there isn't a good way to get guns to Ukraine. Just then, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Hungary, and Romania were seen, and America decided to use Poland to get guns into Ukraine.

Back in Ukraine, the Russians were further advancing into Ukrainian territory, when pro-Ukraine Russians head near Ukrainian houses, thinking that Ukraine would help them get supplies just because Russia in the past had saved Ukraine from Germany. The Russians knock on Ukrainian houses, but all of them shut their doors. The Ukrainians then launch a counter-attack on the rebels, and one of the rebels retaliate.

The Ukrainians plan to damage Russian supply lines rto cut them off from precious materials and damage their war machine. Ukraine is still outnumbered by the Russians but when everyone else fleed, Ukraine noticed an intact car. He jumps in, and drives to his house. Ukraine returns home, and seeing a nuke sign, thinks that he could use nukes as a weapon, but the basement is empty, and Ukrain wishes that he never gave Russia the Soviet nukes. Ukraine calls America, but no response occurs. Russia then Calls Ukraine ti go outside.

Fearing the worst, Ukraine does so, and sees a bruised Russia, mad that Ukraine cut off Russia from crucial supply lines. Ukraine is approached by Russia, and rpepaeres to fight, when America and Poland appear in a helicopter. Poland drops weapons in front of Ukraine, and Ukraine fires back, forcing Russia to use a grenade, but he drops it, and the explosion harms Russia. Russia then punches Ukraine into a rocket launcher, who points it at Russia, but Russia calls Ukraine "irrational", to which Ukraine demands Russia to leave. Russia backs out of Ukraine, and while in hiding, Russia calls the others, saying that the invasion hadn't gone like planned.

On the Polish-Ukrainian border, Poland accepts many Ukrainian refugees. When Jimmy, a Ukrainian, says he wants to fight, his father tells him that strength comes in many different ways. Jimmy and his father enter Poland.

## Trivia

* The episode was originally known as "My Best Friend, Ukraine pt 2".
* The current thumbnail is a parody of Nazis invade Russia!.

## References

1. ↑ The invasion of Ukraine started in My Best Friend, Ukraine