In more than five months of fighting off the Russian onslaught, Ukraine has exhibited a remarkable degree of national solidarity.
Or they simply don’t care about the country.” “It might be based on a person’s feelings toward the so-called ‘Russian world,’ or survival instinct, or be profit-motivated. “There are many reasons,” said Ukrainian military historian Roman Ponomarenko. Those who study the phenomenon of collaboration say a choice to betray one’s country and compatriots can be motivated by a host of factors: divided loyalties, personal grudge or gain, or an attempt to buy safety for one’s own family or community. Collaboration and treason run like dark threads through the tapestry of nearly every wartime narrative, no matter how triumphal: in ancient Greece, in Revolutionary-era America, in Nazi-occupied France.Īnd in Ukraine, which is fighting an existential battle to defend itself from Vladimir Putin’s armies. A small-town mayor tells neighbors that encroaching Russian troops mean no harm.įor as long as humans have waged war, they have feared the enemy within.
A resident of a besieged city clandestinely calls in the coordinates of a Ukrainian troop encampment. KYIV, Ukraine - The stories of betrayal trickle out weekly or even daily: A villager tips off an occupying Russian military unit about identities and activities of volunteer defenders.
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