One thing is certain..... after all of this is done, the Ukrainian people will have hatred for Russia and it's people for at least a generation.
Poooootin is a 1st class war criminal.
I’ve said this many times on freerepublic but I’ll say it again
I moved to Poland in 2010 and have met, worked with and known quite a few Ukrainians and:
1. Before 2014 the Ukrainians were pretty meh about patriotism. They didn’t care about Ukraine and were local city Patriots if at all
2. Post 2014 to 2022 it was lukewarm patriotism
3. After February 2022, patriotism reached American 1942 levels.
Putin’s 2nd invasion sky rocketed Ukrainians sense of identity.
If he hadn’t invaded, zelensky would have been voted out, NATO would have collapsed and everyone would still believe Russia was super powerful.