Putin’s real goal in Ukraine isn’t territory
From the title, I was hoping for something more informative than what it is. The part about historical oppression is largely accurate, but her analysis of recent history is way off. When Ukraine became independent in 1991, ethnic Ukrainians saw their opportunity to mold a new state solely around their culture. The problem for them was the 20%-40% ethnic Russian population. There followed many years of increasing abuse of ethnic Russians and their culture.[1] For the past three decades, the Ukrainians have been doing to ethnic Russians what she accuses Putin of trying to do to Ukrainians. Before anyone accuses me of being pro-this-or-that, let my say explicitly that I have sympathy for the Ukrainians who suffered, but I have just as much sympathy for the Russians who suffered.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tandfonline.com&#x2F;doi&#x2F;abs&#x2F;10.1080&#x2F;13642980802396838" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.tandfonline.com&#x2F;doi&#x2F;abs&#x2F;10.1080&#x2F;1364298080239683...</a>