KYIV—Ukrainians Sunday took another step in their long
struggle to free themselves from the shadow of Vladimir Putin’s Russia, holding
elections that were orderly, free, and fair. In a country in the midst of a
shooting war with soldiers sent by the Kremlin, the exercise in democracy was a
peaceful way to assert independence and remind Russians there is an alternative
to autocracy.
Putin annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula in 2014, a
move still not been recognized by the West, after Ukrainians had the audacity
to oust one of his cronies, President Viktor Yanukovych. Thereafter, he also
occupied parts of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, where he has since …read more
Source: The Daily Signal
