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[–]ActuallyNot 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

"Welcome to Ukraine, the most CORRUPT nation in Europe" - Capitalization yours, not the Guardian's.

2015 was one year after the revolution of dignity, in which Yanukovych, who was accused of massive corruption and cronysims was ousted.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25323964

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/eastern-europe-caucasus/2013-12-11/yanukovych-must-go

https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-dubious-businees-of-ukraine-president-yanukovych-and-his-clan-a-833127.html

It was this popular removal of the corrupt president that showed moscow that they would not be able to make a puppet of Ukraine the way they did with Belarus, and ignited the invasion of Crimea, and the Russian-backed insurgency in Donetsk.

They were corrupt. And they still are, but is it improving.

The fight for Ukraine is a fight for liberal ideals. So how can Boris Johnson possibly lead it?

You missed the second half of the headline. Putin's Russia is a despotic nation. Political opponents are assassinated or arrested. Urkaine has essentially free elections, and where they are perceived as not free, the people have stood up while their leaders were disappeared until the corruption was fixed. Hence the fight for liberal ideals.

Commentary: Ukraine’s neo-NAZI problem ... Again, capitalization is your's not Reuters'.

Note that Ukraine's neo-nazi problem was not one that needed to be fixed by invasion and annexation.

To be clear, the Kremlin’s claims that Ukraine is a hornets’ nest of fascists are false: far-right parties performed poorly in Ukraine’s last parliamentary elections, and Ukrainians reacted with alarm to the National Militia’s demonstration in Kiev. But connections between law enforcement agencies and extremists give Ukraine’s Western allies ample reason for concern. C14 and Kiev's city government recently signed an agreement allowing C14 to establish a "municipal guard" to patrol the streets; three such militia-run guard forces are already registered in Kiev, and at least 21 operate in other cities.

- The article.

A Ukrainian comedian-turned-president is embroiled in Trump’s impeachment mess

Yes. Trump was impeached for withholding military aid to Ukraine. Putin supports Trump and vice-versa. This does not imply that Ukraine doesn't have a democracy.

Ukrainian president’s rule becomes increasingly corrupt, authoritarian

April 2021? That was before the Ukraine Crisis? When did you think the Ukraine Crisis started?

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

April 2021? That was before the Ukraine Crisis? When did you think the Ukraine Crisis started?

/2014. But you already knew that and are just playing dumb.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Donbas_(2014%E2%80%932022)

[–]JewsAreOfColor 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He’s not playing, he really is that dumb. Anyone who supports the Ukraine is literally supporting Nazis.