Come on now, don't be shy, say what's on your mind. Who are "these people"? Ukrainians, the ones who live in Ukraine? The only country in the world with a "the" in front is The Gambia, using The in front of Ukraine is doing it for no reason other than to show your disrespect for them, but then - why even pretend to have a civilized discussion? Just say whatever thing you have on your mind instead of speaking in riddles.
>>If you actually know better, kindly disabuse me of my ignorance.
Your ignorance seems so deep rooted that I'm not sure how I could actually achieve that. Do you want a lecture on how using "the" for Ukraine in the current geopolitical context is just beyond stupid, or how equating support for Ukraine with supporting neo Nazis is only something a truly exceptionally ignorant person could do? In the sense that you can only do that by ignoring everything that was done to address it in the last 4 years, and yet only people who keep bringing it up are those who also usually are keen to say things like "oh actually Poland was the one that started WW2".
>>Of course, propaganda machine kicked in post SMO
Well that's one thing we can agree on, looking at the kinds of stuff you write.
The fact you use this term makes it quite clear which side you’re speaking for.