Bloomberg
Why Donetsk and Luhansk Matter to Putin and the West
(Bloomberg) — Russia’s recognition of Ukraine’s separatist Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics has raised the stakes in the volatile region, with Russian President Vladimir Putin planning to send “peacekeeping forces” to an area riven by conflict since 2014. With Russian troops still massed on Ukraine’s borders, the move is fraught with risk of military escalation. Western officials responded with sanctions, putting the self-proclaimed republics at the heart of one of Europe’s biggest securi
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