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It's also possible that they have the ability to think for themselves, don't want to occupied by Russia, and would rather fight than surrender. If the people of Ukraine ask for assistance it would be patronising in the extreme to tell them that this isn't really want they want.
Which people? Zelensky and his associates are asking for help to enable them to fight more effectively but we don't know what the average Ukranian wants because no-one is asking them.
But there was some fascinating polling the other day from the US. It showed that, the more you earned the keener you were on war. The poorer people, who were likely to have to do the actual fighting, the dying, the losing their families, their homes and their livelihoods, etc are not very keen on it at all. Why would it be different in Ukraine?
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frank9755
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Why would it be different in Ukraine? [from a poll run in the USA about war in Europe]
So your question is why would people feel differently about the invasion and potential occupation and/or erasure of their own country than they would about a war being waged on another continent?
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we don't know what the average Ukranian wants because no-one is asking them
the average Ukrainian is either on their way to refuge in neighbouring countries or has an ak-47 in their hands or making molotovs and stuff. From the resistance Russia faced, I'd think quite a lot of average Ukrainians chose to defend their country.
But there was some fascinating polling the other day from the US
Keep in mind that differently from the US, Ukraine was occupied by the Soviet Union for half of the century and regained their independence merely 30 years ago. The wound is still fresh, therefor the attitude might be different. Also the poll you mention asks people if they'd support military involvement (not themselves).
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we don't know what the average Ukranian wants because no-one is asking them
In the absence of any IPSOS-Mori polling...
https://time.com/6154068/ukrainian-citizens-fight-russian-troops/
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You are assuming that since you don’t know anything about Ukraine nobody else does either.
People who talk to relatives living there right now know a lot more than you.
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It's also possible that they have the ability to think for themselves, don't want to occupied by Russia, and would rather fight than surrender. If the people of Ukraine ask for assistance it would be patronising in the extreme to tell them that this isn't really want they want.