My view as a resident of Kiev Ukraine - 3/17 edition

[Tommy_Carcetti]

136. And I have relatives who live there and who are actually Ukrainian.

And I could bring in their observations but I don't know how much credence you'd choose to put into them. Needless to say, they paint a much, much different picture than the OP.

Listen, no one has denied that there were ultranationalists present at the protest and that there is at least one minority political party in Ukraine that could be described as nationalist or ultranationalist. What has been disputed by many here is that the protests that lead to the change in power was primarily an ultranationalist--or as you term it, fascist--movement. There is much evidence to the contrary.

Furthermore, to parrot Putin's claim that Russia had to invade Crimea to protect Russians from Ukrainian "fascists" is laughable, considering the lack of any evidence to support any actual persecution of or mass violence against ethnic Russians living in Crimea or any other part of Ukraine. It makes no more sense than our prior administration's claim that we needed to invade Iraq to "liberate" the Iraqi people. And good luck finding people here who will cop to supporting that tripe.

And to claim that Russia's invasion of Ukrainian soil (as recognized by prior treaty) was a good thing and to compare an interim Ukrainian government to Hitler--that, my friend, is beyond contempt. And that is exactly what the OP clearly did, and he ought to be called out on such insanity.