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[โ€“] Silverstrings@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Stalin purposely diverted shipments of grain away from Ukraine, he made a deliberate effort to starve and repress his political enemies.

[โ€“] hero_of_canton@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You nailed it. Stalin pushed a cultural and physical genocide in order to subjugate the Ukranian people. He pushed the narrative that they were not an independent nation or nationality hence "the ukraine" not Ukraine.