All too true.
My read is that we don't understand the Ukranians because we don't really know them. With all the blockage, so to speak, from all the media, here and there, who can figure anything out?
I know that the rest of the world can't POSSIBLY know much truth about US because of the layers of media interference. Traveling to places is the best thing so that THEY can see ME, as least, and know that some Americans aren't ALL like the media demonizing.
My read is that MOST Ukranians WANT their babies, keep them and are good Christians...and that most of this crap is media hype. I recognize the language of hype.
Unfortunately, the statistics do not support that contention. Ukraine's birthrate is in the running for lowest-lowest on earth, in the 1.2 range.
This is a list of reports about Ukraine on Human Life International's website. Look at Item 9 in particular; the URL was too long to copy. (I don't know why it didn't hotlink, either.)
http://www.hli.org/index.php/component/search/?searchword=Ukraine&ordering=&searchphrase=all
CM — your hopes are mostly true. The drop in population in the Ukraine is due to immigration largely as Ukraine is very, very poor. These topless protesters get in the news as they are quite pretty and, well, topless...