Quote Originally Posted by Basil77 View Post
It's not about the conflict between Ukrainians and Russians. From 1/3 to 1/2 of population of Russian Federation have Ukrainian heritage and vice versa. Many ethnic Ukrainians are defending Donetsk and Lugansk republics while at the same time many ethnic Russians are fighting on nazis side. The conflict is more like between Russophobic Russians/Ukrainians etc. and Pro-Russian Russians/Ukrainians etc. You underestimate the current level of hysterical propaganda in Ukraine. For example my wife's mother called yesterday and asked why Russian army is shelling and air-bombing Donbass and killing civilians. Ordinary people in Ukraine believe that all these atrocities which currently happen made by Russian regular army by personal Putin's orders and poor Ukraine soldiers are defending these lands and trying to save civilians by the cost of their lives. But such blatant lies can't be supported too long, that's why after some time I'm certain most people in Ukraine will realise the truth.
That's what makes it really confusing and I didn't know there were Russians fighting on the Nazi side. So basically it's just that some Ukrainian citizens want to join with the West and the others want to stay with the East. That sounds a lot like the American civil war.
But yeah, I do know that Poroshenko has been trying to control the media and that Russian journalists are being killed. Well, I hope more people like Mark Franchetti can help get the truth to those people.