KYIV — The conflict between Ukraine and Russia is not a phoney war.
The blood still being shed in eastern Ukraine is real. So are the recent machinations of Vladimir Putin near and inside Ukraine and along a 2,000-kilometre front that stretches from Estonia to Bulgaria. The pugnacious Russian leader has been relentless as he tries to gull and hammer what he calls the Near Abroad into submitting to Moscow’s will.
Yet visiting Kyiv is a surreal experience. The rubble where the revolution largely took place in Maidan Square has finally been cleared away and the area is now so clean it …read more
Source: National Post
