Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Mark Adomanis: Ukrainians still don’t want to join NATO
Ukrainian servicemen take part in the \"Rapid Trident\" military drill on September 19, 2014 near the western Ukrainian town of Yavoriv. Rapid Trident is an annual US Army Europe conducted, Ukrainian led situational and field training exercise designed to enhance interoperability with allied and partner nations while promoting regional stability and security.
Alexey Navalny, the head of what remains of Russia's opposition movement, recently commissioned a fascinating poll on the political attitudes of Ukrainians living in Kharkov and Odessa oblasts. For those unfamiliar with the finer points of Ukrainian geography, Kharkov and Odessa oblasts contain, respectively, the country's second and third largest cities and are known as regions with significant numbers of Russian speakers. More relevant to recent events, both regions are technically part of "Novorossia," an 18th century name southeastern Ukraine that was dusted off by the Russian leadership in the early stages of the recent conflict (which is currently paused but which could re-ignite at any moment).
