Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Paul Goble: Putin’s drive to punish Ukraine
An armed pro-Russian rebel warms himself by a fire during a break between fighting near the eastern Ukrainian city of Debaltseve on Feb. 17, 2015.
Vladimir Putin has ever fewer resources to prosecute his war in Ukraine, and consequently, eventually some kind of accord will be reached, perhaps like that in Northern Cyprus or Nagorno-Karabakh where people "aren't shooting but they are not living in peace either," according to Russian political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin.