the spin the russians are taking on this is that patriotic ukrainian military personnel are refusing to take orders from the illegal coup, not that soviet-thinking soldiers are aligning with the motherland.

the truth is probably somewhere in between. it's something to think about, though. if a flow of white trash stormed the white house, it would be hard to deduce that the us military would ignore the president. if it happened in canada, there would be lingering allegiances to nato.