(October 16, 2022 at 7:16 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote:
Ukraine wasn’t corrupt at all.
This goes against pretty much everything I've heard. Though I admit that in the propaganda storm we're currently experiencing, lots of untrue things get said.
Do you have a link or reference to support this?
Quote:Russia tried to subvert it internally with Viktor Yanukovych who was the Pro-Russian President of Ukraine before Petro Poroshenko (The predecessor of Vlodimyr Zelensky). They wanted to turn it into a Belarussian-like puppet-state. When it failed they declared war.
Poroshenko is on record as saying some very dangerous things about the Russian-speaking population of Ukraine. Like, they must be "re-educated or leave the country." He incited violence, and violence against the Russian-speaking population was increasing.
Whatever other excuses they have, this gave the Russians the justification that they are a large country going in to protect an oppressed population. Poroshenko made it look as though a peaceful settlement between the Ukrainian-speakers and the Russian-speakers would be impossible.
Again, if you have trustworthy sources saying the opposite I'd be interested to see.
