Ukraine is fighting to be free from tyrants like Putin and their cultures of corruption.
Ukraine’s culture of corruption is the Soviet culture of corruption. That’s what Ukrainians in charge now are trying to change more than anything else.
There’s corruption here, in the U.S.A., too. But it’s nowhere near as bad as in countries like Russia and its allies.
Some politicos appear to believe that a good way to get votes is to lie to voters in efforts to stir them to hysteria while insulting and threatening any who don’t agree. Looks like a Russian tactic. We’ll see how that works out.