[D66] Leon Trotsky, Problem of the Ukraine

[J.N.]

Crucified by four states, the Ukraine now occupies in the fate of Europe
the same position that was once occupied by Poland; with this difference
– that world relations are now infinitely more tense and the tempos of
development accelerated. The Ukrainian question is destined in the
immediate future to play an enormous, role in the life of Europe. It was
not for nothing that Hitler so noisily raised the question of creating a
“Greater Ukraine,” and likewise it was not for nothing that he dropped
this question with such stealthy haste.
--Leon Trotsky, Problem of the Ukraine (April 1939)