Ukraine was once regarded as a small Russia. Why did Ukraine hate Russia extremely during World War II?

Stalin, the then ruler of the Soviet Union, implemented the collective commune plan, which led to a sharp drop in Ukraine's grain output and many deaths. Therefore, Ukraine has a problem with Russia and decided not to listen to Russia.

Before the Soviet Union was established, Russia was still an empire, and Soviet Ukraine had already taken orders from the Russian empire. Later, the Soviet Union was founded, and Ukraine established the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic and joined the Soviet Union as a founding country. Later, the ruler of the Soviet Union became Stalin, and in order to accelerate industrialization, he blindly promoted agricultural collectivization regardless of national conditions. Ukraine has a vast land plain and can produce a large amount of food, so it is also an important food source for the Soviet government. Due to the collectivization of agriculture, farmers were forced to produce and could not buy or sell, which discouraged farmers' enthusiasm and was seriously exploited by the government. Many people starved to death in the streets of Ukraine, so the grain output in Ukraine dropped instantly.

However, the Soviet Union did not correct this mistake. On the contrary, it continues to collectivize agriculture, forcing farmers to hand over their food, and if they don't do so, they will be severely punished. Moreover, a serious famine broke out during this period, and the Ukrainian people even began to eat bark, and countless people starved to death. The Soviet government not only refused to help, but also continued to levy grain and even banned people from going out to escape, which made the Ukrainian people feel very desperate. They thought that this was intentional by the Soviet government, so during World War II, the Ukrainian people stopped listening to the Soviet Union. Even if the German Nazis came, the Ukrainian people welcomed the formation of a pro-German government to fight against the Soviet Red Army with the Germans.

If the Soviet Union had not put the Ukrainian people under such high pressure and ignored their lives, Ukraine would not have stopped listening to the Soviet Union during World War II.