Section: New Republic (USA)
Videos: Ukrainians Are Literally Throwing Their Politicians Into the Trash
Ukrainian politicians are known to get into a brawl every now and then. But u …read more Source: The New...
Obama Can’t Admit That Romney Was Right: Russia Is Our ‘Top Geopolitical Threat’
“We do very little trade with Ukraine and, geopolitically … what happens in Ukraine doesn’t pose a direct threat to us,” President Barack Obama declared, almost offhandedly, last Saturday. His assertion was not made at a major foreign policy forum. It was made in a private home in Baltimore …read more Source: The New...
Putin Just Got Exactly What He Wanted in Eastern Ukraine
The “frozen conflict” that Russia has been angling for in Eastern Ukraine effectively begins today. The Ukrainian parliament approved two bills put forward by President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday morning, offering amnesty to rebels …read more Source: The New...
Ukraine’s Ceasefire Will Fail. It’s a Foregone Conclusion.
Ukraine had given up on ceasefires. Each time the government imposed one, the fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatist rebels in the east continued. If anything, the ceasefires allowed the fractious rebel battalions time to regroup and refuel before the next battle.But on Friday, after week …read more Source: The New...
NATO Can’t Do Anything to Save Ukraine
This week’s NATO summit in Wales has been billed as the most important meeting in the organization’s history, “ …read more Source: The New...
Russia Is Burying Soldiers in Unmarked Graves Just to Conceal Their Role in Ukraine
Russia invaded Ukraine months ago, but President Vladimir Putin’s forces escalated the fighting this week. NATO …read more Source: The New...
Putin Will Never, Ever Admit That Russia Has Invaded Ukraine
The presence of Russian military personnel in Ukraine is now beyond dispute, everywhere except in Russia. On Thursday, NATO released satellite imagery of Russian combat troops operating insi …read more Source: The New...
France and Russia Can Agree on Building Amusement Parks, But Not Ending Ukraine’s Conflict
Before Sunday’s four-party talks in Berlin began, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin tried to sample local European fare. He soon came across a menu item called “Baked Potato Paris-Moscow,” which comes with salad, smoked salmon, and dill mustard sauce, …read more Source: The New...
Russia’s Half-Empty Humanitarian Convoy Just Might Start a War With Ukraine
Russia’s humanitarian aid convoy is no Trojan Horse, but that doesn’t matter—what’s inside the trucks is less important than what’s behind them. The convoy is currently parked at the Russia-Ukraine border, waiting f …read more Source: The New...
A City of Roses, Turned to Ruins
Donetsk, the capital of Ukraine’s industrial heartland, is a city of roses. There are said to be more than one million of them in the city, one for each inhabitant. The flower is proudly displayed on Donetsk’s coat of arms, and flowerbeds line quaint walkways in the center and fill the luscious …read more Source: The New...
