Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Olga Bielkova: What do Ukrainians really want from Russia?
A pro-Russian militant of \"Battalion East\" cooks as he takes part in military exercises in a forest not far from the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on June 1, 2014. Ukraine's new pro-Western leader enters a defining week on June 1 seeking to head off a Russian gas cut and secure US President Barack Obama's backing with his country threatened by civil war. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV
Many in the West who have been following the news from my homeland may have been wondering about Russia's objectives in Ukraine. What is it that Putin really wants? Isn't it striking that every other op-ed seems to offer a hypothesis about it, but barely anybody is inquiring into what Ukraine wants from Russia?
