Volodymyr Zelensky Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images Russian President Vladimir Putin formally declared his intention to invade Ukraine early Thursday, and by all accounts he launched a full-scale attack across the country. After two separatist enclaves of Ukraine, which Putin had recognized as independent "republics" on Monday, asked for help, Putin said in a televised speech, he "decided to conduct a special military operation." The point of that operation, Putin added, is the "demilitarization and de-Nazification of Ukraine." Ukraine isn't led by Nazis. In fact, its far-right parties earned a combined 2 percent of the vote in 2019 parliamentary elections. It is,...