Russia's War Against Ukraine OP-ED

Mike Peacock: All eyes on Putin

By Mike Peacock.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, on July 24, 2014.
Photo by AFP

 Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his top security officials prior to visiting annexed Crimea on Aug. 14 with members of his government. One way or another, with Ukrainian government forces encircling the main pro-Russian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, matters are coming to a head. Putin must decide whether to up his support for the separatists in east Ukraine or back off.

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