Scandinavia does stand by Ukraine and the Ukrainians🇸🇪🇦🇽🇫🇮🇳🇴🇮🇸🇩🇰 We see the good progress you have done since the sovjet times in building a democracy and the fierce fight you put up today, long live free Ukraine!🇺🇦🔱💪
As a person that really really loves Ukraine I can only hope that things will be always better for that country! Ukranians are intelligent, sensible and strong! I am confident that they will be able to figure out the right path to solve their conflicts ! What a pity that the countries that could give a help are not really helping! On tv they rarelly talk about Ukraine latelly... But my friends that live in Donbas wich feel themselves ukranian citizens are suffering a lot because of this situation: no whater everydays, no gas everydays, no heating everydays and , worst of all, NO JOB!!
I was in Lithuania this summer, it is also a beautiful country. We visited Palanga, Klaipeda, Nida, Sauliai, Kaunas, Vilnius. Thank you for your support and we will definitely fly to you again.
I don't know why she not mentioned Lithuania in biggest friends If you will ask people on the 1st place will be Georgia, and on the 2nd will be Lithuania
@@Olga_Reznikova hallo love your videos and Ukraine, Ukraine people.. would also like to say that I've always had a great respect for Ukraine.. I was wondering if you know of any good orphanage/homlesnes charity in Ukraine as it's something close to my heart due a sort of similar childhood situation I've looked online but don't always get a lot of time to look indeph as recently agreed to help a doctor friend with a group he's starting up for people with post tramatic stress syndrome as thought my experiences will be of use in my birth country neither side of my family originate from my birth country) but anyway if you could suggest a charity for orphanage/homelessness in Ukraine id appreciate it - I know it's not the sort of question that most people would normally ask and please don't be effended for my asking of this question.. many thanks keep making the videos respect to Ukraine and to Ukraine people
I'm Canadian of Ukrainian, Polish, English, Irish and Scottish origin and I always wanted to see Ukraine. I'm proud of my heritage and I hope Canadian's and Ukrainian's will always be friends. Been trying to learn Ukrainian and I thank you for your videos.
My Grandparents came from the Ukraine but none of the family could tell me much about what their life was like before they arrived in the USA around 1913. You videos have been very informative for me. Thanks.
Yeah it.s nice to hear English differently the grammar isn't perfect but that's why I like it..I dated a Russian girl with the same grammar/pronounce it.s cute..
I'm half Ukrainian. My grandparents on my father's side grew up in the Ukraine but emigrated to the US in the early 1900's. My father was the first generation of his family to be born in the US. As you can imagine, I am very concerned about Russia invading the Ukraine. I have seen other videos on UA-cam where many Russian citizens believe that the Ukraine should be part of Russia. I have not yet researched why they believe this but I do intend to do so. If you can comment on this sometime in the future, I would surely find it very interesting. Thanks!
A lot of Ukrainians were hungered to death in Ukraine and Russians decided to move in to the empty houses left by the dead. Now, since some Russian decedents live on the Ukrainian land, they like to call it Russian.
I was disappointed in my country when we did nothing,i was in the military then , and I thought finally some place cool to be sent to with good food and weather
i like all videos of you olga. you are not only beautiful, but an honest and straight forward lady, and inteligent and knowledgable. very clear hearted. nice doing olga.
well hey I just wanted to tell you that was a great section there and I live in a little town called Illinois in Illinois call Olney and everybody here loves the Ukraine they love Kiev and I know a lot of my friends have been there and I love the people there and as far as United States a lot of people support you guys and love you keep up the good work looking forward to being in there the middle August be blessed you and your family keep up the great work praying for you guys always
So, so interesting a video Olia!! I have to point out something about your disappointment in the EU though - please remember that the EU is essentially only an economic coalition, and whilst there is co-operation on other levels, the EU can't do much apart from issue sanctions to countries that want to harm Ukraine, or any other contry for that matter, and yes I know sanctions are mostly useless! Anyway of course, the UK is leaving the EU! It is more, or should be more, the responsibility of NATO, to take severe action against the likes of Putin's regime, although again NATO has its' weaknesses. I think you will find that the UK considers Ukraine a great friend, and indeed there are many, many Ukrainians living here, especially in London. There are Ukrainian cultural centres in West London (I sent you some pictures once!) and there are Ukrainian families that settled here all over the UK after the second world war, along with many Polish people who still have many very successful communities here. There are regular 'each way' visits between Ukrainian and UK governmet officials, so I hope that the two countries will remain on good terms. As for America, I think the whole world is unsure about the Trump effect; we shall all have to wait and see!
Egypt and Israel are in peace since 1977. They are cooperating in fighting together against extreme Jihadi groups such as ISIS. I think it safe to say they are not enemies.
Hello and thank you from Serbia for what I find to be a very interesting video. I find everything here to be very much true and like how diplomatically said, putting it straight about Russian Gov/People/policy being different category. Of course you have Canada too which many people mentioned in comments. I'm also glad people accept situation of EU as when some countries like Germany are over 40% (some almost 100%) dependent on Russian gas, they want to stay on good terms. The EU of course is only an economic agreement too, so it's good that people understand. Although I'm from Serbia which is obviously more pro-Russian, but I personally am more pro Ukrainian and I have very close ties with Ukraine as my mom and sister lives in Kyiv, I can fairly well speak Ukrainian and I visit every summer. I'm very much liking of Ukraine and wish the best for them. Your videos are very interesting and I hope my English here is understandable.
Hello, I've got something for you! Thinking about that downright delirious thought that you tried & failed to express made me slightly upset. Even more than making an irrelevant assumption on a non-existent division between the country & its folk. A lack of tact is bad manners. I solemnly regret of my ancestors rushing into the WWI to protect your ancestors that gave us all a pleasure to read your broken English. So long, Slavic brat! I'm part Russian and Swedish btw.
This is why Korea imports all gas and oil through homemade ships. Korean ports have oil tanks made of 1m thick titanium alloy and capable of withstanding direct nuclear hits.
The USA and the West didn't help in 1956, when the Soviet Union invaded Hungary. They promised that they will help, but like in the case of Ukraine , they did nothing.I think the same happened to Czechoslovakia. The USA and the West were too afraid to provoke Soviet Union, cos both had nucler weapons,and affraid of the broke out of the 3.rd World War.
True. Also, in 1991 President Bush visited Ukraine and gave his "chicken Kiev" speech where he said Ukraine should not seek independence. This he did at the request of Russia and his good parter Gorbachov.
I like very much your films. They are so... natural :) It's always good to get information about something from the right source - not tv propaganda or net comments. Nice to hear that you don't find Poland as enemy as some jerks in Poland and Ukraine would like to be . Just one note : please, don't say that Polish are afraid of anyone :) We were huge, we were small, we were winners, we got bitten hard, milions of polish were murdered but we still speak polish and we'll still stand up for our own land :) Greetings from Sweden, nice young Lady :)
hello Olga. here in Georgia many people think that Ukrainian girls like Georgian guys :D please, shoot vlog what Ukrainian girls think about it. we are waiting for you.
Georgia had this problem already since 1992 when war broke out in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It was a 16 year long war until Russia officially invaded Georgia on August 8th 2008.
I am from Saudi Arabia and I have great friends from Ukraine. I also have excellent business ties with Ukrainnian and they are great and very professional. Viva Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦
I don't know why she not mentioned you If you ask Ukrainians generally, they will say that Lithuania and Georgia our biggest friends And then will be everyone else It would be Poland too, but they still talking about Lviv
i respect and admire the way you made this video. it was very diplomatic. dont forget this truth; people are not countries. the majority of americans either disagree with our government or dont fully trust it. i know you were trying to generalize and make this video simple :) i admit, i am ignorant of the details of that whole Crimea incident.... or, im ignorant about how Ukrainians and Russians feel about it. (average, local citizens. not the governments) i really hate that your entire region seems to be under so much tension. if you remove governments and propaganda, i would imagine that many people around that area are really the same...in their hearts. i hope peace and civility between governments can be reached soon without violence, bloodshed or latent animosity. thank you for the video! it is always a great thing to share opinions like this with the world. we are all humans, when you remove everything else ;)
Discovered your channel recently, and I'm really enjoying it. I might say that Ukraine is too similar to Brazil (where I'm from). I mean, in corruption.
Perhaps let us know what you think about Canada. I was born here 🇨🇦, but part of my family was from Ukraine and Poland. This is why a part of my heart ❤️ belongs there. (Lviv) in fact, you and mom share the same name. I love listening to you teach about Ukraine...just one hint love...slow down just a bit as it's hard to catch your words. Not too bad English for someone who's mother tongue is Ukrainian.👍👍👌👌 I'm hoping I can learn some Ukrainian from here...sadly I never learned when my Baba was alive.😔😟 Thanks so much Olga. 😊🌹💜
As an American I appreciate hearing your perspective on recent events in Ukraine. I would like to make a couple of points about American policy. The first is that President Trump is very inexperienced politically, especially with regards to foreign policy. (Full disclosure: I don't like Trump and didn't vote for him.) He also lacks the patience to understand the difference between long term and short term interests. All of that is to say that it is to soon at this point to tell whether Trump's administration will result in a long term shift in America's foreign policy orientation after he has left office. The second point to remember is that Russia has nuclear weapons.
While it may seem frustrating I see Russian aggression being met with economic sanctions rather than a more aggressive response, the potential consequences of escalating a conflict with a nuclear power are sufficiently grave to warrant a very cautious response. Anyway, again thank you for sharing your perspective on these issues.
Obama did nothing exept saying he is worried, he was more busy with giving black people equality( benefits), making gay mariages important issue and legalizing marihuana. He betrayed allies, made american relations with other countries very difficult and he annoyed many nations by telling them they should follow misunderstood tolerance. Trump already did nothing at in that point of viev he is much better. I was wonder what would happen with nuclear weapon and only thing I'm sure is that it will be controlled by alcoholic
I would like to mention that Israel does Support Ukraine there are even a few facebook/vk/ok groups from Israel that are intended officially for that case, just type in Facebook "Israel Supports Ukraine" and you will see what I'm talking about.
Olga, very creative and original video blog. I don't spend a lot of time surfing the internet and have never commented in a public forum but after stumbling on to your videos and watching a few with fascination I was compelled to write a comment. Your English is good and I'm sure you worked hard to learn it but your real gift is spirit and passion. I'm American, California is home. Most Americans have little exposure or knowledge of the cultural and social realities of other countries beyond a tour guide or CNN. Don't hold it against us, we are only 250 years old and I deeply apologize for Trump. The comments from your viewers are intense and quite enlightening so your doing your job. I'm a big fan of entrepreneurial woman because I have two daughters your age. Here's a big American complement......You go girl!
@@bizbite2 It's full of tanks, that's why Poland have never signed anti-mine treaty. The other thing is that if Russians will loose just one battle they will loose all Kaliningrad. They can't escape it
THANKS TO BE HONEST AND I HOPE UKRAINE , LATVIA , LETONIA , GEORGIA , FINLAND EVEN POLAND NICE COUNTRIES CAN BE SAFE Y PROTECTED AGAINST RUSSIA !! EN ARGENTINA WE HAVE A LARGE COMMUNITY OF UKRAINIAN THATS IS GROWING AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD PEOPLE 👍
I know a guy from there that works here in the USA. Made the mistake of calling him Russian one day. Well, he sure corrected me :) Don't get me wrong I respected him for doing so. We wouldn't say we became good friends after that, but we were friendly. Good guy! He loves being in America, but misses home.
This can easily go into flaming, but Olga is from West - possibly former Poland, so obviously she will have a different "official" perspective on this historical issue taught in Ukranian schools etc. I think we should give her credit for trying to stay out of politics, she's not promoting "Ukranian nationalism" in my view.
State Propaganda, nobody in Ukraine is promoting nationalism. People who overlived events on the Independence Square came back to Bandera and UPA, because they opposed to Russian army. Besides, nobody teaches us at school that Bandera was an idol.
Actually I don't remember anything about Bandera from school. Everything what I remember - he was one of the leader of Ukrainian nationalists, the same like Melnyk and others. I think the image of Bandera now is promoting by Russia so much. They try to create a "hero", opposite to Putin in Russia. It's clearly that Poroshenko doesn't works for them, so they found Bandera. In reality not a lot of people really knew what exactly Bandera did in past. Just now, when Russians start to call us Banderivtsi, people start to read who actually was Bandera and what he did)) You focused so much on political issues, instead of understand why it happened. My opinion: this situation with Poles was artificially created to make us enemies again.
STepan Bandera was Ukrainian nazi leader from WWII. He was head of Nazi German puppet state. He is consider blame or death of 300 00 Poles . More here :en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia After the war he lived in Munich under protection of MI6 and CIA, but he was killed by KGB. On 22 January 2010, the outgoing President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, awarded Bandera the posthumous title of Hero of Ukraine. The award was condemned by the European Parliament, Russian, Polish and Jewish organizations. declared illegal by the following president, Viktor Yanukovych, and in a court decision in April 2010. In January 2011, the award was officially annulled. Ukrainian postal stamp commemorating the centennial of Stepan Bandera's birth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera#/media/File:Stamp_of_Ukraine_Stepan_Bandera_100_years.jpg here are Stepan Bandera museums in Dubliany, Volia-Zaderevatska, Staryi Uhryniv, and Yahilnytsia. There is a Stepan Bandera Museum of Liberation Struggle in London, part of the OUN Archive,] and The Bandera's Family Museum (Музей родини Бандерів) in Stryi. Stepan Bandera monument in Ternopil. Monuments dedicated to Stepan Bander have been constructured in a number of western Ukrainian cities, including Staryi Uhryniv, Kolomyia, Drohobych, Zalishchyky,Mykytyntsi,Uzyn,Lviv, Buchach,Hrabivka, Horodenka,Staryi Sambir,Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Strusiv Truskavets, Horishniy, Velykosilky, Sambir, Velyki Mosty, Skole,Turka,Zdolbuniv ChortkivSniatyn,and in such cities and villages as Berezhany, Boryslav, Chervonohrad, Dubliany, Kamianka-Buzka, Kremenets, Mostyska, Pidvolochysk, Seredniy Bereziv, Terebovlia, Verbiv, and Volia-Zaderevatska. In 2010 and 2011, Bandera was named an honorary citizen of a number of western Ukrainian cities, including Khust NadvirnaTernopil,[Ivano-Frankivsk,Lviv, Kolomyia, Dolyna, Varash Lutsk,Chervonohrad, Terebovlia Truskavets Radekhiv,Sokal Stebnyk,Zhovkva,SkoleBerezhany,Sambir,Boryslav,Brody,[ Stryi,and Morshyn.[ There are Stepan Bandera streets in Lviv (formerly Mury street), Lutsk (formerly Suvorovska street), Rivne (formerly Moskovska street), Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chervonohrad (formerly Nad Buhom street),] Berezhany (formerly Cherniakhovskoho street), Drohobych (formerly Sliusarska street), Stryi, Kalush, Kovel, Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Horodenka, Dubrovytsia, Kolomyia, Dolyna, Iziaslav, Skole, Shepetivka, Brovary, and Boryspil, and a Stepan Bandera prospect in Ternopil (part of the former Lenin prospect). On 16 January 2017 the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance stated that of the 51,493 streets, squares and "other facilities" that had been renamed (since 2015) due to decommunization 34 streets were named after Stepan Bandera. Due to "association with the communist totalitarian regime", the Kiev City Council on 7 July 2016 voted 87 to 10 in favor of supporting renaming Moscow Avenue to Stepan Bandera Avenue.
Poland is not a true friend of Ukraine. You are right that Poland merely treats Ukraine as a buffer zone between Poland and Russia; it is only to their benefit that Ukraine joins the European Union. Many Poles are still very sour over the fact that a huge chunk of what was once Poland became western Ukraine (cities such as Lviv / Lwów, Ivano-Frankivsk / Stanisławów etc.) even though these regions of what was once Poland were already heavily populated by ethnic Ukrainians. In my opinion, if anything, Lithuania is a friend of Ukraine because Lithuania was not just a puppet state (like Poland or Czechoslovakia was), but also part of the Soviet Union proper (Lithuanian SSR). Russia invaded Lithuania from 1991-1992; Lithuania does not border Ukraine and Ukraine is not a "buffer zone" for Lithuania yet Lithuanians are more than happy to support Ukraine because they know what it feels like to be invaded and threatened by Russia.
YummYakitori Good point, also Lithuania and Lithuanians know about personal responsibility, being independent and self reliant, instead of relying on Russia or the EU. Poland on the other hand loves to play the victim mentality milking the west/EU for help, money, mass migration without upholding western values and giving anything in return (very hypocritical people) so Ukraine shouldn't aspire to be like Poland. Ukraine should aspire to be independent and self sufficient !
@@Samchocolate11 Why should Poland take people without documents throwing stones at border guards? There are no western values becouse western europe become rape hub.
we americans don't hate ukraine. our politicians are war crazed but we all love all countries, i would love to see ukraine get stronger and stronger. i enjoy your videos and look forward in seeing more :) :) :)
In America, most people can't point to Ukraine on a map, and nobody here knows anything about Ukraine at all. I think it is a very interesting country but people in America and understandably more involved with American affairs.
You're an idiot, and show your lack of intelligence. I've been to 25 countries, speak three languages and can find 95% of the countries of the world on a map. There are 325 million Americans. When you say all Americans are stupid, that only makes you look stupid.
You are absolutely correct. Most young Americans can not find the United States on a globe let alone Ukraine. The biggest problem is up until President Reagan won the cold war and brought down the Soviet Union, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries were part of it. Even if American kids saw an atlas, the Soviet Union dominated all of that land. I am an old man and I know a lot more than your average American about such things and I still have to reference a map to see where many Eastern European countries are when I hear them discussed. On the other hand, I know where all the Western European countries are. For many in the West, Ukraine didn't exist util after the Soviet collapse.
What kind of intelligence are you displaying when you take a statement about "most people" and apply it to a single person? In fact, if you are an American and have been to 25 other countries, you are one of the precious few who have. Most Americans don't even have a passport. That makes you and "outlier" and specifically excludes you from the premise of "most people in America" Most people in American have never been to another country.
I maintain a good outlook because in my opinion there are highly intelligent people in the Ukrainian Universities that can figure out how to fix the problems within the country.
I've also noticed how people separate Russia and there leader, Putin. I know I've seen people separating Russians and Putin. But never the 3 category(Russians - Russia - Putin). What made me sad is when you mentioned how when Ukraine asked for help and no one helped but rather just gave morale support. That is the most upsetting thing to me. And counterproductive. Especially if you want Ukraine as a friend. There is so much good that can come if people in the west werent as spineless and actually helped Ukraine when asked. Thanks for sharing this video, really helpful. For me, people over here have a very small general idea of Ukraine. The only time people knew about Ukraine was due to the Crimean situation. Some people here likes Russia, some dislike Russia. I've remembered someone mentioned Russia and America are relatively similar. It's very mixed over here in America. However, a lot of people in France (Where I am also from) are sympathetic to Ukraine.
As far as I hate communists and Soviet Union occupation, there is one thing they done "good": massive ethnic relocations. This cause lots of pain for relocated people (using the force, some of the die, others lost their roots or properties). Good thing is, this action put to the end the ethnic conflicts between Polish-Ukrainians, Polish-Lithuanians and few others. cheers from Poland
While I do think the USA should have come to your defense as a matter of principle, I think you, and according to you - Ukrainians in general, have a misunderstanding of the terms of the Budapest Memorandum and the obligations of it's signatories. If you would do an internet search "Full text of Budapest Memorandum" (it is only a 5 minute read) I think you will find that the USA fulfilled/fulfills it's obligations. Again, you and I would want the USA to defend in this situation, but to say there was an obligation based on an agreement is not accurate from my reading of the document.
I don't think that US and other signers of the memorandum are fulfilling it. Sanctions and aid are good, and it is a response after the territorial integrity of Ukraine was breached. But US and UK didn't step in and uphold the territories lost to Russia.
I understand you also think the US and UK should have stepped in to uphold the territories lost to Russia, but I assert there is no requirement in the Memorandum to do so.
The Netherlands and Ukraine.. We have Victoria Koblenko, Evgeniy Levchenko who are stars here. We have the Malaysia Airlines crash. We (officially) still don't know who shot it down. We had an election where we voted against the agreement of association between Ukraine and EU. But later on our government actually ratified the agreement. So I think Netherlands is divided about Ukraine as a friend. Mostly we think your country suffers from corruption and we are dependent of you because of the gas pipeline. Me, I don't know, maybe I'll visit sometime to find out.
Olga, you are very good, I love your channel. I want to discuss Geopolitical issues with you. I have a few disagreements with you and would like to see about them. Would appreciate this. Thanks
In that case why EU help refugees? :))) Ukrainians protested for European values, where the human is the highest value. But EU shows they really don't care about it.
the EU has enough trouble looking after it's own citizens besides taking in refugees especially when a minority are islamic state supporters, we saw what happened in germany recently, if ukranian people are prepared to work and be productive they are welcome but not if they just want bailouts, I wonder how Putin would react to ukraine in the EU, what do you think? i am interested in your thought's on this
Kebba Sohna .. because Ukraine is a peace loving nation who shares the same Values as the west. They wish to have closer ties to strengthen their bond to democracy and the rule of law both of which ruZzia is lacking.Stand strong Ukraine you are on the correct path.
Privet Olga and a very interesting video and well put together and lots of inter- related topics covered. Speaking from the UK perspective I was very displeased with our government and indeed the rest of Europe's response to the annexing of Crimea from Ukrainian territory and the sanctions put in place really only served to heighten prices from the poorer classes in Russia and were not hurting Putin and this impotence from our and the rest of the governments who just sat and watched on TV frustrated me as I am a frequent visitor to Ukraine and have deep affection for the country and watching the scenes from the eastern side of the country to Maidan in Kiev where distressing. The only theory I can offer as to why USA and the UK did not do anything militarily is that for once they have a real battle unlike the countries / regimes they have picked on / carefully selected in the past 20 years . They are far inferior and weaker opponents than Russia would be from a political and militarily standpoint and their courage is pitiful. Keep making these videos as I enjoy your channel immensely : )
Ed - also UK and USA know very well that vast majority of Crimeans are pro-Russian. They won't say it publicl in the media but of course they are aware.
Crimea was republic in Ukraine like Ukraine was republic in Soviet Union. Crimea had right to separate from Ukraine like Ukraine had right to separerate from Soviet Union. Crimea was independent state when mergered with Russa, like DDR was indepenent state.
Kosovo and Crimea are not same cases. Crimea was a Republic, with it's Constitution, a parlamanet, Kosovo was just a province, without parlament, without Constitution.. Crimea was almost always part of Russia, and never part of Ukraine before 1954. Kosovo ws allways part of Serbia (when Serbia esisted) and was never par to Albania and was never independent state It was part od Ottoman Empire (which doesn't exsist today) before re-establishng
I'm from the US, i love and support Ukraine. I think when it comes to Russia its a delicate situation and providing help or troops can be considered an act of war and too many times it turns into a long occupation
Olga the average American don't no a lot about Ukraine or even where its located but I find the Ukraine people and culture very interested they remind me of African Americans in many ways. A corrupt government towards the people, hundreds of thousands have been slaughtered by there on government, the people have been through a lot of mental and physical pain but yet the people are still resilient and strong regardless of there many flaws Nice topic
Olga - Russia was not the one who broke the post WW2 boarder rule. What happend in Kosovo? The Europeans and NATO had opened up the pandora box in Kosovo.
Please explain, how did Guam, Samoa, , PuertoRico, Texas, California suddenly became American territories. I am 100% sure you will answer that it was in a peaceful way, Were there votings or any kind of referendum at the very beginning of their annexation?
AugustanFinn we are good whit all others just not whit croatians and bosniak muslims and now whit you ukranians who start hate us much when war started in Ukraine .
LOL Serbia hates everyone except Russia. Serbs come into Ukraine and rape and kill Ukrainians now too so Ukrainians will not kiss Serbs. Ukraine used to support Serbia on Kosovo too but when Serbs supported Russia on Crimea because of Russian majority Ukraine supports Albanians in Kosovo because of Albanian majority. You should not have become involved.
I do understand, that Ukrainians are disappointed about EU. I hope relation will be better in the future. We are a group, who try to help Ukraine, the way we can.
People in general in US don't know much about Ukraine other than what we see in some movies. Like Goldeneye for example, based in Russia but will make people think they know what Eastern Europe is like... which is a movie based on the 90's. But our people are weird like that, we use hollywood movies to base our reality on many things. I think with younger educated people they see Ukraine as a place that is changing very fast and stuck between Europe and Russia. A lot of tech entrepreneurs love Ukraine because they can have their businesses online making US dollars but then live in Ukraine spending Ukrainian hryvnia so they can buy more and save more money.
HI Olga, can you tell us anything about the impact Russia is having on the Ukraine right now? I've seen a few reports on tanks moving into your country, but it is very hard to find information about that. Do you personally feel threatened by the current political situation?
Australia and Ukraine have seen a growing bilateral relationship since the tragic downing of flight MH17, in which many Australians, among victims of many other nationalities, were killed in this senseless act of violence. Since then Australia has been a firm supporter of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial rights, and has opened an embassy in Kyiv since 2014. Ukraine’s President, Petro Poroshenko, visited Australia in 2014, and Australia is home to approx 40,000 people of Ukrainian heritage.
I live in Australia and am Australian. I’m not sure what Ukrainian people think of Australia. If you see this I’d be keen to know as I personally quite like Eastern European countries like Ukraine, Poland and Belarus.
For example, i was finding AIESEC opportunities in Russia then the mentors advised me not to as Russia often didn't commit to the job descriptions thus other previous Exchange Participants had unpleasant experiences before. So I'm lately applying for a Visa from Egypt to Ukraine
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Having a serious talk aboot this, and more; is necessary and productive so long as all involved are serious and can learn in sadly, relativity. We will all have to have big talks in our lives.
South Ossetia and Abkhazia are the two territories that Georgia and Russia are fighting over, causing the former to severe diplomatic ties with the latter. Consequence: Georgian wine is banned in Russia. Seems petty, but ironically, Georgian cuisine is popular in Russia, but they cannot have the "authentic Georgian dining experience" because the wine is banned-but this is only the tip of the iceberg.
I am very much for Ukraine’s success. I have visited Ukraine four times. I study the Ukrainian language. I am very sorry that Vice President Biden, and now President Biden has been so foolish in his dealings with Ukraine. There are so many genuine, and smart, and talented people in Ukraine! I hope a new world view through communication, can bring peaceful solutions to all mankind.
You are a great girl and the face of Ukraine, your presentations are highly appreciated. God bless you and Ukraine.
I'm from Poland and I support Ukraine🇵🇱🇺🇦, I also really like Ukrainian music, Jamala is my favourite Ukrainian artist, she's amazing❤
She is amazing👍
Thanks for mentioning Croatia
Where did she mention Croatia?
@@Mr.mallaer Sarcasm... And thank you for mentioning Croatia... We love you too...
Czech Rep stands with you... as well as Canadians do... 100%
why?
@@satanicalutea1867 there the only countries sending consistent help , they've both deployed soldiers send equipment etc .
Thank you distant cousin 🇺🇦🤝🇨🇿
@@futurequagmire6199 Chinese people support Ukrainian people, too. China is located at another side of Russia and they had invasion of China,too.
@@darrenthomas2085 Chinese people, perhaps. I'm not so sure about Xi Jinping and the Communist Party, though.
Scandinavia does stand by Ukraine and the Ukrainians🇸🇪🇦🇽🇫🇮🇳🇴🇮🇸🇩🇰 We see the good progress you have done since the sovjet times in building a democracy and the fierce fight you put up today, long live free Ukraine!🇺🇦🔱💪
As a person that really really loves Ukraine I can only hope that things will be always better for that country! Ukranians are intelligent, sensible and strong! I am confident that they will be able to figure out the right path to solve their conflicts ! What a pity that the countries that could give a help are not really helping! On tv they rarelly talk about Ukraine latelly... But my friends that live in Donbas wich feel themselves ukranian citizens are suffering a lot because of this situation: no whater everydays, no gas everydays, no heating everydays and , worst of all, NO JOB!!
I wish you receive what you deserve.
Ukraine I'm my opinion has very nice culture and music, beautiful scenery and they are spectacular.
Whatever your personal situation is, make sure you stay safe Olga. There's a lot of weird things going on right now.
yeah nice call for 5 years ago...... and it just kept getting worse and worse and worse. now we're here.
Lithuanians Love Ukraine... and we were/are main supporters of Ukraine in the conflict ... long live free Ukraine 😁👍🏻
🇺🇦🤝🇱🇹
I was in Lithuania this summer, it is also a beautiful country. We visited Palanga, Klaipeda, Nida, Sauliai, Kaunas, Vilnius. Thank you for your support and we will definitely fly to you again.
I don't know why she not mentioned Lithuania in biggest friends
If you will ask people on the 1st place will be Georgia, and on the 2nd will be Lithuania
I have been following the War in Donbas and supporting Ukraine since 2017.
Glory to Ukraine.
From Vietnam
Thank you!
@@Olga_Reznikova hallo love your videos and Ukraine, Ukraine people.. would also like to say that I've always had a great respect for Ukraine.. I was wondering if you know of any good orphanage/homlesnes charity in Ukraine as it's something close to my heart due a sort of similar childhood situation I've looked online but don't always get a lot of time to look indeph as recently agreed to help a doctor friend with a group he's starting up for people with post tramatic stress syndrome as thought my experiences will be of use in my birth country neither side of my family originate from my birth country) but anyway if you could suggest a charity for orphanage/homelessness in Ukraine id appreciate it - I know it's not the sort of question that most people would normally ask and please don't be effended for my asking of this question.. many thanks keep making the videos respect to Ukraine and to Ukraine people
Nicely done and well put. Actions speak louder than words. Thank you for your point of view.
I'm Canadian of Ukrainian, Polish, English, Irish and Scottish origin and I always wanted to see Ukraine. I'm proud of my heritage and I hope Canadian's and Ukrainian's will always be friends. Been trying to learn Ukrainian and I thank you for your videos.
Canadians love us bud you must be in the wrong area they plus there one of the only countries helping ukraine we love them right back 🇺🇦🤝🇨🇦
The U.K.was one of the first countries sending weaponry to Ukraine
Very informative and interesting a good insight into the present situation.
Slava Ukraine
from Georgia
Very informative video. Thank you very much to share these information. I have seen your other videos and they are informative.
You are well spoken about protecting Ukraine from aggression. I love Ukrainian people very much.
My Grandparents came from the Ukraine but none of the family could tell me much about what their life was like before they arrived in the USA around 1913. You videos have been very informative for me. Thanks.
I just love this Ukrainian English accent. It's half of the enjoyment of watching these videos.
Yeah it.s nice to hear English differently the grammar isn't perfect but that's why I like it..I dated a Russian girl with the same grammar/pronounce it.s cute..
@@lazarus5609 our grammar so different from English, so it is almost impossible to speak clearly)
I'm half Ukrainian. My grandparents on my father's side grew up in the Ukraine but emigrated to the US in the early 1900's. My father was the first generation of his family to be born in the US. As you can imagine, I am very concerned about Russia invading the Ukraine. I have seen other videos on UA-cam where many Russian citizens believe that the Ukraine should be part of Russia. I have not yet researched why they believe this but I do intend to do so. If you can comment on this sometime in the future, I would surely find it very interesting. Thanks!
A lot of Ukrainians were hungered to death in Ukraine and Russians decided to move in to the empty houses left by the dead. Now, since some Russian decedents live on the Ukrainian land, they like to call it Russian.
If you are truly concerned about our fate, please go on the streets and ask the USA government to do more to help us.
I was disappointed in my country when we did nothing,i was in the military then , and I thought finally some place cool to be sent to with good food and weather
i like all videos of you olga. you are not only beautiful, but an honest and straight forward lady, and inteligent and knowledgable. very clear hearted. nice doing olga.
well hey I just wanted to tell you that was a great section there and I live in a little town called Illinois in Illinois call Olney and everybody here loves the Ukraine they love Kiev and I know a lot of my friends have been there and I love the people there and as far as United States a lot of people support you guys and love you keep up the good work looking forward to being in there the middle August be blessed you and your family keep up the great work praying for you guys always
Thank you so much! ))
OLGA, thanks !
In our current time, interest is above friendship and other relationships.
Good Video dear. Keep up the Good Work...!
You forgot Croatia! We are 100% Pro Ukraine!!
Yes.
Social Media Terrorist since when ?
Za Ukrainke Spremni!
Hi, Im From Georgia :D And We Like Ukraine So much too! I Drawed Map Of Ukraine and Georgia In Real Life too. მადლობა უკრაინას!!!
🇺🇦🇬🇪♥️
fake friends
Thank you very much for the support! Georgia is great!
Да , конечно. Я хочу поехать в Украину. Украина хорошая подруга. Спасибо.
Чого тоді російською тут мовиш? В Україні люди спілкуються українською мовою. Тобі мабудь треба в сусідську країну.
You forgot about Canada :) Canada and Ukraine have been friends for many years and I wish we were doing more to help. Lots of love from Vancouver! xo
Bruh, Canada is friends of everyone
We like Ukraine Very Much!!!!!
keep up the good work Olga and don't let the detractors get to you. you do a good job of showing the rest of the world your country's many sides.
So, so interesting a video Olia!! I have to point out something about your disappointment in the EU though - please remember that the EU is essentially only an economic coalition, and whilst there is co-operation on other levels, the EU can't do much apart from issue sanctions to countries that want to harm Ukraine, or any other contry for that matter, and yes I know sanctions are mostly useless! Anyway of course, the UK is leaving the EU! It is more, or should be more, the responsibility of NATO, to take severe action against the likes of Putin's regime, although again NATO has its' weaknesses. I think you will find that the UK considers Ukraine a great friend, and indeed there are many, many Ukrainians living here, especially in London. There are Ukrainian cultural centres in West London (I sent you some pictures once!) and there are Ukrainian families that settled here all over the UK after the second world war, along with many Polish people who still have many very successful communities here. There are regular 'each way' visits between Ukrainian and UK governmet officials, so I hope that the two countries will remain on good terms. As for America, I think the whole world is unsure about the Trump effect; we shall all have to wait and see!
Thank you so much for your opinion! Very interesting!
Olga, i was working together Russians and Ukrainians persons and they both good according the attitude so im really proud both of them.
I would like to add that Russia directly borders with Poland.
I'm from England I support Ukrainians fighting for their land and people 🇺🇦🇬🇧
Thank you!
Egypt and Israel are in peace since 1977. They are cooperating in fighting together against extreme Jihadi groups such as ISIS.
I think it safe to say they are not enemies.
john doe Egypt went to war with Israel and they still don’t recognize Israel as a independent state the only Arab state that does is Lebanon
Freedom to Ukraine, friends from Georgia
Hello and thank you from Serbia for what I find to be a very interesting video. I find everything here to be very much true and like how diplomatically said, putting it straight about Russian Gov/People/policy being different category. Of course you have Canada too which many people mentioned in comments. I'm also glad people accept situation of EU as when some countries like Germany are over 40% (some almost 100%) dependent on Russian gas, they want to stay on good terms. The EU of course is only an economic agreement too, so it's good that people understand. Although I'm from Serbia which is obviously more pro-Russian, but I personally am more pro Ukrainian and I have very close ties with Ukraine as my mom and sister lives in Kyiv, I can fairly well speak Ukrainian and I visit every summer. I'm very much liking of Ukraine and wish the best for them. Your videos are very interesting and I hope my English here is understandable.
Hello,
I've got something for you!
Thinking about that downright delirious thought that you tried & failed to express made me slightly upset.
Even more than making an irrelevant assumption on a non-existent division between the country & its folk. A lack of tact is bad manners. I solemnly regret of my ancestors rushing into the WWI to protect your ancestors that gave us all a pleasure to read your broken English.
So long, Slavic brat!
I'm part Russian and Swedish btw.
This is why Korea imports all gas and oil through homemade ships. Korean ports have oil tanks made of 1m thick titanium alloy and capable of withstanding direct nuclear hits.
Good job Ola 👍🏻
The USA and the West didn't help in 1956, when the Soviet Union invaded Hungary. They promised that they will help, but like in the case of Ukraine , they did nothing.I think the same happened to Czechoslovakia.
The USA and the West were too afraid to provoke Soviet Union, cos both had nucler weapons,and affraid of the broke out of the 3.rd World War.
True. Also, in 1991 President Bush visited Ukraine and gave his "chicken Kiev" speech where he said Ukraine should not seek independence. This he did at the request of Russia and his good parter Gorbachov.
Hello 👋 There From San Diego California USA 🇺🇸
Hello OLGA. Well, in SLOVENIJA we are not excited because of the war in UKARINE! ( My opinion ). Have a nice day. Bye. Rudi.
Thanks, dear)) I hope this war will end soon.
I like very much your films. They are so... natural :) It's always good to get information about something from the right source - not tv propaganda or net comments. Nice to hear that you don't find Poland as enemy as some jerks in Poland and Ukraine would like to be . Just one note : please, don't say that Polish are afraid of anyone :) We were huge, we were small, we were winners, we got bitten hard, milions of polish were murdered but we still speak polish and we'll still stand up for our own land :) Greetings from Sweden, nice young Lady :)
hello Olga. here in Georgia many people think that Ukrainian girls like Georgian guys :D please, shoot vlog what Ukrainian girls think about it. we are waiting for you.
ok))
Georgia had this problem already since 1992 when war broke out in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It was a 16 year long war until Russia officially invaded Georgia on August 8th 2008.
I‘d like to hearing your opinon aboute the relationships between china and Ukraine.
thanks so much
Well we mostly neutral, nothing bad about our relationship, but nothing extremely good too
But in trade aspects its extremely good
I am from Saudi Arabia and I have great friends from Ukraine. I also have excellent business ties with Ukrainnian and they are great and very professional. Viva Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦
not friends
Thank you very much for the support! We are very grateful! All the best for you and your country from an Half Ukrainian half Portuguese descendent!
Sad that you dont know how big is Lithuanian support. Economical, political, peoples, volontiers, aid, helping to fight propaganda.
Jo keista, kad nepaminėjo, o tiek daug padedame.
I don't know why she not mentioned you
If you ask Ukrainians generally, they will say that Lithuania and Georgia our biggest friends
And then will be everyone else
It would be Poland too, but they still talking about Lviv
Good to hear from Ukraine.
Привіт з Польщі 🇵🇱🇺🇦 Я працюю з українцями і вони дуже гарні люди , а українська мова є красива 💕 PUTIN LEAVE THEM ALONE 😡
i respect and admire the way you made this video. it was very diplomatic. dont forget this truth; people are not countries. the majority of americans either disagree with our government or dont fully trust it. i know you were trying to generalize and make this video simple :) i admit, i am ignorant of the details of that whole Crimea incident.... or, im ignorant about how Ukrainians and Russians feel about it. (average, local citizens. not the governments) i really hate that your entire region seems to be under so much tension. if you remove governments and propaganda, i would imagine that many people around that area are really the same...in their hearts. i hope peace and civility between governments can be reached soon without violence, bloodshed or latent animosity. thank you for the video! it is always a great thing to share opinions like this with the world. we are all humans, when you remove everything else ;)
Discovered your channel recently, and I'm really enjoying it. I might say that Ukraine is too similar to Brazil (where I'm from). I mean, in corruption.
yes, and very similar to Mexico))
The world is getting similar in a bad way. Heheh.
Olga Reznikova .. You did not mention Ukraine's best friend.Canada !! Olga,why you want to break my heart??🇨🇦🇺🇦😥
I will prepare another video just about Canada))
We both occupy first and second place for contrie with prettiest women so i would agree with you hahahaha
Perhaps let us know what you think about Canada. I was born here 🇨🇦, but part of my family was from Ukraine and Poland. This is why a part of my heart ❤️ belongs there. (Lviv) in fact, you and mom share the same name. I love listening to you teach about Ukraine...just one hint love...slow down just a bit as it's hard to catch your words. Not too bad English for someone who's mother tongue is Ukrainian.👍👍👌👌 I'm hoping I can learn some Ukrainian from here...sadly I never learned when my Baba was alive.😔😟
Thanks so much Olga. 😊🌹💜
As an American I appreciate hearing your perspective on recent events in Ukraine. I would like to make a couple of points about American policy. The first is that President Trump is very inexperienced politically, especially with regards to foreign policy. (Full disclosure: I don't like Trump and didn't vote for him.) He also lacks the patience to understand the difference between long term and short term interests. All of that is to say that it is to soon at this point to tell whether Trump's administration will result in a long term shift in America's foreign policy orientation after he has left office. The second point to remember is that Russia has nuclear weapons.
While it may seem frustrating I see Russian aggression being met with economic sanctions rather than a more aggressive response, the potential consequences of escalating a conflict with a nuclear power are sufficiently grave to warrant a very cautious response. Anyway, again thank you for sharing your perspective on these issues.
Obama did nothing exept saying he is worried, he was more busy with giving black people equality( benefits), making gay mariages important issue and legalizing marihuana. He betrayed allies, made american relations with other countries very difficult and he annoyed many nations by telling them they should follow misunderstood tolerance. Trump already did nothing at in that point of viev he is much better.
I was wonder what would happen with nuclear weapon and only thing I'm sure is that it will be controlled by alcoholic
Fuck that bitch Killary, she is war criminal !!!!
olga.. we're Indians n friends to Ukrainian
I would like to mention that Israel does Support Ukraine there are even a few facebook/vk/ok groups from Israel that are intended officially for that case, just type in Facebook "Israel Supports Ukraine" and you will see what I'm talking about.
Yes, I also saw those groups in Facebook))
Finland supports Russia in fb
Olga, very creative and original video blog. I don't spend a lot of time surfing the internet and have never commented in a public forum but after stumbling on to your videos and watching a few with fascination I was compelled to write a comment. Your English is good and I'm sure you worked hard to learn it but your real gift is spirit and passion. I'm American, California is home. Most Americans have little exposure or knowledge of the cultural and social realities of other countries beyond a tour guide or CNN. Don't hold it against us, we are only 250 years old and I deeply apologize for Trump. The comments from your viewers are intense and quite enlightening so your doing your job. I'm a big fan of entrepreneurial woman because I have two daughters your age. Here's a big American complement......You go girl!
Errr.... Russia directly borders to Poland. You never heard of Kaliningrad before ?
It is locked from Mainland Russia, it cannot be a place to send tanks from... it is only a nuclear launch site to point at european capitals...
@@bizbite2 It's full of tanks, that's why Poland have never signed anti-mine treaty. The other thing is that if Russians will loose just one battle they will loose all Kaliningrad. They can't escape it
Respect for Ukraine from Croatia
You forgot to mention Canada. We are on your side... 100%.
Thank you for this!
You are welcome. I grew up with a lot of Ukrainians here in Canada, and have visited your country 4 times. I will be back!
No problem.... there is a very large Ukrainian community where I live
MysticKnight38 Alberta oo another prairie province?
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THANKS TO BE HONEST AND I HOPE UKRAINE , LATVIA , LETONIA , GEORGIA , FINLAND EVEN POLAND NICE COUNTRIES CAN BE SAFE Y PROTECTED AGAINST RUSSIA !! EN ARGENTINA WE HAVE A LARGE COMMUNITY OF UKRAINIAN THATS IS GROWING AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD PEOPLE 👍
Lovely speech . Keep it up Olga
This is Javad from Qatar😎
I know a guy from there that works here in the USA. Made the mistake of calling him Russian one day. Well, he sure corrected me :) Don't get me wrong I respected him for doing so. We wouldn't say we became good friends after that, but we were friendly. Good guy! He loves being in America, but misses home.
I must correct you in regards to Poland. Poland explicitly does not want Ukraine in EU because of Stepan Bandera issue.
State Propaganda true. Why would anybody want to be in the same union with a bunch of fascists and murders? Best wishes to Poland!
This can easily go into flaming, but Olga is from West - possibly former Poland, so obviously she will have a different "official" perspective on this historical issue taught in Ukranian schools etc. I think we should give her credit for trying to stay out of politics, she's not promoting "Ukranian nationalism" in my view.
State Propaganda, nobody in Ukraine is promoting nationalism. People who overlived events on the Independence Square came back to Bandera and UPA, because they opposed to Russian army. Besides, nobody teaches us at school that Bandera was an idol.
Actually I don't remember anything about Bandera from school. Everything what I remember - he was one of the leader of Ukrainian nationalists, the same like Melnyk and others. I think the image of Bandera now is promoting by Russia so much. They try to create a "hero", opposite to Putin in Russia. It's clearly that Poroshenko doesn't works for them, so they found Bandera.
In reality not a lot of people really knew what exactly Bandera did in past. Just now, when Russians start to call us Banderivtsi, people start to read who actually was Bandera and what he did))
You focused so much on political issues, instead of understand why it happened. My opinion: this situation with Poles was artificially created to make us enemies again.
STepan Bandera was Ukrainian nazi leader from WWII.
He was head of Nazi German puppet state.
He is consider blame or death of 300 00 Poles . More here :en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia
After the war he lived in Munich under protection of MI6 and CIA, but he was killed by KGB.
On 22 January 2010, the outgoing President of Ukraine, Viktor Yushchenko, awarded Bandera the posthumous title of Hero of Ukraine. The award was condemned by the European Parliament, Russian, Polish and Jewish organizations.
declared illegal by the following president, Viktor Yanukovych, and in a court decision in April 2010. In January 2011, the award was officially annulled.
Ukrainian postal stamp commemorating the centennial of Stepan Bandera's birth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera#/media/File:Stamp_of_Ukraine_Stepan_Bandera_100_years.jpg
here are Stepan Bandera museums in Dubliany, Volia-Zaderevatska, Staryi Uhryniv, and Yahilnytsia. There is a Stepan Bandera Museum of Liberation Struggle in London, part of the OUN Archive,] and The Bandera's Family Museum (Музей родини Бандерів) in Stryi.
Stepan Bandera monument in Ternopil.
Monuments dedicated to Stepan Bander have been constructured in a number of western Ukrainian cities, including Staryi Uhryniv, Kolomyia, Drohobych, Zalishchyky,Mykytyntsi,Uzyn,Lviv, Buchach,Hrabivka, Horodenka,Staryi Sambir,Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Strusiv Truskavets, Horishniy, Velykosilky, Sambir, Velyki Mosty, Skole,Turka,Zdolbuniv ChortkivSniatyn,and in such cities and villages as Berezhany, Boryslav, Chervonohrad, Dubliany, Kamianka-Buzka, Kremenets, Mostyska, Pidvolochysk, Seredniy Bereziv, Terebovlia, Verbiv, and Volia-Zaderevatska.
In 2010 and 2011, Bandera was named an honorary citizen of a number of western Ukrainian cities, including Khust NadvirnaTernopil,[Ivano-Frankivsk,Lviv, Kolomyia, Dolyna, Varash Lutsk,Chervonohrad, Terebovlia Truskavets Radekhiv,Sokal Stebnyk,Zhovkva,SkoleBerezhany,Sambir,Boryslav,Brody,[ Stryi,and Morshyn.[
There are Stepan Bandera streets in Lviv (formerly Mury street), Lutsk (formerly Suvorovska street), Rivne (formerly Moskovska street), Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chervonohrad (formerly Nad Buhom street),] Berezhany (formerly Cherniakhovskoho street), Drohobych (formerly Sliusarska street), Stryi, Kalush, Kovel, Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Horodenka, Dubrovytsia, Kolomyia, Dolyna, Iziaslav, Skole, Shepetivka, Brovary, and Boryspil, and a Stepan Bandera prospect in Ternopil (part of the former Lenin prospect). On 16 January 2017 the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance stated that of the 51,493 streets, squares and "other facilities" that had been renamed (since 2015) due to decommunization 34 streets were named after Stepan Bandera. Due to "association with the communist totalitarian regime", the Kiev City Council on 7 July 2016 voted 87 to 10 in favor of supporting renaming Moscow Avenue to Stepan Bandera Avenue.
I had a holiday in The Ukraine some 15 years ago and I loved it and especially the people
Poland is not a true friend of Ukraine. You are right that Poland merely treats Ukraine as a buffer zone between Poland and Russia; it is only to their benefit that Ukraine joins the European Union. Many Poles are still very sour over the fact that a huge chunk of what was once Poland became western Ukraine (cities such as Lviv / Lwów, Ivano-Frankivsk / Stanisławów etc.) even though these regions of what was once Poland were already heavily populated by ethnic Ukrainians.
In my opinion, if anything, Lithuania is a friend of Ukraine because Lithuania was not just a puppet state (like Poland or Czechoslovakia was), but also part of the Soviet Union proper (Lithuanian SSR). Russia invaded Lithuania from 1991-1992; Lithuania does not border Ukraine and Ukraine is not a "buffer zone" for Lithuania yet Lithuanians are more than happy to support Ukraine because they know what it feels like to be invaded and threatened by Russia.
YummYakitori Good point, also Lithuania and Lithuanians know about personal responsibility, being independent and self reliant, instead of relying on Russia or the EU.
Poland on the other hand loves to play the victim mentality milking the west/EU for help, money, mass migration without upholding western values and giving anything in return (very hypocritical people) so Ukraine shouldn't aspire to be like Poland. Ukraine should aspire to be independent and self sufficient !
@@Samchocolate11 Why should Poland take people without documents throwing stones at border guards? There are no western values becouse western europe become rape hub.
we americans don't hate ukraine. our politicians are war crazed but we all love all countries, i would love to see ukraine get stronger and stronger. i enjoy your videos and look forward in seeing more :) :) :)
In America, most people can't point to Ukraine on a map, and nobody here knows anything about Ukraine at all. I think it is a very interesting country but people in America and understandably more involved with American affairs.
You're an idiot, and show your lack of intelligence. I've been to 25 countries, speak three languages and can find 95% of the countries of the world on a map. There are 325 million Americans. When you say all Americans are stupid, that only makes you look stupid.
You are absolutely correct. Most young Americans can not find the United States on a globe let alone Ukraine. The biggest problem is up until President Reagan won the cold war and brought down the Soviet Union, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries were part of it. Even if American kids saw an atlas, the Soviet Union dominated all of that land. I am an old man and I know a lot more than your average American about such things and I still have to reference a map to see where many Eastern European countries are when I hear them discussed. On the other hand, I know where all the Western European countries are. For many in the West, Ukraine didn't exist util after the Soviet collapse.
What kind of intelligence are you displaying when you take a statement about "most people" and apply it to a single person? In fact, if you are an American and have been to 25 other countries, you are one of the precious few who have. Most Americans don't even have a passport. That makes you and "outlier" and specifically excludes you from the premise of "most people in America" Most people in American have never been to another country.
I maintain a good outlook because in my opinion there are highly intelligent people in the Ukrainian Universities that can figure out how to fix the problems within the country.
I've also noticed how people separate Russia and there leader, Putin. I know I've seen people separating Russians and Putin. But never the 3 category(Russians - Russia - Putin).
What made me sad is when you mentioned how when Ukraine asked for help and no one helped but rather just gave morale support. That is the most upsetting thing to me. And counterproductive. Especially if you want Ukraine as a friend. There is so much good that can come if people in the west werent as spineless and actually helped Ukraine when asked. Thanks for sharing this video, really helpful.
For me, people over here have a very small general idea of Ukraine. The only time people knew about Ukraine was due to the Crimean situation. Some people here likes Russia, some dislike Russia. I've remembered someone mentioned Russia and America are relatively similar. It's very mixed over here in America. However, a lot of people in France (Where I am also from) are sympathetic to Ukraine.
If Europe wanted to help Ukraine, they shoudl offer more than Russia,
not to arm rebelions who attacked Ukrainian police and army starting civil war.
As far as I hate communists and Soviet Union occupation, there is one thing they done "good": massive ethnic relocations.
This cause lots of pain for relocated people (using the force, some of the die, others lost their roots or properties).
Good thing is, this action put to the end the ethnic conflicts between Polish-Ukrainians, Polish-Lithuanians and few others.
cheers from Poland
While I do think the USA should have come to your defense as a matter of principle, I think you, and according to you - Ukrainians in general, have a misunderstanding of the terms of the Budapest Memorandum and the obligations of it's signatories. If you would do an internet search "Full text of Budapest Memorandum" (it is only a 5 minute read) I think you will find that the USA fulfilled/fulfills it's obligations. Again, you and I would want the USA to defend in this situation, but to say there was an obligation based on an agreement is not accurate from my reading of the document.
I don't think that US and other signers of the memorandum are fulfilling it. Sanctions and aid are good, and it is a response after the territorial integrity of Ukraine was breached. But US and UK didn't step in and uphold the territories lost to Russia.
I understand you also think the US and UK should have stepped in to uphold the territories lost to Russia, but I assert there is no requirement in the Memorandum to do so.
You are right. But still they could have sent some weaponry.
The Netherlands and Ukraine.. We have Victoria Koblenko, Evgeniy Levchenko who are stars here. We have the Malaysia Airlines crash. We (officially) still don't know who shot it down. We had an election where we voted against the agreement of association between Ukraine and EU. But later on our government actually ratified the agreement. So I think Netherlands is divided about Ukraine as a friend. Mostly we think your country suffers from corruption and we are dependent of you because of the gas pipeline. Me, I don't know, maybe I'll visit sometime to find out.
You forgot to mention Turkey
Olga, you are very good, I love your channel. I want to discuss Geopolitical issues with you. I have a few disagreements with you and would like to see about them. Would appreciate this. Thanks
I understand your opinion but why should the Eu help a country who is not in there union
Kebba Sohna Because Ukraine is a parasite. Ukraine expert everyone to help it but is absolutely not planing to do something itself.
parasites, corrupt, mafia sponsored robbers, internet fraudsters, no sympathy for them
In that case why EU help refugees? :)))
Ukrainians protested for European values, where the human is the highest value. But EU shows they really don't care about it.
the EU has enough trouble looking after it's own citizens besides taking in refugees especially when a minority are islamic state supporters, we saw what happened in germany recently, if ukranian people are prepared to work and be productive they are welcome but not if they just want bailouts, I wonder how Putin would react to ukraine in the EU, what do you think? i am interested in your thought's on this
Kebba Sohna .. because Ukraine is a peace loving nation who shares the same Values as the west. They wish to have closer ties to strengthen their bond to democracy and the rule of law both of which ruZzia is lacking.Stand strong Ukraine you are on the correct path.
I myself like Roshen chocolate, Korivka mmmm,😉 and the jellies too. Very good video Olga Thank You.
hehehe, good point!
Olga Reznikova I get it in the mail very good quality sweets. I need to reorder soon.
yes Roshen from Russia ????
Canada support Ukraine
not friends
Privet Olga and a very interesting video and well put together and lots of inter- related topics covered. Speaking from the UK perspective I was very displeased with our government and indeed the rest of Europe's response to the annexing of Crimea from Ukrainian territory and the sanctions put in place really only served to heighten prices from the poorer classes in Russia and were not hurting Putin and this impotence from our and the rest of the governments who just sat and watched on TV frustrated me as I am a frequent visitor to Ukraine and have deep affection for the country and watching the scenes from the eastern side of the country to Maidan in Kiev where distressing. The only theory I can offer as to why USA and the UK did not do anything militarily is that for once they have a real battle unlike the countries / regimes they have picked on / carefully selected in the past 20 years . They are far inferior and weaker opponents than Russia would be from a political and militarily standpoint and their courage is pitiful. Keep making these videos as I enjoy your channel immensely : )
Ed - also UK and USA know very well that vast majority of Crimeans are pro-Russian. They won't say it publicl in the media but of course they are aware.
ANd what do you think about Geman anexsation of former DDR?
ARe you disappointed with UK nt reaction to German expansion in east?
Crimea was republic in Ukraine like Ukraine was republic in Soviet Union.
Crimea had right to separate from Ukraine like Ukraine had right to separerate from Soviet Union.
Crimea was independent state when mergered with Russa, like DDR was indepenent state.
Kosovo is pary of Serbia, but USA, Germany took it away from Serbia.
So fuck of hipocrites, Crimea is Russia! Try to take it back bitches.
Kosovo and Crimea are not same cases.
Crimea was a Republic, with it's Constitution, a parlamanet, Kosovo was just a province, without parlament, without Constitution..
Crimea was almost always part of Russia, and never part of Ukraine before 1954.
Kosovo ws allways part of Serbia (when Serbia esisted) and was never par to Albania and was never independent state
It was part od Ottoman Empire (which doesn't exsist today) before re-establishng
you look kinda pretty girl
I'm from the US, i love and support Ukraine. I think when it comes to Russia its a delicate situation and providing help or troops can be considered an act of war and too many times it turns into a long occupation
Olga the average American don't no a lot about Ukraine or even where its located but I find the Ukraine people and culture very interested they remind me of African Americans in many ways. A corrupt government towards the people, hundreds of thousands have been slaughtered by there on government, the people have been through a lot of mental and physical pain but yet the people are still resilient and strong regardless of there many flaws Nice topic
Olga, can you please answer me a question? What is Ukrainian stance and opinion about Kosovo? This question seems to be avoided a lot.
most of people don't know anything about it..
Olga - Russia was not the one who broke the post WW2 boarder rule. What happend in Kosovo? The Europeans and NATO had opened up the pandora box in Kosovo.
yes, maybe you are right.
No, it was opened in 190. with independence of Sovient and Yugoslavian reoublic. and Germany. Pandora box was open than.
Please explain, how did Guam, Samoa, , PuertoRico, Texas, California suddenly became American territories. I am 100% sure you will answer that it was in a peaceful way, Were there votings or any kind of referendum at the very beginning of their annexation?
you are so in hatred of Russia that you forget the reality
even more interesting now.
"we love everyone" BULLSHIT you guys hate Russians,Serbs, Polish and Czechs and Slovak people .
I have never noticed that we hate those nations.
Aleksandar SRB it's a lie. we don't hate them - we like other Slavic nations, because we are brothers (but besides Russians)
Serbs hate everyone.
Fixed it for you.
AugustanFinn we are good whit all others just not whit croatians and bosniak muslims and now whit you ukranians who start hate us much when war started in Ukraine .
LOL Serbia hates everyone except Russia.
Serbs come into Ukraine and rape and kill Ukrainians now too so Ukrainians will not kiss Serbs.
Ukraine used to support Serbia on Kosovo too but when Serbs supported Russia on Crimea because of Russian majority Ukraine supports Albanians in Kosovo because of Albanian majority.
You should not have become involved.
I do understand, that Ukrainians are disappointed about EU. I hope relation will be better in the future. We are a group, who try to help Ukraine, the way we can.
Crimea belongs to Russia.
Moscow belongs to Poland :p
Tamir Polus , Crimea will always be Ukrainian. just because you steal something, doesn't make it yours.PoZor🇷🇺
Александаuр 《РС》 I don't want to be rude but the fact is that in brothels in my country the most offen language in use is russian.
You mean after they stole it?
Nah...
What I'd like to know: how are Ukranian relationships with Moldova? When they took the peninsula, I thought Putin would like to expand til Tiraspol...
People in general in US don't know much about Ukraine other than what we see in some movies. Like Goldeneye for example, based in Russia but will make people think they know what Eastern Europe is like... which is a movie based on the 90's. But our people are weird like that, we use hollywood movies to base our reality on many things. I think with younger educated people they see Ukraine as a place that is changing very fast and stuck between Europe and Russia. A lot of tech entrepreneurs love Ukraine because they can have their businesses online making US dollars but then live in Ukraine spending Ukrainian hryvnia so they can buy more and save more money.
HI Olga, can you tell us anything about the impact Russia is having on the Ukraine right now? I've seen a few reports on tanks moving into your country, but it is very hard to find information about that. Do you personally feel threatened by the current political situation?
Haha, sorry, should have watched the whole video first.
ok, maybe I will make this kind of movie)
Australia and Ukraine have seen a growing bilateral relationship since the tragic downing of flight MH17, in which many Australians, among victims of many other nationalities, were killed in this senseless act of violence. Since then Australia has been a firm supporter of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial rights, and has opened an embassy in Kyiv since 2014. Ukraine’s President, Petro Poroshenko, visited Australia in 2014, and Australia is home to approx 40,000 people of Ukrainian heritage.
I live in Australia and am Australian. I’m not sure what Ukrainian people think of Australia. If you see this I’d be keen to know as I personally quite like Eastern European countries like Ukraine, Poland and Belarus.
For example, i was finding AIESEC opportunities in Russia then the mentors advised me not to as Russia often didn't commit to the job descriptions thus other previous Exchange Participants had unpleasant experiences before. So I'm lately applying for a Visa from Egypt to Ukraine
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Having a serious talk aboot this, and more; is necessary and productive so long as all involved are serious and can learn in sadly, relativity. We will all have to have big talks in our lives.
I admire your bravery :)
South Ossetia and Abkhazia are the two territories that Georgia and Russia are fighting over, causing the former to severe diplomatic ties with the latter. Consequence: Georgian wine is banned in Russia. Seems petty, but ironically, Georgian cuisine is popular in Russia, but they cannot have the "authentic Georgian dining experience" because the wine is banned-but this is only the tip of the iceberg.
I am very much for Ukraine’s success. I have visited Ukraine four times. I study the Ukrainian language. I am very sorry that Vice President Biden, and now President Biden has been so foolish in his dealings with Ukraine. There are so many genuine, and smart, and talented people in Ukraine! I hope a new world view through communication, can bring peaceful solutions to all mankind.
Working really very hard.