A lot more common with the Balkans. The Ukrainians have been for centuries dominated by Russia and/or Poland, never in modern times independent. That’s why they, like the Baltics, allied themselves with Germany during WWII, hoping to gain independence. If Pete Seeger could ally himself with the butcher of millions Stalin and end up a hero to millions, then why not the Ukrainians alligning themselves with Hitler BEFORE he became a butcher?! Get an ounce of historical perspective!
A lot of parallels with Croatia, which had the dreaded Ustashe.
>>>A lot more common with the Balkans. The Ukrainians have been for centuries dominated by Russia and/or Poland, never in modern times independent. That’s why they, like the Baltics, allied themselves with Germany during WWII, hoping to gain independence. If Pete Seeger could ally himself with the butcher of millions Stalin and end up a hero to millions, then why not the Ukrainians alligning themselves with Hitler BEFORE he became a butcher?! Get an ounce of historical perspective!<<<
To be honest, Ukraine was never a real nation.
It was Soviets who engineered their national identity for the first time, it was Ukrainian nationalists abroad who has shaped it, and different Ukrainian government agencies are continuing up to this day. Pretty much similar to “Afro-American studies” in US.