The people of Ukraine were very unhappy. They were being forced to join collective farms against their will. They did not want to become communists, but were forced to. Stalin was taking everything from them, and massively killing them. They couldn't fight back, because Stalin was trying to prevent this. He knew that they didn't agree with who he was, and they didn't want to become like him. He was afraid of a revolt against him. So he prevented it the only way he knew how. To strip them of anything they had, and force them to provide more than they could. Sometimes, animals were fed, while their owners weren't given any food at all.