@faab64 @lazarukb @wherephysicswentwrong
In addition to murdering tens of thousands of #poles they also began applying their genocidal anti-Ukrainian policies to the people of #Ruthenia and #Galicia (areas that are now Western Ukraine). Is it a really a surprise, then, that when the Germans turned on their former allies in 1941, that some Ukrainians would see them initially as liberators?
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@Paulo

For those like me who do not know what it means, #Ruthenia is archaic term for the land covered by #Ukraine - this post is suggesting the West is "coddlin" Ukraine - a sneaky way of hiding support for #putin in his unwarranted war

@zefir "Kievan Rus" is russian propaganda term introduced in 19th century to cover up the fact that term "russia" is stolen. The original historical term is #Ruthenia

In the latest bit of propaganda, Russian state media is insisting that Ukrainian nationalism was invented by Austria-Hungary as a wartime measure. As someone who is currently studying Austria-Hungary for my History IA, I wanted to point out that the “Ruthenian” conscripts from Austria-Hungary would defect in droves to Russian forces.
Credit to “Anton Gerashchenko” on Twitter for the video.
#news #worldnews #russia #ruzzia #propaganda #ukraine #ukrainewar #austriahungary #ruthenia #history #ww1