Konstantin Kisin, the Anglo-Russian stand-up comedian, posted this on Facebook

Mindblowing conversation with an old friend in Ukraine. He was always pro-Russian to the point that when I spoke to him on the day of the invasion he said "Finally - everything is happening as it should".

His house is in an area that was close to being occupied in the early phase of the war.
Called him today for the first time since:
- "I pray every day for our brave Ukrainian warriors (воины)"
- "Everyone is united - the people believe in victory"
- "My (pro-Russian) Church is splitting off from Moscow"
- "People will not forgive the Russians for what they've done here. This wound will not heal for generations"
I was totally gobsmacked. He is the most stubborn person I've ever met (coming from me!) and he is a different man after 2 months of the war.
I've heard a lot of people in Ukraine say that Putin has done something Ukrainians have been struggling with for centuries: forged a nation.
I'm starting to think they're right.

(I saw Konstantin Kisin's one man show at the Edinburgh Festival in 2019, in the pre Covidian era. He is one of the two or three non left wing stand up comics. He is a Liberal Democrat which is left of centre but compared to most of the others he is far right.)