Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Alexander J. Motyl: Should Kyiv blockade the Donbas enclave?

Ukrainian servicemen shout from SPG-9 antitank grenade launcher during the combat with the pro-Russian separatists near Avdeevka, Donetsk region, on June 18.
Ever since the Poroshenko Bloc's leader, Yuri Lutsenko, stated that the "President of Ukraine believes the cancerous tumor should be subjected to a blockade," Ukrainians have been heatedly debating whether Kyiv should sever all ties with the Russian-occupied Donbas enclave.