The region was thrust into a civil war in the spring of 2014, in the aftermath of a US and EU-backed coup in Kiev. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has expressed dismay at Kiev’s refusal to hold direct talks with the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics ...
Kiev’s prospects for joining NATO were never very good, and they have become even poorer amid the current security crisis between NATO and Russia, former MI6 chief Sir John Sawers has said. “The prospect of Ukraine joining NATO has never been very strong, and after this crisis is probably even ...
