Absolutely, I in no way condone armed violence and I find the entire behaviour in Ukraine from both sides to be absolutely disgrace. If Ukrainians want to move closer to the EU/NATO or EEU/Russia that is their choice and should be undertaken in a free, fair and democratic way. I try my best to search Russian, Ukrainian and other sources before I conclude on what goes on in this tragic conflict, and I do not condone the behaviour of any side involved (including that of NATO/EU). I personally believe that overwhelmingly the ones who have done the most to prevent an end to the violence have been the separatists in eastern Ukraine, backed by Russia, who are fully aware that under a free and fair democratic system they would not be able to achieve their goals and as such resort to violence at the cost of thousands of innocent lives.
I couldn't give a damn about the politics of the Ukraine, its on the other side of the continent to me and has no immediate impact on my life, although i am pro-European and my personal political belief is that European integration is a good thing i do not agree with the way in which the current Ukrainian government came to power nor with what they have done since they did. That being said I also believe that Russia is clearly the greater aggressor here as it has violated national sovereignty and self determination, annexed land illegally and attempted at every opportunity to deny it's direct involvement in the crisis despite concrete evidence to the contrary.
The legality of the Ukrainian Maidan square revolution was a Ukrainian issue not a Russian one, Russia took it upon itself to become involved in this conflict without regard to national sovereignty. Just because an act is illegal does not mean that another country has the right to become involved; the age old truth is that two wrongs do not make a right.
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