Vladimir Putin’s rhetoric about Ukraine has changed in order to curry favor with Russians in advance of the presidential poll, but his approach on the ground has not changed, laying a potential trap for Ukrainians and meaning that his “hybrid peace” is even more dangerous than his “hybrid war,” Vitaly Portnikov says. There is the...
Putin’s ‘hybrid peace’ more threatening to Ukraine than ‘hybrid war,’ says Portnikov
By Ukrainian Weekly Editor5 Mins Read