This also shows why we should never support ultranationalist partisan movements in general. The fact Biden surrounded himself with these kinds of radicals wound up costing hundreds of thousands of lives.
Zubritsky was stationed in Crimea and served in the UA Sevastopol Brigade while Yanukovych was elected. His government was overthrown and Crimea seized by Russia, and Zubritsky voluntarily joined Russia and entered cosmonaut training rather than fight his former countrymen. He was never beholden to the revolutionary regime, never owed any loyalty to Zelensky. He had the choice of which side to join or whether to fight. And yet, the Ukrainian response is totalitarian, uncompromising and utterly fatalist;
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The Ukrainian prosecutor said: "Having committed high treason and desertion, he joined the armed forces of the Russian Federation, where he is still serving, in particular, as a test cosmonaut, [and] flight engineer of the ISS-72/73 crew [currently in space]."
Pro-Kremlin news outlet Shot said: “Russians have exceptional respect for Alexey, are happy for his career and send greetings to the ISS.”
"Everyone who isn't with us is against us" kind of mentality. I'd draw comparisons to Nazis, but the Ukrainians already did that for me eh