The European and American separate declarations that Russian
soldiers are fighting in Ukraine
is a rejection in clear language of the Kremlin’s phony narrative of a civil
war fought by separatists and Russian “volunteers” deprives them of the “excuse
not to believe.” It also means that Europe and the U.S. have labeled the leader of
another country, one Vladimir Putin, a liar. The first step
in solving any problem is to clearly define what it is. Europe and the U.S. have reluctantly taken this
step. The next is to act.
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