Vladimir Putin determines who and what crosses the border into Ukraine until he is satisfied the Kiev government has genuflected deeply enough.
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Signs of Desperation in West’s Latest Moves to Halt Ukraine Crisis
The European Union, with Germany at its head, sleepwalked into the Ukraine crisis.
From the Battlefront: A Ukrainian Tank Commander’s Act of Mercy
“We just had to push a button in our tank, and all that would have been left of them would have been a memory of our sinful world,” Alexei Chaban wrote. “We didn’t kill them. We let them go.”
The Madness of Mariupol
“The city was vulnerable. We didn’t have enough tanks and artillery to hold back the aggressors,” Mayor Khotlubei says. “Now we’re an impregnable fortress.”
Should Putin Fear the Man Who ‘Pulled the Trigger of War’ in Ukraine?
Igor Girkin views himself as a warrior against a godless West. There is no question of who started the conflict; he claims to have started it himself.
Putin the Pariah
Putin’s isolation points to a larger problem and one of the greatest failures of his presidency: namely that Russia has practically no allies left.
Putin Waging Information War in Ukraine Worthy of George Orwell
Only hours after I first arrived in Donetsk in March, I was informed that I too was a combatant in the “information war.”
25 Years After Its Fall, Vladimir Putin Puts Berlin Wall’s Lessons Front and Center
Putin punished Ukrainians by dismembering their country not only because he saw a threat to his power. It was late revenge for the world he lost in 1989.
Massacre at Ilovaisk
“When we passed their second checkpoint, they started shooting at us like in a shooting gallery,” Yuriy Bereza recalled. “It was an ambush.”
On Eastern Ukraine’s Front Lines, Strategic, Besieged Mariupol Faces Economic Destruction
To the region’s workers and miners, who have seen living standards drop, Russia looks familiar and welcoming, while the EU is foreign and threatening.
