[Allan]

Not to mention that most Ukrainians and Russians are ethnically indistinguishable and mutually intelligible
and most "Ukrainians" are people who identify with the common Russian heritage but live in the "South"
called the Ukraine, just like millions live elsewhere.
Every person I know who is from the Ukraine says they are Russian FROM the Ukraine.

Russian chauvinist speaking.
Come here to Canada and say that to my Ukrainian relatives
if you would like to have your face remodelled.

Calling a Ukrainian a Russian is worse than calling a Scotsman English or calling a Croat a Serb.

[Lion in Winter]

Here again we see the evils of ethnic "pride".

Boy, oh boy, the EU plays that like fiddle.

What gets me, is that folks keep falling for the "hype" and are willing to fight over it.

Sleep well... the EU loves that ethnic-FIGHT STUFF so much and they COUNT ON IT HAPPENING TOO.

Remember, after they EU gets a firm grip on a place... ethnic nationality is forbidden.

As my grandson says they want you to be an EU robot.

[A. Pole]

Russian chauvinist speaking. Come here to Canada and say that to my Ukrainian relatives if you would like to have your face remodelled. Calling a Ukrainian a Russian is worse than calling a Scotsman English or calling a Croat a Serb.

You need to remember that Ukrainian emigrees from WWII, prominent in Canada are not typical Ukraninians. Many of them come from Lwow (Lvov) area and were engaged in very specific type of politics. Center and especially east of Ukraine is VERY, VERY different.

And do not fool yourself - the present honeymoon of Galicia (Lvov) nationalists with the powers of Sorosian "otpor" will get sour sooner or later. Look at Serbia and Georgia.