BRUSSELS—Months after Russia annexed Crimea and stepped up support for separatists in eastern Ukraine, Europe and the United States are still searching for a way to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to change course.
Targeted economic sanctions and threats of tougher ones have yet to alter what western officials say is Moscow’s growing backing for the rebels, including the shelling of Ukrainian military targets in southeast Ukraine from inside Russian territory and alleged plans to boost weapons supplies.
The Pentagon says the movement of Russian heavy-caliber artillery systems across its border into Ukraine is “imminent.” That escalation of military posturing is not …read more
Source: The Epoch Times
