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Ukrainians in Russia align with Moscow
More than a million Ukrainians have sought shelter in Russia since the war began.
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“We spent around two weeks hiding in the cellar. There was no water, heating or light. Outside, neo-Nazis were walking the streets, telling us this is all for our independence referendum in 2014 and we’ll all die here – the Russians will come and slaughter us all,” Tatyana recalled, of the early days of the battle for Mariupol.
While the Russian military is often blamed for the destruction of the city, Tatyana sees things rather differently.
By “neo-Nazis”, she had been referring to the Ukrainian soldiers that Russian government officials consider far-right fighters.
“Since February 24, the Ukrainian side was bombarding the whole city. Until March 16, we didn’t see any Russian forces, only the Ukrainians patrolling our streets and setting up checkpoints, blocking the road. So even if you just went out to see your grandma, you couldn’t come back the same way because the whole road would be blocked.
“On March 16, our neighbour shouted to us that the Ukrainian positions had been broken through. We didn’t hesitate: my husband got in the car and we drove off.”
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, more than 1.5 million Ukrainian refugees have arrived in the Russian Federation since February. And many have a very different perspective on the conflict to those interviewed by Western media.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022...ia-blame-european-governments-for-ongoing-war
1.5 million Ukrainians found it expedient to head straight for Russia. Many more pro-Russians will have found that difficult and gone elsewhere.
Those that support the ' self-determination ' argument for Ukraine joining NATO should open their minds to the fact that Ukraine voted for a pro-Russian president in 2014 and that their democratic choice was overturned by a US-backed coup to replace him with a pro-western puppet. You should read the accounts of the refugees that suffered at the hands of Zelenky's Nazis when they objected.
You probably won't- but that won't make your smugness correct.