Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Economist: Don’t chicken out of Kyiv
A woman walks in front of a building damaged as a result of combat and shelling between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russia militants in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Nov. 13, 2014.
The economy of Ukraine is a mess. By year's end it will have shrunk by 10%. The east of the country, where the conflict with Russian separatists has raged, has seen billions of dollars' worth of damage. Along with his military aggression, Vladimir Putin is doing his best to throttle Ukrainian commerce by imposing sanctions and cutting off gas supplies. The West, despite big promises of help, has been woeful in its response. Unless there is a change of course soon, Ukraine's economy could collapse.
