Ukrainian Resistance
History, Memory, Present
Deutsche Fassung
Abstract
Vladimir Putin wants to destroy Ukraine. But in making his calculations, he left out the Ukrainians. Throughout the country, Russia’s troops are facing fierce resistance. Not only the army and territorial guard formations, but broad swathes of Ukrainian society, women and men, young and old, townspeople and villagers are putting their lives at risk to defend their freedom and right to self-determination as well as their homeland’s sovereignty. The memory of the prolonged struggle of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) against Soviet rule and the terror spread by the Soviet secret services and their military formations in western Ukraine is gaining relevance.
(Osteuropa 1-3/2022, pp. 299–308)