Young Ukrainians – Everyday Fears, Military Propaganda and Chauvinism

Regardless of the war propaganda – the dreams of young Ukrainians do not differ from the hopes and expectations of their peers from other peripheral parts of the world. Maybe just a little more prematurely grown bitterness and distrust in them. Perhaps they are also more divided than the neighbouring youth – not only by social and class barriers, but also by a different historical or linguistic experience. This is confirmed by the research carried out last year by the Research Centre PULS from Odessa.

Everyday frightening the world with war in Ukraine distracts from the country’s everyday problems. And yet people, especially those aged 14-18, do not live there “between one Putin’s invasion and another”. Although, of course, living in the information society, additionally strongly politicised – they are forced to receive information and stimuli of a political and ideological nature at least passively.

[globalresearch.ca]

{As few people in the West know, on 2nd May 2014 in Odessa, during the attack of extreme Ukrainian nationalists on participants of a demonstration in defence of the right to use the Russian language – 46 Russian-speaking people were intentionally burned in the Trade Union House, and over 200 were injured.

Meanwhile, about 35 percent. young Ukrainians have never heard of these events from less than 8 years ago! Obviously, this proportion is decreasing among those living in the South and East of the country. 52% surveyed describes the incident as a “tragedy”. In turn, in Western Ukraine 24% young Ukrainians agree that the death of their countrymen was just “a victory over pro-Russian separatists”.

There is no place for “aliens”?
A study aimed at detecting the level of xenophobia sheds additional light on this far-reaching polarization. It must not be forgotten that an important and controversial element of Ukrainian historical policy is the official cult of anti-Soviet armed organizations that actively collaborated with Hitler during the Second World War and participated in the Holocaust organisation.}

{The official role model for Ukrainian schoolchildren is Stepan Bandera, in the 1940s the leader of the Nazi Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, personally responsible for the mass murder of Ukrainian Jews and other minorities, as well as people suspected of Communism and leftist views.

After the war, Bandera avoided punishment, cooperating with American and British intelligence before being murdered in 1959 by a Soviet agent.

Does Ukrainian youth really follow the thought of the one demanding from his supporters “You will not hesitate to commit even the greatest crime, if the good of the Cause demands it” and “With hatred and deceit you will receive the enemies of Your Nation”?}

This figure has been mentioned throughout a number of articles I have posted over the years related to his ideology with several people and groups. There's no length in the hypocrisy the western nations will use to achieve their capitalist agendas of control. With hatred AND deceit......pretty much strengthens the foundation of dissenting opinions on this issue.

{In this specific popularity ranking, almost exclusively Americans (25%) are more widely accepted as “close friends”, while 75%of respondents can only imagine other Ukrainians as close family members. Several years of intense nationalist and jingoist propaganda have done a lot of evil…}

In other words. Some degree of 75% may consider us to be open for kill on sight while using us to fund and support their morally bankrupt ideology. Of course unless you're willing to go live there and be used also as we found out recently.