[Dondilion]

Ukrainians, especially the young, have been demonstrating against their
government for not proceeding with European integration.

The Russians are being projected here as the bad guys, especially by
countries, such as Poland and Lithuania, which were former soviets and
now find themselves in leadership position in the EU.

Not entirely true...Russians as the bad guys.

Although Russia has been doing some arm twisting, a significant section of the economy of the Ukraine is tied to Russia.
The EU leadership wants Ukraine to gives this up without compensation.

That is lot of hardship. And then there is the background of Greece, Portugal
etc.