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15 September 2014
13 September 2014
13 September 2014
5 October 2013
Russian intransigence has helped Ukraine’s integration into Europe
VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russia’s president, deserves the highest medal of Ukraine. He has done more for its European integration in the past few months than any Ukrainian politician has over the past 20 years. He has stopped the country’s directionless drift, consolidated its elite, given it an impetus westward and mobilised European politicians. Never before has Ukraine been so close to signing an association and free-trade agreement with the European Union, a step towards EU membership.
1 October 2013
Ukraine’s Bumpy Road to Europe
Nestled amid the green Crimean hills, lapped by the Black Sea’s languid waves, Yalta’s battle-scarred appearance in February 1945 prompted Winston Churchill to call it “the Riviera of Hades.” It still has the faint aura of a seaside resort for secret policemen.
«I’m lost in admiration for the heroism and sacrifice of the Ukrainian armed forces. It’s incredible. You are fighting for everybody. I wish one thing, which is that we in the West could accelerate our supply of munitions and give you the weapons now that you need»