As columns of soldiers marched through the centre of Kiev to mark 25 years of Ukrainian independence this week, Larissa Nikitina could not help but think about the price of sovereignty. Some 9,500 Ukrainians have been killed in fighting in the country’s east since early 2014, and there are more casualties every week.
The Economist: Fighting for position
A Ukrainian serviceman walks among the ruins of building destroyed by pro-Russian separatists shelling in the small town of Shyrokyne, in Donetsk region, on August 14, 2016.
