[ianch99]

Our Ukrainian guest comes from Dnipro where she lived with her son. When the nearby bridges & army camps were hit, she felt she had no choice but to leave. Her son remains behind. I also met a lady, a couple of days ago, who is 8 months pregnant and she fled from Sumy, near the Russian border, to Moldova and then to Romania. She is on her own here, her husband remains to fight.

Both are Russian speaking Ukrainians and they, and all the people they know, hate Putin with a passion. Yes, Ukraine was/is flawed: there is corruption, similar to other ex-Soviet regions but it is their country, not Putin's and they will never give in.

Don't be fooled, Putin is a facist and he does not care how many innocents he kills. He is evil by anyone's definition. It really is that simple.