[clintonh8r]

Some cynics think the Ukraine uprising was fomented by agents provocateur from the west. I don't buy that. I still have enough faith in human beings to believe that they can spontaneously rise up to protect or seize their liberty. I pray it will not be necessary here, but I also pray that if it is, we will be up to the task.

[Enterprise]

"I still have enough faith in human beings to believe that they can spontaneously rise up to protect or seize their liberty."

Stories of the savagery and depravity of what the Soviet Union thugs did to the citizens of Ukraine are still being told to the people. They had Soviet rule once, and they don't want any more of it. Ever. And it's worth fighting and dying to remain free.

[Zhang Fei]

Some cynics think the Ukraine uprising was fomented by agents provocateur from the west. I don't buy that. I still have enough faith in human beings to believe that they can spontaneously rise up to protect or seize their liberty. I pray it will not be necessary here, but I also pray that if it is, we will be up to the task.

I would not be surprised if the Holodomor were a factor in anti-Russian sentiment. Then there was the decade-long suppression of Ukrainian partisan fighters after WWII, along with the associated massacres (~200K dead). The Soviet-era official narrative obviously papered over the historical unpleasantries, but these things have a way of coming to the surface during periods of international tension. I expect ethnic Ukrainians - including Russian speakers - who had little knowledge of the atrocities are now getting an eye-opening education.

[Jimmy Valentine]

You are right. There are still Ukrainians who were alive during the “Holodomor” Stalins famine. Russians are not all that popular in Ukraine