The polls come during a lull in fighting and with worries growing that Ukraine is slipping off the global radar despite just turning into Europe’s second-poorest country and still standing as a bulwark against Russia’s feared expansion west.Twenty months have passed since the ex-Soviet nation sparked the world’s imagination through unceasing protests that ultimately toppled a despised Kremlin-backed leader and appeared to anchor Ukraine’s future with the West. …read more
Source: AsiaOne
