The Anglo-Saxon political traditions are, without a shadow of a doubt, the best in the world. But their tradition of rending their garments and showily confessing their sins is, also without a doubt, the most annoying on the planet.
If Ukrainians (or anybody else, honestly) had anything like the Anglo-Saxon record of creating orderly, just and well-organized societies, we wouldn’t waste a second on self-effacement. We’d celebrate our success.