Stephen. Yes, the original webpage is wrong. FYI, I am a retired US Army Colonel. I speak, read, and can write pretty well, nearly fluently, in Russian. My wife is Ukrainian. All of her family has left and gone either to Europe or the US. We have 2 homes in Ukraine, one in Kyiv, the other on the Black Sea. Neither has been damaged by various attacks, but we have not been back since the war began. We are in frequent contact with many friends who are still in country. My perspective is that almost every Ukrainian we speak with is ready to die before being subjugated by Putin and Russia. Although it may be possible for Russia to capture large pieces of Ukraine, mostly in the eastern part, the partisan resistance will make it nearly impossible for Russia to occupy without continuous and serious losses in both people and equipment. Russians trying to live in Ukraine will be shot, blown up or poisoned on a regular basis, and will never be able to feel secure. All of Ukraine will look like Mariupol before Russians can safely live in Ukraine.

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