What do Ukrainians think about russians now?

Hello! Today I asked Ukrainians on the street, what do they think about russians now?

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[olgafromkyiv]

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[claudiaescobedo]

I got friends both in Russia and Ukraine, it's kinda difficult. In any case, it's painful to see how they hate all Russians and want their dead, regardless of the fact that many of them don't even agree with the war

[gennadikorban]

can you interview folks from Mariupol ? their view would be really interesting

[Pichidaskis]

True. Ukrainians and Russians
No-no-no
Russians must be written with small letter. That says it all

[TPELaoY]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for bringing the truth about how ordinary Ukranians really perceive the current situation!!!! I am now subscribed.

[stas]

так приємно, що стільки іноземців дійсно цікавляться думкою пересічних українців💛💙ми дякуємо вам за підтримку

[EdfromCalifornia]

Fascinating responses from ordinary Ukrainian citizens. Thank you for posing the question. 💪 And a big thank you to those who agreed to respond on video. Well done. 👏 Shared on FB.

[riverav]

"War never takes a wicked man by chance, the good man always". Sophocles 😢

[tobiasdevlamingh]

I like your interviews Olga. please do more interviews about life in Ukraine, and people in Ukraine.

[DaysChanel_VandenReich]

I haven't heard anything new. But I was surprised by the mention of Dudaev as a good man and a fighter against Russia.
What is Dudaev known for:
1. Declared the independence of Chechnya. Many people know him only for this. The only one who recognized Chechnya's independence is the Taliban. Their similarity does not end there.
2. In 1993, he banned parliament, multiparty system, and introduced the Sharia constitution, i.e. it is no different from the Taliban in Afghanistan. Dissent is punishable by Sharia law, torture, stoning and whipping. In February 1993, a civil war began between Sharia President Dudaev and the democratic parliament.
3. In 1994, he declared jihad against the Chechen opposition and Russia, thus starting the First Chechen War. Although the civil war in Chechnya at that time had been going on for almost 2 years (22 months).
4. In 1995, he created concentration camps for the local population, who are neither Chechens nor Muslims.
5. In 1995, they raided Budennovsk in the Stavropol region and executed more than 100 random civilians because they were infidels.
6. In 1996, they raided Kizlyar, where they blew up 2 helicopters, seized a hospital and a maternity hospital with 3, 000 people inside. 78 civilians were killed.
And I am also surprised by the duplicity of some countries. For example, Latvia and Lithuania condemned and did not recognize him, but at the same time in these countries there is a monument and an alley named after him. There are streets in Turkey named after him when Turkish special forces fought on the side of Russia and helped to free hostages in Kizlyar.

[AKATONA]

I have relatives in Kiyv, a nice family. . The husband is Ukranian and the wife is Russian. They have children, too. What they can answer to your question, I wonder..

[TheAsharedhett]

Subscribed! Thank you for broadcasting this valuable information and committing it to history. Love and good wishes from the United States.

[turklerinortaktarihi]

Thanks for the video.
Can you ask; what do Ukrainians think of Turkey?

[lindadejonge]

The Ukrainian people were all so polite....wow! They did swear, but almost apologetically! I love the honesty of the Ukrainian and that is why I support Ukraine....and they will win! Having watched "20 days in Mariupol", I felt the honesty, resilience and the love the Ukrainians have for their country. I suggest everyone watches this open and honest (sometimes hard to watch) documentary!

[harbinger]

You should have asked the people what do they think about Stepan Bandera. Is he a hero for them?

[coreyhuard]

I am a Canadian born Ukrainian and I stand with Ukraine. Slava Ukraini from Canada with love 🇨🇦❤🙏🇺🇦💪

[kazaroval]

It's interesting to have the perspective of ordinary Ukrainians, thank you.

[natalyasharagulova]

Спасибо, это как прививка от жалости к украинцам

[KrisDX]

Stay safe Olga, all my support to ALL the people in Ukraine🥰

[dichebach]

I have been adamantly pro-Ukrainian since 2014 and I advocated for a vigorous and stern response to Putin's breach of Ukrainian sovereignty at that time. The failure of Western leadership to confront Putin in 2014 for "fear of escalating, " is precisely what led to the 2022 escalation. I would prefer that the Russian Federation tear its self apart in a civil war and sunder into dozens of separate polities; it is ultimately the PEOPLE of the Russian Federation who are most responsible for the Putin regime and the evil it has been allowed to do. But with all of that said, I wanted to invite everyone, even Ukrainians, who understandably hate Russian society as a whole now, to contemplate the complexities and subtleties of the situation and also to ponder the future. I have written on this topic before in reddit discussions so i will simply quote myself and hope that the incongruities are sufficiently clear
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There is an ancient affliction manifest in an oppressive elite and related social and political systems which plagues Russia and the territories which have been made subservient to that principality. One should not be euphemistic about these facts: Russia and its Empire are a sick society.

But mostly that sickness is a top-down process in which a small number of elites benefit at the cost of the masses; yes there is a feedback between the upper and lower socioeconomic strata and lower ranking people play their role in the evil that Russia does. But Russia's biggest problem is that it has a culture of horrific leadership.

We should also remember that this is the same "society" which produced: Kandinsky, Chagall, Malevich, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Repin, Shishkin, Goncharova, Vrubel, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Chekhov, Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenov, Bulgakov, Gagarin, etc., etc.

I totally understand why and how people hate Russia. I'm just saying: it is best to not hate Russia, but to hate the social/political order that has Russia enslaved. Hate Putin and everyone who serves him, i.e., all those who do not do their best to avoid serving him (like this gentleman).

The despicable parts of Russian society, are some of the most loathsome and terrible things the world has ever seen, and those people/social NEED to be reformed or else eradicated. But when Ukraine achieves victory, there will still be a Principality of Muscovy; at least! if not much more than that. The Russian Federation may tear apart into a dozen or more separate polities, or it may not. But one thing is for certain: "RUSSIA" is not going to be ended entirely, and it is not appropriate to wish that that come to pass. That too is genocidal.

There is a dire need to distinguish the good Russians from the bad, and the simple nomenclature I follow is to refer to the bad ones as "Orcs." This is a term which originated from Ukrainian soldiers observing the horrors committed by the Russian invaders and noting that they didn't even behave like humans; they behaved like Orcs.

Perhaps one day, after Ukraine has achieved victory and whatever turmoil and strife are requisite to bring about a reformed Russia have passed, there may be a Russia which is as self-reflective as late 20th century Germany was. Late 20th-century German society grappled with guilt and atonement for the atrocities committed during the Nazi regime, by their parents and grandparents. This collective effort has been referred to as "Vergangenheitsbewältigung, " which translates to "coming to terms with the past."

Germans faced the painful acknowledgment of their nation's involvement in the Holocaust, the persecution of minorities, and the crimes against humanity committed during World War II. This introspection wasn’t only a legal or political endeavor; it was a moral and societal reckoning.

Individuals and institutions engaged in soul-searching, acknowledging and confronting the horrors of the past. Numerous public trials, educational initiatives, and memorials were established to preserve the memory of the victims and to ensure that such atrocities would never happen again.

Furthermore, there was a generational shift where younger Germans questioned their parents and grandparents about their roles during the Nazi era. This process was deeply personal and varied widely among families, with some openly discussing their involvement while others faced challenges in acknowledging or comprehending the extent of their predecessors' actions.

The notion of collective guilt was a significant aspect. Many Germans felt a sense of responsibility for the sins of their forebears, even if they weren't directly involved. This collective guilt fueled a commitment to ensure remembrance, promote tolerance, and prevent such atrocities from occurring in the future.

The German government also took steps toward restitution, compensating survivors, and offering support to victims' families. These efforts aimed not only at acknowledging the past but also at fostering a more tolerant, democratic, and inclusive society.

This ongoing process of confronting the past and seeking atonement continues to shape German society's values and policies, emphasizing the importance of remembrance, education, and vigilance against any resurgence of extremism or intolerance.

There is no reason that Russia cannot experience a similar transformation; but first the Orc horde must be defeated and driven out of Ukraine, and the Orc regime must be removed and very likely some form of revolution is required in the Russian Federation.
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And other, more recent thoughts on the parameters associated with the people of the Russian Federation finally realizing they have almost nothing to lose by taking out the Putin regime
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For reference Putin's Orc Horde has [according to Ukraine] suffered about 572 casualties per day as of a week or so back. I have observed that rate increase twice in the last month or so and I presume if one were to go back to older data the pattern would likely hold true over much of the past two years.

What has seemed pretty obvious to me since fall of 2022 was that this was core feature of Ukraine's strategy to defeat Putin's regime: cause as many casualties as possible, while preserving as many of their own people's lives as possible, and simultaneously engage in information warfare (videos depicting Orcs being slaughtered mercilessly, as well as videos like this one) and economic warfare (bombing infrastructure and in particular petroleum industry).

Those 8.26 million casualties suffered by Tsar Nicholas horde back in 1914 through 1917--and which, along with dire economic hardship, eventually led to his downfall and demise and indeed the end of that entire dynasty of monarchic rule over the Russian Empire--represented approximately 4.6% of its 175.1m population. 4.6% of the population of the Russian Federation today (143.4m) would be 6, 596, 400.

With a supposed total toll so far of only about 424, 000 there is clearly a good ways to go for Ukraine to impose that high of a toll on Russian society.

6, 596, 400 [4.6% of RF pop] - 424, 060 [current Orc horde casualties]

= 6, 172, 340 [casualties to reach ~4.69% of RF pop]

/ 569 [avg. Orc casualty rate so far] = 10, 847.7 which is roughly 29.64 years

Of course, this does NOT mean that "it will take Ukraine 29 years" to provoke a revolution in Russia, and moreover, it may be that Ukraine will never be successful in that undertaking. But Ukraine is clearly not intent on taking territory from Russia, advancing on Moscow, and forcing Russia to surrender by that path. Ukraine's best hope is to inflict sufficient casualties and harm on Russian society and economics that Putin is either overthrown or forced to quit his war.

The actual "breaking point" for Putin's regime could lie anywhere between the current situation and the 4.6% total losses outlined above. However, the idea that 2024 Russian Federation is as tolerant of losses as 1917 Russian Empires seems hard to fathom, and it seems more likely that the Putin regime would suffer a collapse well before 4.6% losses (as a side note, the current losses of 424, 060 comprise roughly 0.2% of RF total pop). So that is the "goal" Ukraine should strive for and hopefully the breaking point of Putin's Russia will prove to be far less.

What this means is that: the level of support Ukraine needs is easily 10 to 20 times higher than the highest levels which have ever been broached by any serious Western leaders. If Ukraine can increase its destruction of the Orc horde by a factor of 10x, then based on this abstract analysis, it may be possible to break the Putin regime within no more than 3 more years of war. It may also be that Putin's regime is actually far more fragile than this analysis has assumed and Ukraine might achieve victory in a reasonable time frame, even with the current modest rate of "569" casualties per day imposed on the Orc Horde. But that is not the proper way to contemplate success in warfare. The proper way to strive for success in warfare is, to put it quite simply "overkill.