Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Paul Goble: Piontkovsky says West, fearful of having to defend the Baltics by force, resolves to stop Putin in Ukraine
Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council chief Oleksandr Turchynov (L) shakes hands with NATO's political affairs and security chief Thrasyvoulos Terry Stamatopoulos during a meeting in Kiev on May 27, 2015.
Fearful that a Russian victory in Ukraine would tempt Vladimir Putin to move against the Baltic countries whose defense would require the kind of military actions that NATO does not want to have to take, the Western powers have decided that they must stop Putin in Ukraine by non-military means, according to Andrey Piontkovsky, prominent Russian scientist, political writer and analyst.
