by accident came across this picture on youtube

 https://image.nostr.build/ee3b01ae7d16729f40c80249037f3bff508db123db5f12afca840e2719663205.png

it says: "give me your gun and we guarantee your safety". humor of the issue, voice of ukraine magazine. bear is russia hare is ukraine, 1993! so ukraine at that time were quite sceptical about russia promises and picture shows relationships between countries. and thats way before maidan.