>>511338216>Ukrainians weren't running rings around Russiansi suppose something I should have emphasised a bit more is how very similar they are anyway. Your observation doesn't ring true at all in view of this. The differences I noted are rather subtle things.
I lived in Russia for several years, and knew many Ukrainians who lived there, and now know many Ukrainian refugees living here so I know what I'm talking about. And there are differences across the Ukraine too. Those in the far east ARE Russians, those in the main east and north are nearly Russians, and you have to go a long way over to Lvov and environs to meet anything really distinctly odd. I know some Hutsuls, by the way, and they are a little bit different again.