[FreeReign]

And even ethnic Ukrainians think Russian is more prestigious.

That's your opinion.

Almost half of all Ukrainians, mostly in the western half, and mostly ethic Ukrainians, don't like Russia and don't like the interventionist Putin.

It's the eastern half of Ukraine, the half most like Russia that is the poorest and least prestigious.

[cunning_fish]

Western Ukrainians don’t like anyone. In fact the term “pogrom” referred to their actions against people of other cultures.
They might have a reason to dislike Russians but the truth is Eastern and Southern Ukraine wasn’t even a Ukraine before Soviet dictator Khuschev, who was ethnic Ukrainian, separated in from Russia to include into his native land. It was in 1960s.

It is not true that Eastern part of Ukraine is the poorest. In fact it is an economic center of Ukraine while the western part is mostly rural and lacks any industries.

[cunning_fish]

Western Ukrainians don’t like anyone. In fact the term “pogrom” referred to their actions against people of other cultures.
They might have a reason to dislike Russians but the truth is Eastern and Southern Ukraine wasn’t even a Ukraine before Soviet dictator Khuschev, who was ethnic Ukrainian, separated in from Russia to include into his native land. It was in 1960s.

It is not true that Eastern part of Ukraine is the poorest. In fact it is an economic center of Ukraine while the western part is mostly rural and lacks any industries.