Ukraine's Centuries-Old Fight for Independence_ Poland's Empire

The Ukrainian people are like, "What are you talking about? We were a a distinct people with our own culture, with our own everything for like for for centuries." Pacta conventa? What was Pacta conventa? Pacta conventa was a Ukrainian bid for independence from Poland. Mhm. Poland conquered They were one of two empires to successfully conquer Russia. They They conquered Moscow and held onto it for like 2 years. Sure. And then afterwards, the Russians were like, "Okay, we got to we we got to create a buffer between us and Poland." So, they armed the peasants of Ukraine and they said that, you know, riled them up. And then the Ukrainians started this war of independence. Now, before that, Poland was the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania was most powerful empire in Europe, believe it or not.