Ukraine has been rebuilding its army by calling up citizens. It’s not a fast process given how the billions the previous president and his crony stole. Some units are being equipped by donations.
Using the term thug indiscriminately ignores the reality of a people that just want to be left alone. Putler needs to be seriously hurt. Economic action that severely complicates his relationship with the of the oligarchs is in order.
Another reality that ought not to be ignored is that Russian-speaking Ukrainians in the eastern regions opposed the Obama-backed Junta that seized power in Kiev.
I feel and pray for the average Ukrainian Joe. The government is the problem.