but to day the country finds itself in crisis, president followed demille zalinski has failed to fulfill his people's hopes for peace and prosperity. ukraine today is the most corrupt country in europe, making a formal alliance with western europe extremely difficult. the country is deeply divided, while people in west and ukraine overwhelmingly support joining nato and the european union. the east of the country feels a strong connection with russia, especially in new hunts, and don't ask regions industrialized during the soviet era known as don bass was home to protests against the national government in key f. a pro russian minority took issue with the ukranian state, propelled by fears that they would be discriminated against in a western leaning nationalist ukraine. ethnic russians make up a large minority of the population. 8000000 out of 42000000 citizens with backing from russia. these protests turned into a separatist uprising, a civil war that has sat the hold of europe on edge and shows no signs of obeying. debussy could hon. crane's can switch gears rena dumbass was never ukr