World leaders must stand up to Putin to bring him to heelThe steady advance of Russian tanks, artillery and troops into the rebel-held Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, documented last week by Nato and independent international observers, is an alarming reminder that the crisis that followed last Marchs annexation of Crimea is far from over. As was the case in August, when the arrival of Russian reinforcements presaged renewed fighting between the all-but-defeated separatists and government forces, Moscow flatly denies involvement. If Russian soldiers are present in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, it must be because they are there on …read more
Source: The Guardian
