Regarding Victor Pinchuk’s “Ukraine Must Make Painful Compromises for Peace With Russia”: I agree with his noble appeal for peace in Donbas (eastern Ukraine) but cannot agree with the appeal for compromises based on worries. Fear and weakness are bad advisers. They play into Russia’s appetites, invite even more aggression and greater human suffering.

Continue reading Kostyantyn Yelisieiev’s op-ed in The Wall Street Journal