Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Taras Kuzio: The tide turns against Vladimir Putin in Ukraine
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (R) attend an expanded session of the Defence Ministry Board at the National Defence Control Centre of the Russian Federation in Moscow on December 19, 2014. AFP PHOTO / RIA-NOVOSTI / POOL / ALEXEI DRUZHININ
In a Slovyansk café bar this month I received a rude wake-up call about the weakness of western support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s annexation of Crimea and its aggression in the Donbas. A soldier on a neighbouring table listened in to my conversation in English with a humanitarian aid worker and, when he got up to leave, delivered the comment: “You useless fuckers”. Many more Ukrainians have been dismayed at the weak response from the US, Canada and Europe.
