Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Trudy Rubin: Time to call assault on Ukraine an invasion
Pro-Russian militant ride on a tank taken from Ukrainian forces during fighting in August, on their way to test fire in open fields, in the eastern Ukrainian town of Ilovaisk, some 40 kms east of Donetsk, on Nov. 18 2014.
It's time for President Obama to start using the I-word when referring to Russia's assault on Ukraine. I mean invasion.
The world is witnessing a Russian invasion of a neighboring country, something that hasn't happened since the fall of the Soviet Union (except for Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia).