Let me explain
You stated —
“with UKR, I imagine a scolding nation, in varying degrees of profanity demanding other countries subsidize them to unlimited degree, and becoming profane and hysterical when rejected (often putting the sources of such rejections or unflattering comments on a kill-list).”
It is off-speech to say “I imagine” when what follows was plain for all to see over the course of the past while.
So it could sound as if you are imagining it into being.
Which of course is ridiculous. Not funny at all.
Not any more.
I see our divergence. I am anthropomorphizing ‘Ukraine’. often you find cultural traits common enough that they are good to be aware of when dealing with certain cultures. this could be thought of that way, even though the picture it paints is not flattering, something like a low-grade confidence/extortion ring.
in any event, it seems you agree that everything after my dubious word use is reasonably accurate in reality itself. We agree there, though many here seem not to.