Comments by "Keit Hammleter" (@keithammleter3824) on "Relations Between Russians u0026 Ukrainians in the USSR During the 80's #ussr #soviet" video.
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Sergei, contrary to your comment at the end, I found your video interesting, at least to me. I am an Australian, I grew up on my father 's farm. The farm next door was owned by a Ukrainian guy who was a refugee from World War 2. He could barely speak any English - hello, bye, yes, no, how are you was about his limit. His wife had to do the shopping so she spoke English quite a bit better. Him and his wife and kids spoke what I gather was mostly Russian amongst themselves, but since I spent a lot of time with his son and on their farm from a very young age, I picked up a few words - enough to converse with him on simple everyday subjects.
He made it very clear that he absolutely HATED Russians. So in the context of the war in Ukraine now I was wondering if inherited hatred was a factor in Ukraine's spirited and deterrmined defence. From your video made before the "Special Military Operation", I gather not - just a typical bit of racial/cultural prejudice existed in recent years.
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