Can she answer a question for me? I have curiosity about the Ukraine, as my grandmother left from a small town near Lvov in around 1905. They were devout Russian Orthodox, and were concerned about Catholicis spreading in from Poland.
What is the nature of the protestors who are taking control in western Europe? Are they religious fanatics? Nazi-types? Aligned with the globalist agenda? Nationalists?
Best wishes to your wife's friends and relatives still in the Ukraine.
From what I see, they are Nationalists. I have sorted through newsletters at the Ukranian Cultural Center from the 1930’s and the theme is the same, they do not like collectivism and Soviet rule. How many family members were lost during Holodomor. 600 people a day were coming to Kiev from Lviv in support and love of country. Ukranians are afraid of the police because of the corruption and the power they wield over the population. I was on a train coming out of Kiev and asked my wife what the boxcars with the hammers and sickles painted on the sides and the little barred windows were. She responded “prison train”