MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR RUSSIANS TO COME - Oleg Kiper, Head of Odessa region, South Ukraine.

Unfortunately, there are such people who still believe in the “Russian world“ - he says with annoyance. Despite efforts to curb dissenting views, there’s many more covert supporters of Russia in Odessa than authorities know - it is a Russian speaking city, founded by Catherine the Great (which nationalist Ukrainians view as a “colonizer“ - founding 144 cities, including Odessa, Kherson & Nikolaev.)