https://www.thetablet.co.uk/columnists/3/22774/if-putin-s-plan-is-to-brutalise-the-donbas-psychologically-it-isn-t-really-working
War in Ukraine Ukraine lies at the heart of Europe in terms of geography, history and culture, but it is also a post-Soviet state with long-standing ties to Russia. This dual legacy is the pretext for Russia’s genocidal war, but in theory it should be a geopolitical asset. Here is a European country that, uniquely, looks both east and west.