European leaders must be prepared to back fresh peace talks with credible threats. While supplying arms would be dangerous, it is time to consider severing Russia’s financial linksOn the eastern rims of Europe, a bad situation is getting nastier. The war in Ukraine, which has already claimed over 5,000 lives in nine months, has been threatening to take on larger dimensions. Pro-Russian separatists have been on the offensive in a big way, for the first time since August 2014. Their objective is to carve out a corridor to the Black Sea port of Mariupol, potentially opening a land bridge to …read more
Source: The Guardian
