Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Taras Kuzio: Russia’s hybrid war as international corporate raiding
Ukrainian forces servicemen check passengers of a car at a checkpoint in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kurakhove, near Donetsk on Jan. 21, 2015.
The escalating hostilities around Donetsk airport, already dubbed Europe's new Stalingrad, could lead to the first full-scale war between European countries since World War II. In the event that the fighting escalates, Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's president, has prepared a decree that would institute a state of emergency as a prelude to moving from an anti-terrorist operation to a state of war. Eighty per cent of Ukrainians already believe their county is at war with Russia.
