KYIV, Ukraine – This is not a country weary of the past and frightened of the future. It does not seem poor, forlorn or even at war.
To follow the news and read the statistics, you’d think Ukraine was the sick man of Europe – a moniker that once belonged to Turkey and that Turkey now reclaims.
Ukraine defies easy characterization. But one thing is certain: The country that Justin Trudeau will see next week – he makes an official visit here July 11 and 12 – is not some beleaguered, misbegotten backwater.
In fact, Ukraine is lively, plucky and ambitious. It is …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
