Though World War II has long since concluded, the conflict still lives on for many in Ukraine and the country’s foreign Diaspora. For Kiev, which has been locked in a deadly stalemate with Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the public relations stakes are high. While Moscow has sought to exploit the fact that some Ukrainians collaborated with Germany during World War II, Kiev bristles defensively. Desperate to attract foreign sympathy and support, Ukraine has sought to cast itself in the best possible historic light in relation to its own World War II record. For the outside world, such debates …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
