Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Taras Kuzio: In Ukraine, it is time to call a war a war
Women choose clothes in a centre providing aid for people who have fled the fighting in eastern Ukraine, on Nov. 22, 2014, in Kyiv.
US President Barack Obama dare not utter the word 'invasion' and asks his advisers why Ukraine is so important. Russia denies it has troops in eastern Ukraine while Ukraine itself describes its own military actions there as an "anti-terrorist operation". In reality, Europe is witnessing a war that is producing casualties for the Russian army on a scale not seen since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It is time to recognise it as such.
