Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Washington Post: Russia will respond only to increased sanctions over Ukraine
FOR NEARLY three weeks after announcing the annexation of Crimea, Vladimir Putin held off on further dismemberment of Ukraine. No doubt he was measuring the West’s reaction to the first forcible change of borders in Europe since 1945. Apparently, he wasn’t impressed — and given U.S. and European inertia, why would he have been?