Ukraine’s ongoing split from Russia ranks as one of the most consequential European events since the collapse of the USSR 30 years ago. During more than seven years of armed conflict, this bitter and bloody separation has cost over 14,000 lives and forced millions of Ukrainians to flee their homes. It has sent shock waves through the wider region and plunged the entire world into a new Cold War. But is the geopolitical divorce between Russia and Ukraine now final, or could Moscow still potentially force Kyiv back into the Kremlin orbit?
Ukraine's 30th Year of Independence
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Peter Dickinson: Is Ukraine’s split from Russia now irreversible?
BTR-4 armored vehicles drive through the Khreschatyk street during a dress rehersal to the 30th Independence Day Parade in dowtown Kyiv on Aug. 18, 2021.
