Ukraine is a nation interrupted, its identity and promise stolen by invaders and predators for centuries.Ukraine’s principle oppressor has been, and remains, Russia where leaders like Russian President Vladimir Putin propagate the fiction that Ukraine is “little Russia.” But the two are distinctive and the Ukrainian language is as different from Russian as is Spanish from French.Putin’s postulation is not only inaccurate, but deeply hurtful and insulting, given Russia’s historical and ongoing abuse of Ukraine. In the 1930s, Joseph Stalin perpetrated one of the greatest crimes against humanity by purposely starving to death millions of Ukrainians for resisting his Five-Year …read more
Source: Atlantic Council
