First off, that question is provocative.
As for your other questions, I think you already know the answer. I don't live in Ukraine but I speak daily to Ukrainians. I've said numerous times in this thread that I don't believe my small sample size can count as the truth. I'm just updating whoever is interested in what I heard from some Ukrainians.
Lastly, I laughed because
@R'hllor's post is basically: "I'm taking a stand against people taking a stand." There are no good guys or bad guys. They're basically all bad guys. Hitler = Churchill.
Politicians are scum, I agree, but to vindicate Russia in any way is delusional. No amount of propaganda can cloud the fact that Putin is a dick. In this crisis the West is defending Ukraine's sovereignty and Putin is trying to deny them that. No propaganda here, just facts.