Russians must learn the truth about the unprovoked Ukrainian atrocities

Not all Russians support the Ukraine invasion

Echo letter published in Bozeman Daily Chronicle in Montana:

Many Russians are appalled with the invasion into Ukraine. I have been communicating with Russian friends who want all of us outside of Russia to know that Putin alone is invading Ukraine. Russians are not invading Ukraine. They have friends in Ukraine. They have relatives in Ukraine. My friends are adamant that I spread the word that they do not support the actions of Putin and are fearing for their own liberties as social media is being shut down — Facebook, Instagram —news is being cut off — BBC, CNN and more. Protesters are being arrested and thrown in jail.

Those who can, are considering leaving Russia, so they do not have to live in the Russia of the past, which they fear is what is next. 

They fear that Putin will take the country backwards to a police state in which they have no freedom. The situation in Ukraine is nothing less than tragic. People in Ukraine are paying with their lives. 

As well, the Russian people will pay the price for Putin's egregious actions. Tragedy all around because of one man's demented aspirations for power.

From Kathryn Hiestand, in Bozeman, Montana