David Patrikarakos: The West’s ominous ‘Ukraine fatigue’

The Mystetskyi Arsenal is an imposing building that dominates Lavrska street in the center of Ukraine’s capital city. A former weapons arsenal built by Catherine the Great, it now houses a museum. But earlier this month it was the site of something more politicized even than Ukrainian art: the annual Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference, organized by Ukrainian businessman Viktor Pinchuk, where political figures from across the world gathered to discuss the crisis in Ukraine. Top of the agenda were two issues of crucial importance to the EU as a whole: the continuing Russian aggression, and the reform of the Ukrainian state.