{"id":174904,"date":"2022-04-10T13:23:18","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T10:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=174904"},"modified":"2022-04-10T13:23:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T10:23:20","slug":"ukraine-in-flames-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/ukraine-in-flames-30","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine in Flames. How did the Russian-Ukrainian war become possible?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Putin may have started the war, but he is not the only one supporting it. In fact, 74% of the Russian population support the war, and 78% agree with Putin\u2019s decisions. It is a collective passion of the Russian people to destroy Ukraine. Russians believe that historical, social, political and economic connections that the Russian Empire and the USSR have entangled its neighbors in are still relevant and should be respected. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To deal with the totalitarian past, Russia has developed a mythology of past victories. It refused to process its traumatic experience, which led to resentment, revanchism and militarism. Russia\u2019s self-image heavily relies on re-winning battles of the past, ritualistic victory frenzy, and the transformation of dead tyrants into \u2018effective managers\u2019. Meanwhile, Ukraine has worked through its traumas. The sovereignty, anti-colonial spirit and European ambitions of modern Ukraine betrayed the past-oriented Russian world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the Ukrainian \u2018little brother\u2019 became an enemy and needed to be subdued or punished. We are reflecting on further reasons for Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine in Ukraine in Flames #30. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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