Originally Posted by
dead_pan
Sky News was excellent as always this morning. A few takeaways:
- ethnic Russians in Kharkiv and elsewhere don't appear to be rallying to Russia's cause. It appears they much prefer living in an open, democratic country with actual prospects - bit of a shocker that.
Not to Ukrainians. There has been a surge of speaking Ukrainian and national identity since 2014. In the East the occupied territories have been turned into a dangerous s***hole with wages half that of outside.
people in Ukraine look to Poland, where millions have worked and returned remittances and see EU membership that has multipled wages 5x while their's have stagnated.