It a sense, knowing that Trump will make a lot of things worse, but NOT knowing what, where, nor when, increases the trauma for politically aware sensitive souls like us. 

I would very much like to hear when you niece was in the heart of this storm and what she learned. Not reading Ukrainian, it is difficult for me to follow events closely, and I would very much like to hear about her experience. I'll send you my email address if anything you might convey should remain private (same procedure we used in Disqus to exchange private information, also works in Civit Comments).

I know a Canadian-Ukrainian Jesuit priest who was at the Maidan, and reading one or two short reports from him was striking. He stressed the religious/spiritual nature of the event for many of the protesters, and the cooperation of Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox clergy.