The Crisis In Ukraine Has Much Deeper And Darker Roots Than Many Realize

Growing up in a Ukrainian family, I always wondered where my Baba's frantic need to feed everyone originated. My grandparents didn't talk about how they suffered during the Holodomor — a forced famine in Ukraine perpetuated by the Soviets in the 1930s. I have seen pictures though, of them waiting in line for bread at a relocation camp. They finally fled Ukraine in 1943. My uncle was born during the journey somewhere in Poland. With mounting pressure from the West, Russian President Vladimir Pu...