No like I posted I've never even had a passport. I've spoken with several Ham operators from the Ukraine and way more of them from Russia. Talking about political propaganda/politics is just something you don't do on the air though.
My dad was stationed in Russia for awhile during WW II and said he really liked some of the people he met there. It was one of the Countries he would have liked to visit during peace time. He had a Russian style winter had that he wore for years.
Have you been to Ukraine? Do you have reason to believe those cell phone recordings are just faked propaganda?
My main interest at this stage of life is learning something about what day to day life is like for people from many different places that I'm not likely to meet in person.
