How to explain briefly and easily what ordinary fascism is?
Easily. It is enough to show one comment I received on YouTube yesterday.

"Just think, they killed the gypsies" - this is fascism.
"Just think, they killed the Jews" - this is fascism.
"Just think, they killed the blacks" - this is fascism.
"Just think, they killed the Russians" - this is fascism.

Comparing some group of people (ethnic, social, religious, etc.) with cockroaches and calling on them to kill, as it was in Rwanda, is fascism.
Comparing Russian (pro-Russian) citizens of Ukraine with Colorado beetles or calling them "cotton wool" is fascism.
Etc.

Fascism always begins with dehumanization. With the deprivation of certain groups of people of the right to be called people, and, accordingly, the right to sympathy, mercy and the very right to life.
In Ukraine, fascism has become such an everyday phenomenon that its carriers often do not even realize that they are fascists. As in the above example with "burned cotton wool".

Because they burned people. Alive. Good ones. Women, teenagers, poets and so on. But the most important thing is living people.

And this horrendous crime was declared a "change." And they happily posted photos of charred corpses, and joked merrily, and sincerely did not understand why someone was in grief and why someone was horrified by such misanthropy.

Just think, they burned the inhabitants of Odessa. Just think, they shot a festive demonstration in Mariupol from machine guns and killed the police officers. Just think, they are killing the children of Donbass - these are just "Colorado larvae".

The most important thing is that when you mirror them and write to them "Just think, crumbled dill in cauldrons", then "cococo, but you are fascists!" and so on "And what about us?"
And you - to the cause. Just retribution for the deaths of innocent people, women, children and the elderly.

Modern Nazis (like the Nazis of the Third Reich) are very fond of associating themselves with the Scandinavian heroes and with the epic of the Elder Edda. But the Vikings from the sagas did not fight with children. If you carefully read the Scandinavian epic, then the warriors of the North perceived the war as a method of selection (without war, you cannot get to Valhalla), and therefore they said “If we kill the children of our enemies, then our children will have no one to fight with”. And they did not fight against children.
Sigurd or Beowulf did not kill children. And if Sigurd fought against a woman (Brunhilda), it was only to prove to her that he was worthy of her.

Modern Nazis don't care who they kill. So they have nothing to do with the epic heroes of the Scandinavian sagas. They are not bears, lions or wolves, they are hyenas and jackals. They are not driven by nobility, they are driven only by hatred, sadism and bloodlust. They are sick animals who have dehumanized themselves.

Small, sickly and wicked corporal Hitler (black-haired and black-eyed) really wanted to imagine himself a two-meter blue-eyed blonde. But he remained an identical degenerate.
Similarly, modern Ukrainian Nazis want to see themselves as "oddvich knights", supermen, bearers of an ancient (and at the same time advanced) civilization. But in fact, they are cowardly illiterate and cattle raguli who steal mattresses and doors in the gray zone.

The German Nazis had the Elder Edda, Wagner's music, the philosophy of Feuerbach, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, outstanding engineers (Messerschmidt, Junkers, Focke and many others), medieval knightly Orders and Prussian militarism. And still they were smashed.

Ukrainian Nazis have wide trousers and embroidered shirts, thatched roofs near clay khatynoks, whistles and oseledtsy, as well as a tank "Dung" from a garbage can. They do not even pull a parody of the Third Reich, although they try their best to reproduce it.

The only thing that relatively turns out to be copied is the Gestapo (SBU). The Ministry of Propaganda frankly falls short, they lie too stupidly. Everything else is a dull farce, even Turchinov's pathetic attempts to create a "wunderwaffe" from missiles for the Smerch MLRS.

Most of all it finishes me: the poor and disenfranchised natives sit in a backward agrarian colony with a ruined economy (without science, without education, without industry, without medicine, with completely degraded institutions of statehood), but at the same time they consider themselves the navel of the Earth, the center of civilization and supermen.
And you won't even give them a mirror, because they will immediately declare it "Putin's propaganda" and break it.

When ordinary Germans were shown death camps and other Nazi crimes after the defeat of the Third Reich, they were horrified and sobbed with shame. Ukrainian Nazis know everything about the crimes of their punishers (in the age of the Internet it is impossible to hide this), but they consider it not only normal and acceptable, but are often proud of it.


Lviv, yesterday. Reburial of soldiers of the Waffen-SS "Galicia" division.

How to treat it - I do not know. They say that there are some lead tablets ...

Name: Alexander Rodgers

Zodiac sign: Twins

Age: 39 years

Place of Birth: Vinnytsia, Ukraine

Activity: journalist, publicist, blogger

Family status: married

Alexander Rogers: biography

Alexander Rogers is a journalist, publicist, author of a blog on LiveJournal, and a social activist. Alexander is also involved in analytics, economic cybernetics and philosophy. Rogers was born in 1978 in the city of Vinnitsa, Ukraine. In 1985, the boy goes to the first grade at the Lyceum No. 7, where he studies until 1995.

Alexander Rogers in his youth

After graduating from school, Alexander enters the Vinnitsa National Technical University to the Faculty of Radio Engineering and Telecommunications and then to the Faculty of Management and Information Security. The guy decides not to waste time and gets two higher education with a difference of one year.

Journalism and blogging

Since the mid-2000s, Rogers has been active in public affairs and writing. An important event takes place in the biography of Alexander in 2007 - he opens his blog in LiveJournal. On his page in Live Journal, the author covers the Ukrainian crisis and all the events associated with this phenomenon. Until 2014, the young man lived in the Ukrainian capital.

Blogger Alexander Rogers

In 2014, the guy moved to Donbass for some time, where he shoots video footage from the scene of hostilities. Alexander in his articles also widely criticized the events taking place on the Maidan, not accepting the "revolution of guiding". In "LJ" Rogers often publishes publications on the topic of international politics and economics. The young man quite often views economic and political events in the world from a moderately leftist position.

Rogers is, among other things, an in-demand journalist. The author constantly writes articles for such publications as "News-Front", "Journalistic Truth" and for other Internet news sites. In his publications, Alexander often finds common ground between events in history that, at first glance, have no connections. According to Rogers, this is the professionalism of an expert analyst. This is clearly manifested in the article "Borodino-2015", where the author analyzes in detail the problems arising during this period in a number of countries.

Journalist Alexander Rogers

The article begins with an excerpt from the famous work of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov "Borodino". Further, the author draws the attention of readers to the fact that even after two hundred years nothing has changed in the world. The people, not having the information to the full and not having the appropriate knowledge, continues to condemn the authorities for inaction, while demanding changes and better life... But the worst thing, as Alexander writes, is that people do not think about the consequences.

Rogers, recalling the Battle of Borodino, directly says that if Kutuzov were not rushed by hotheads eager to give battle to the French as quickly as possible, the result of the battle would have been the victory of the Russian troops with much smaller losses. But the famous commander was constantly urged on, accused of inaction.

For only a few months he had been preparing for the greatest battle in the history of Russia, picking up the missing reserves for the army. At the same time, the detachments partisan movements did their best to weaken and demoralize the French. But even these measures were not enough to win. Describing the main facts of the Battle of Borodino, Alexander asks the main question:

"What would happen if Kutuzov went into battle without preparation?"

Rogers goes on to provide contemporary examples of human political illiteracy, which is accompanied by a desire for immediate action. In 2015, Alexander posts a photo of his passport in LJ in order to officially confirm that Rogers' surname is real, and not a fictitious pseudonym. In the comments to the entry to the subscriber's question about the origin of the surname, the publicist says that his grandfather was from the Czech Republic, and in this country Norman and German surnames are common.

Personal life

Today, Alexander is legally married to Xenia Rogers. The wife of a famous publicist graduated from the Samara State Aerospace University in 2011. Ksenia is seriously fond of flanking with drafts and has the award cross "For services to the Cossacks of Russia."

Alexander Rogers with his wife

The girl supports her husband in everything. So, after blocking Alexander's Facebook page in 2015, Ksenia said on the air of the program "Actually" that her husband's account was blocked because of Ukrainian patriots, who are extremely negative and painful about Alexander's publications about Ukraine.

Ksenia herself writes journalistic notes. One of Ksenia's articles on the LJ page was posted by Alexander. The girl shares her opinion about life in Europe, refuting the majority opinion about the carefree and problem-free life of citizens in the EU countries.

Alexander Rogers now

Alexander continues to write articles on political, economic and social themes... In July 2017, Rogers published an article on the website of the online publication Zhurnalisticheskaya Pravda under the provocative title "American 'scoop' - the world turned upside down." In the publication, the author provides arguments proving that the liberal propaganda of Russia, which came from the United States for many years, has become a reality for the United States.

Alexander Rogers in 2017

Rogers writes about the development of Russia, about the growth of the level of culture in the country, while in the USA during this period the opposite process takes place. Goods manufactured by US companies have become uncompetitive, the country's budget is spent on dubious programs. The country is waging wars over low-quality natural resource deposits in order to capture even a small part of this market.

In pursuit of the American "scoop" Alexander on August 8, 2017 on the portal of the same Internet newspaper publishes an article where he tells the truth about Russian President Putin with subtle sarcasm. Rogers openly ridicules the claims of the world community to the Russian leader.

Alexander Rogers with his son

At the same time, the author casually raises the problems of governing bodies and people holding leading positions in foreign countries, to which the same world community calmly turns a blind eye. In addition to publications in LiveJournal and on news resource sites, Alexander maintains pages in social networks, such as

What do Russian liberals usually say there? “Vyssyvreti, in the West, everyone wants us only the best”? Exactly! Here, read.

I came across a fresh report by the famous American think tank "Rand" (I hope everyone is aware that this is one of the leading conceptual and ideological centers of the United States that shape their policy), which can be loosely translated as "How can we shatter Russia."

What do Russian liberals usually say there? “Vyssyvreti, in the West, everyone wants us only the best”? Exactly!

The 1972 strategy cited by the authors of the report implies that the United States should change its strategic thinking from trying to outrun the USSR in all dimensions and industries, and shift rivalry to areas where the United States has advantages. If this can be realized, then Soviet Union will be forced to spend its limited resources where it poses less of a threat.

To begin with, the assessment part of the report, from my point of view, contains a description of the situation in Russia that does not correspond to reality. And since there is no vision of the situation, then they are not able to draw up adequate plans (and this is good).

As it is written in the preamble of the report: Maxima “Russia is never as strong or as weak as it seems” is true in this century as well as in the 19th and 20th.

They write themselves, but do not apply them in practice. As I wrote in my "VRDZ", "In Russia, everything is always not as it seems."

But let's get started. So, what do good Americans want us (I will comment in parentheses)?

Economic measures

1.Increase American energy production (meaning the export of hydrocarbons) in order to undermine the Russian budget (not very promising, especially against the background of the failure of the "second shale revolution").

2. Introduce new trade and financial sanctions against Russia, and force the allies to implement them (here the “allies” think how they would abandon the existing ones).

3. To increase the ability of Europe to receive natural gas from sources other than Russian (if they could do it, they would already do it).

4. To stimulate the emigration of experienced workers and well-educated youth from Russia (here the speakers themselves believe that this will be more difficult with the current generation than in the nineties).

Geopolitical measures

1. To supply lethal weapons to Ukraine (but so as not to provoke an active reaction from Russia, otherwise the result will be slightly predictable).

2. Increase support for the "Syrian rebels" (that is, they openly acknowledge their support for ISIS *, but consider it unpromising due to "a significant weakening of the opposition").

3. Promote the liberalization of Belarus (speakers fear a "strong reaction from Russia").

4. Expand ties in the South Caucasus (the high cost and ineffectiveness of investments in Georgia is recognized, due to its complex history and geography).

5. Reduce Russian influence in Central Asia (the authors consider this to be too costly and ineffective).

6. Destruction of Transnistria and the expulsion of Russian troops from there (will hit the prestige of Russia, but will reduce budget expenditures).

In general, the authors of the report honestly consider the whole range of proposed geopolitical measures too expensive and ineffective.

Ideological and informational measures

1. Destroy trust in the Russian electoral system (the authors believe that it will be difficult to do this due to state control over most of the media, but I know a whole list of characters who are working on this task, regularly saying that “there are no fair elections in Russia ").

2. To create the impression that "the regime does not pursue public interests" (implemented by the same persons from the list).

3. Stimulate internal protests and "non-violent resistance" (the same individuals from the list).

4. To spoil the image of Russia abroad ("we are against Putin, not against Russia", yeah).

Aviation and space measures

1. To place the US and NATO bombers within the "easy strike range", close to the strategic objects of Russia (but it is desirable so that they are not reached by Russian ballistic and ground missiles - I am at a loss how to implement this in practice).

2. To place US and NATO fighters even closer than bombers (but at the same time they are afraid of a missile attack on home airfields in the event of a conventional conflict).

3. Deployment of additional tactical nuclear weapons in Europe and Asia (including to provoke an increase in Russian investments in air defense systems).

4. Optimize the deployment of American and allied missile defense systems.

5. Other ways to drag Russia into strategic confrontation at the expense of

- an increase in the number of long-range stealth bombers;

- mass production of shock drones;

- increasing investment in long-range missiles;

- increased investment in "anti-radiation missiles" (apparently, in missiles aimed at radars, English very poor);

- increasing investment in new electronic warfare technologies;

- focusing on the development and production of high-precision long-range missiles;

- focusing on space-based weapons;

- focusing on spaceplanes;

- focusing on small satellites (isn't this really what Elon Max is doing under the tales of the "free Internet"?).

6. To destroy the nuclear arms control system (kindness and rushing!).

Marine measures

1. To increase the American and allied naval presence in the zones of the "Russian operational space" (the authors admit that in the current deplorable state of the US Navy this will be very expensive).

2. Increase naval efforts in the development and implementation (R&D) of new technologies (especially for the identification and destruction of Russian nuclear submarines capable of carrying ballistic missiles).

3. Increase the US nuclear submarine fleet.

4. Increase the presence of NATO in the Black Sea "in order to reduce the advantages of Russia from gaining control over Crimea" (here the authors are openly bombed).

Ground and mixed measures

1. Build up military potential in Europe.

1.1. Build up the American military presence in Europe.

1.2. Build the ground capabilities of NATO allies.

1.3. Place a large number of NATO troops along the Russian border.

2. To increase the frequency and magnitude of NATO exercises in Europe, including those of a provocative nature towards Russia.

3. Develop, but not deploy, medium-range missiles (you can immediately see who does not actually comply with the INF Treaty).

4. Increase investment in the development of new military technologies (sponsored by the Pentagon).

4.1. Invest in the development of missiles to destroy air defense systems.

4.2. Invest in "revolutionary swarm missiles."

4.3. Invest in the modernization of Javelin-type systems.

4.4. Invest in "revolutionary unmanned ground combat systems."

4.5. Invest in combat systems "based on new physical principles."

1. To develop linguistic and analytical expertise in Russia. Because "Russia is a long-term threat."

2. Invest in the development of tactical missile systems, indirect fire protection systems, extended range air defense systems and other similar systems capable of withstanding Russian air defense and electronic warfare systems. The Army is also encouraged to invest in the development of "swarm unmanned aerial vehicles or remote combat vehicles", swarm drones or remotely controlled combat vehicles.

3. Build up combat capabilities in every possible way in the event of a military conflict with Russia, including improving the Javelin systems and active protection for tanks and other armored vehicles.

In general, after analyzing this report, we can draw several conclusions:

- the US is running out of diplomatic and economic leverage over Russia;

- continuation of attempts to “set fire to the Russian periphery” is recognized as costly and unpromising;

- in the event of failure of these attempts (which is assumed), the only instrument for the United States is to build up military confrontation, no other ways are proposed.

Here is such a "chewing gum friendship." No one overseas is going to peacefully coexist, cooperate and negotiate. "The Englishwoman crap" and in its American version.

So "If you want peace, prepare for war." And do not enter into provocations of the characters from the list.

Alexander Rogers, specially for

"Ukraine is not under external control" and "and we are not slaves at all" - yes, as much as necessary. I have not been interested in trying to convince you for a long time. You are cursed.

And somehow, like this all four years.

Recently, I have not seen the ukropatriots on the Internet.

From "VKontakte" they obediently, as ordered by the Supreme Piglet, left. On Facebook, too, timidly huddled in groups and sit on themed public.

And then I was looking for the information I needed and accidentally switched to the ICTV channel. Bah, and here is a reserve of unafraid zombies with completely washed pots!

And everyone is vying with each other to tell how bad and terrible it is to live in Russia (where they have never been and where, I hope, they will not run away).

And writing something to them is useless, because the toggle switch, which is responsible for turning on logical thinking, is deliberately broken and poured over with concrete so that no one can accidentally fix it. And from any article that tries to critically comprehend the situation in which they find themselves, they will brush it off in horror, shouting "Moskalskaya propaganda!"

- How do you live without a brain, boy Taras, 52 years old?

- Karasho.

And jumps finely, without ceasing. Because if he stops, then the SBU, the National Police, the National Wives and a dozen other informer activists will immediately pay attention to him.

Stopped jumping? And you can immediately be hounded, fired, beaten, and your business and property taken away. Therefore, we must not stop, and with the last bit of strength "Glory for Ukraine!".

For what glory? Why fame? Not to think! Glory, that's all. Glory or death.

They do not need any lofty matters. Neither the rule of law (how do the disenfranchised slaves even know what this is?), Nor the truth about the shooting of the "Heavenly Hundred" (so what, what's in the back? So what, what's Pashinsky and Paruby?), Nothing.

Low moan: You-live! And nothing more.

To grovel at work for a beggarly African salary, give half of it for housing and communal services (and from April it will be even more), and then in the evening come home to a shabby poorly heated apartment and write on the Internet "Dyakuemo for visa-free travel!" and "Good, don't Muscovites!"

Of course, I can write about the decline in GDP (both in absolute terms and per capita), and about the growth of external debt, and about the growth of epidemiological morbidity, and about the lack of serums and vaccines, and about the income level below expanded reproduction, and about the first place in the world in terms of the rate of extinction.

But it's useless. They simply do not have a conceptual apparatus to perceive it.

There is such a home-grown Ukrainian philosopher - Seryozha Datsyuk. Five years ago, he talked about the rhizome and the expansion of perception to comprehend the Other. And as a result, it slipped to the confession of primitive Selyukov nationalism of the model of the first half of the nineteenth century.

Five years ago I told him that it was necessary to create the Azimov Academy to preserve science and culture (as the culture of Antiquity was preserved for us), so that someday a new Renaissance could come. Because new dark ages are coming. I saw this gathering darkness.

And now it's too late - the dark ages have already come (and Datsyuk also plunged into them, degrading along with the environment). Came locally, for Ukraine.

Following the grays, the black ones came to Arkanar. And Rumata won't interfere. Because poor evil people killed Oles Buzina.

Continue to deceive yourself. To assert that "Ukraine is moving to Europe", "reforms are underway", "and at all" Ukraine is not under external control "and" and we are not slaves at all "- but as much as you like. I have not been interested in trying to convince you for a long time. You are cursed.

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Moved something inside. And, he moved badly.
Without a doubt, the topic is necessary and important. And there is no "marsupial" and no "unity" in it. The fact is that, thanks to recent events, the very concept of "Ukrainian" has become almost an abusive synonym. If, even, not worse. Synonymous with stupidity, shortsightedness, unmotivated aggressiveness and Cain's sin. But, do not forget that there are such people. You cannot cross it out, you cannot wipe it off with a damp cloth, like chalk from a chalkboard. And, by no means all Ukrainians deserve the kind of attitude that arose towards them after the Nazi coup in Kiev.
Let's not forget that in 2013 the population of Ukraine was about 45.5 million people. And you need to start with the fact that so many people cannot think in the same way. Yes, it so happened that only Donbass did not tolerate. But, after all, everyone knows very well that in the remaining territories, people's opinions are very different from the generally accepted media picture.
As well as the fact that the Nazi elite and its henchmen usurped the right to speak out and act on behalf of all Ukrainians. This determined the generalizing attitude towards the entire people.
Of course, the easiest way is to shave with the same brush. You don't need to think for this. It's so easy and simple and wonderful. But, no matter how difficult it may seem, it is nevertheless necessary to separate one from the other.
- I myself have long formulated at least a vocabulary.
Without any "Little Russians" pulled out of the haze of centuries. There are Ukrainians and there are Ukrainians. Yes, such formulations are not suitable for the media, but in private communication they characterize the process most clearly.
True, there are certain questions to those whom I call Ukrainians, which should be taken out of the brackets of this material. Yes, they were intimidated, everything was aimed at it. But, on the other hand, they allowed the situation to be brought to the point of being intimidated. That is, do you want to be cattle? - Be him!
Rogers also raises the question of this most difficult task - to separate Ukrainians from Ukrainians, that is, grain from chaff, or lambs from goats. And this task, as comrade Ulyanov used to say, is daunting. That is why everyone is talking about the need to solve it, and so far no one is going to take up the solution.
But, the very formulation of the question jarred me extremely unpleasantly. Because it is based on the most primitive ukrocentrism, from which bitter resentment immediately flows. And, according to all written and unwritten hohlyatsky rules, resentment against someone who did better than you. Compounded by the realization that this someone is your brother. From which, in a purely hohlyatsky way, again, it hurts three times and is bitter.
That is, I will talk about the very form of posing the question, and not about its content. Because even more than a lot depends on it. How to reach out to people, if the topic itself is presented, to put it mildly, with running into them and reproaching them?
Well, why enumerate all these "samitokakovs"? We, tea, are not toads in the swamp….
It was immediately unpleasant that almost half of the material, and the first (siс !!!) consists of reproaches. How recognizable it is! How truly hohlyatsky it is!
Starting with the classic "You Didn't Profuse the USSR"? Let me remind you that in 1991 the population of the USSR was 293 million, of which the population of the Ukrainian SSR was almost 52 million. And, I will also remind you that I have not heard louder squeals about independence than from Ukraine (excluding, of course, the Baltic states). In addition, I really want to ask, what was the name of one of the three Bialowieza bison, and what republic did he represent? So, already, starting from this, it is not necessary, it is not necessary….
All that was in the nineties, in one way or another, all the republics went through. But, for some reason, it was forgotten that all these years, while Russia was in 93, two Chechen wars, and a bunch of other nishtyakov, Ukraine lived calmly. True, it flew like that crocodile, "nyzenko", but that's just the details. Most likely, it was thanks to such tactics that she passed storms and storms. For the time being, by the way.
And, about the fact that Putin is not an achievement of Russia, but happiness, I am ready to argue to the point of wheezing.
Let's start with the postulate - desire is material. That is why you should be especially careful with him. Let's start with the fact that in the nineties we were all bent. And initially, everyone had one thought - the search for food and further ways of existence in this new, unusual and gloomy world. Only, it turns out that the main desires and goals were different. What comes from within, from the subconscious. That, the most important thing, is what a person will say to the conditional Golden Ball.
And let's start with Ukraine. We were then tilted. But when it got better, we didn't want to straighten up. After all, it was so sweet and cozy to dance at the trough and take on credit even mobile phones for $ 40 ....
After all, why, starting from the second elections of Kuchma in 1999, Ukrainians habitually vote not "for" but "against"? Yes, because the slogan from the children's book "Fight, search, find and not give up" was immediately finally and irrevocably replaced by a much more outwardly cozy quote "a cage of a vyshnevy khata".
The Ukrainians wanted one thing, so that they would not be touched. And the desire materialized, but, as always, with a monkey's paw, in the form of a junta and war. Who ask: “Well, they are not touching you now? So, press your ears and stay quiet. Because you yourself see how we touch others ”….
But it all started with the same minimal newfound coziness as in Russia.
Brotherly peoples, no doubt, but their paths are different.
Putin is the materialization of the internal needs of the Russian people. The one they longed to see with all their hearts. It was unbearable for them to see the decline of the Empire.
And as for Ukraine….
She - no. The small-town selyukism immediately perked up and the nyzenko soared on the fragile wings of nezalezhnost.
And the bottom line was only the classic "may te, sho maemo." Because "they did not want the strange." Moreover, they did not want to take their eyes off the trough. And, after all, it has long been known that every nation deserves the government it deserves.
I feel painful to Alexander from the very definition of "Russian world". Because, the definition of "Ukrainian world" does not even pull the ghoul's rotten-toothed grin.
And why? Yes, because I had to work on myself. For all of us. Work and lead others.
But when I said back in 2004 - guys, let's turn the shafts against Yanyk and Yushch in chorus, and we will still build our own, new, honest, independent and friendly state to all, the overwhelming majority looked at me, like a Martian. And, the point is not that the idea is utopian, no. She simply did not fit into either one or the other head.
So, in order to talk about freedom, first of all, every Ukrainian who wants to remain so, must kill the remnants of the crest in himself.
And, to summarize…. In general, you should not talk from the perspective of a Ukrainian with anyone. And even more so with the Russians. Otherwise, it will turn out that you are not defending the Ukrainians, but the Ukrainians.

P.S. I deliberately did not read the comments on Rogers' article so that there was no influence of other people's opinions.