“In Ukraine's public discourse, there is a saying: russian liberalism ends where the Ukrainian question begins. Even staunch #putin critics continue to view Ukraine as a part of a common cultural sphere. Little fundamental criticism of #russia's centuries-old supremacy in the region is to be heard from them.

The war against #Ukraine is usually attributed to putin personally – as if it were the result of an individual misstep rather than a structural problem.”

– Valeriia Semeniuk, Ukrainian journalist, IP Special 3/2026 p. 52

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