Luke Harding reports from Eastern Ukraine at todays The Guardian. The Kremlin’s original objective was to control the whole of #Ukraine. Instead, it ended up with a small eastern chunk, just 2% of the country overall. Kiev now had to decide whether to cut these occupied territories free, or to try win them back. For the moment it is doing both, supplying electricity and water to rebel towns, but not social benefits. For the whole story go to theguardian/world/2014/dec/17/ukraine-ceasefire-frontline-counting-cost-war-uneasy-calm For the more detailed account of the Kremlin methods used against its so-called enemies read Hardings book Mafia State: How One Reporter Became an Enemy of the Brutal New Russia. You can order it from here: amazon.co.uk/Mafia-State-Reporter-Became-Brutal/dp/0852652496?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creativeASIN=1783350156&linkCode=xm2&tag=theguar0d-21 #StopRussianAggression
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:26:01 +0000
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