Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Mikheil Saakashvili: The West must back Ukraine
A tank crew drives along the road near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Feb. 2, 2015.
I've been in Ukraine over the past week as the fighting has intensified again, and even as outside attention has waned, the reality here on the ground has remained the same for Putin: Unless and until he is stopped by a combination of Ukrainian resistance and Western support, he will continue to pursue, via whatever means possible, his goal to undermine any independent Ukrainian democracy. There will be a direct cost to the West if this is allowed to happen.
