Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Tim Judah: Ukraine – two poets in the war
Some Ukrainians have been angry about my recent report in this space, especially about the title, "Ukraine: Divided and Bitter." It is wrong to say that Ukrainians are divided, someone curtly retorted on Twitter, because in fact they have never been as united as they are now. In general terms, most Ukrainians are more united than ever and many say that Vladimir Putin and the war have done more to strengthen Ukrainian patriotism than anything since independence in 1991. But it is impossible to ignore that the conflict is by now not only a matter of aggression by Russia but also a civil war in the east. It is no good citing old opinion polls of what Ukrainians thought before the war and assuming that their views haven't changed.