I think what is telling is that the new ukraine government has been demanding that the people turn in their “illegal” weapons seized during the great unpleasantness of a few weeks ago. The country is facing invasion and are more concerned about disarming their citizenry?
Welcome to the new boss, same as the old boss.
I have been thinking the same. The Ukrainian people will get no freedom either way.
The problem is, authority has largely crumbled, and armed gangs are roaming the streets, robbing, etc. (This from elenafilatova.com — see full link below.) The gov’t would probably be best off organizing citizen militias under the auspices of the military, but I doubt the gov’t has its act together well enough to do this.
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/maydan/updatemarch25.html