And as for Marx and Engels, Russia was a literal Evil Empire.
Here's a sample:
There is but one alternative for Europe. Either Asiatic barbarism under Muscovite bursts around its head like avalanche, or it must re-establish Poland, putting 20 million heroes between itself and Asia
And as for Marx and Engels, Russia was a literal Evil Empire.
Here's a sample:
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867/01/22a.htm
This is also what Poland believes about Ukraine.
So you want a buffer state between you and Russia? Very well, there shall be a rump state of Galicia, allied with Russia.
No, a whole Ukraine.
I'm not sure about Russia emerging whole out of it though.