>In training, however, the officer has encountered a surprisingly tough problem: absorbing new lessons is very difficult in Ukraine.
>- If you start telling Ukrainians about another option, the Ukrainians take it as a criticism, and immediately start defending it. "The capacity to take criticism is really bad," the officer says.
>In this respect, Russia and Ukraine follow the same traditions.
>a surprisingly tough problem
>surprisingly
Le East Yuro mentality moment.
