[federoccco]

"Russian speaking Ukrainians are staying silent"

Where do you get this bullshit? Russian-speaking Ukrainians are fighting Russians, half of UA armed forces are Russian-speaking.

>> pro-Russian faction has been marginalized and sideswept

Russia destroyed a lot of goodwill by its actions in Crimea and Donbass. People who supported Yanukovich in 2010, do not support Putin in 2022

[CrackerNews]

I meant the pro-Russian faction, which you are correct in that they don't support Putin and are for Ukrainian sovereignty. They did form a major opposition to the current political power and so they are being suppressed accordingly along with the Russian language as part of the war effort.

My post is rather about that the invasion is the final nail in the seam between the pro-West and pro-Russia interests tearing apart, when I don't think that it had to happen. Of course, Putin is responsible for that final nail. His threat of invasion has long been known in a leaked Wikileaks cable, and I think that history could have followed a different path. I think it's similar to how the balance of power shifting quickly has led to blowback like the Iraq War leading to the creation of ISIS where the former generals of Saddam were disenfranchised and resorted to violence to establish an independent state and reclaim political power.

[muzika]

People who were in opposition of the new Ukrainian government are now in opposition of Russia. There are very very few Russian speaking Ukrainians who are “pro-Russia” right now.