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Russian people, saying that a special military operation is under way and donbas. that is what we have been hearing and he is said we do not plan to occupy ukrainian territory and he blames the west and how nato has been using ukraine and we have got our corresponded with us was keeping across this. the a- eals us was keeping across this. the appeals have — us was keeping across this. tue: appeals have not us was keeping across this. tte: appeals have not worked, sanctions have not worked and president putin has authorised this military invasion and i guess the big question now is how far th...

Next few hours and days? are we going to see fighting? are we going to see fighting? are we going to see ukraine fighting back and protecting its territory?— back and protecting its territo ? ., , ., territory? certainly we are auoin territory? certainly we are going to — territory? certainly we are going to see _ territory? certainly we are going to see fighting - territory? certainly we are going to see fighting from j going to see fighting from ukraine but i think everybody has known for a long time now that this was going to be an extremely difficult fight. ukrainians are extremely out...

Yeah, i take your point. i don't think many independent historians saw much validity in a lot of what putin was claiming about ukraine's history. but, nonetheless, are you not in danger of going too far the other way when you say, and i think you said it to me pretty much earlier in this interview, you seem to say, "oh, we ukrainians are fundamentally "different from russians because russia has a sort "of collective mind—set which is very reflective of a sort "of soviet approach. "and we ukrainians are highly individualistic, maybe chaotic, "but ultimately much more akin to a european indivi...

With your work. death and the penguin is very well known around the world, some of your other novels have focused in particular on what has happened politically in ukraine, in particular, you've written about the donbas, you've also written a memoir of living through 2014 and putin's decision to annex crimea and move forces into eastern ukraine. you've looked very carefully at this relationship between ukraine and russia in recent years. i just wonder whether you, personally, were taken by surprise when he launched the full invasion. well, i wasn't completely surprised, because at the time whe...

But, nonetheless, are you not in danger of going too far the other way when you say, and i think you said it to me pretty much earlier in this interview, you seem to say, "oh, we ukrainians are fundamentally "different from russians because russia has a sort "of collective mind—set which is very reflective "of a sort of soviet approach. "and we ukrainians are highly individualistic, maybe chaotic, "but ultimately much more akin to a european individualist "way of thinking." that sounds very binary. is it really as simple as that? well, i mean, this is maybe a simplification, because you can ...