Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Taras Kuzio: Ukraine’s unpalatable choices
Relatives of Ukrainian servicemen react during a welcome ceremony in the western city of Lviv on September 3, 2014. Some 146 soldiers returned home after serving five-month missions battling pro-Kremlin insurgents in eastern Ukraine. Beleaguered Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced on September 3 that he and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin had agreed a surprise truce in Ukraine's four-month war with pro-Moscow rebels. But the Kremlin immediately denied any formal agreement and stressed that Russia played no role in the conflict despite Western claims that it has orchestrated the insurgency tearing apart the ex-Soviet state. AFP PHOTO / YURKO DYACHYSHYN
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine the tide on the battlefield has turned against Kiev, with its armed forces and volunteer National Guard on the retreat. Russia’s next move could be to push towards Mariupol to create a land corridor from Russia through the Donbas to occupied Crimea.
