Having illegally annexed Crimea in 2014, Moscow lost no time in seizing Ukrainian energy assets in and around the region. The Kremlin is now conducting another experiment in economic and military operations, but this one has profound implications beyond Ukraine.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Stephen Blank: Why is the Sea of Azov so important?
Locals swim at a beach on the Azov Sea near Metinvest Group's Azov Stal Plant in Mariupol, an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast, some 640 kilometers southeast of Kyiv, on the evening of July 24, 2018.
