There was a meme the other day comparing Moscow and Kiev and the creators/people who first shared it clearly didn't understand that that isn't a dunk on Putin and in fact he agrees with it. My initial reaction to this was the same(inverted in this case), Ukraine has history, including with the USSR, it is silly to pretend it doesn't is my take from that image.

Now if the creators think that this is a point in favor of Putin's view then IDK seems exactly the same situation as with the other meme.