Despite Western sanctions against Russia, President Vladimir Putin is not budging on Ukraine, and the conflict is getting uglier by the day. And distracted by the war with pro-Russian separatists, President Petro Poroshenko can’t focus on what should be his top priority — reviving his country’s failing economy.
A humanitarian crisis is now brewing in the East, and so far, according to the UN, 1,129 civilians have died in the war. Another 110 are believed to have died in the Maidan protests, and all considered, it seems ordinary people are the ones paying dearly for what’s really a power struggle over …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
