During a visit to Kyiv last weekend, I kept asking Ukrainians a question that vexes me: Is your war against President Vladimir Putin — or against Russia itself? Nearly every time, I got the same unyielding answer. The enemy is a Russia that must be defeated and transformed.
Through Ukrainian eyes, this terrible conflict has become a clash of civilizations. They argue that most Russians support Putin’s brutal war in the way that most Germans supported Adolf Hitler. Unless Russia as a nation abandons the imperial dreams that Putin has evoked, the conflict cannot be resolved through negotiations.
Brothers in Arms
Footage has emerged showing a Russian unit coming under attack from a Ukrainian ambush.
As soon as they are attacked, the vehicle speeds off and the unit abandons one of their men to his fate.#Ukraine #Russia pic.twitter.com/9njZRTsVOw
— WhereisRussiaToday (@WhereisRussia) October 12, 2022
