Yes, it's sad. There is something very sad about borders separating families.
You ought to be like we are in Scandinavia. Friends with open borders, leaving the past behind and supporting each other through ups and downs. Since you more or less have a language in common.
I talked to some people in Ukraine, and it seemed literally all of them had family, friends or both in Russia.

Seems to me that Ukraine needs a strong leader who can set a course and stick with it until things start improving. Not idiots who beat each other up in parliament and sell out their country to the highest bidder.

I read a comment by Putin, which seems to suggest that he thinks foreign interests are behind ongoing protests in Ukraine. What do you think of that?