Putin’s Primary Goal In Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin has almost achieved Russia’s primary objective that arose after protesters in Kiev ousted Moscow-backed President Viktor Yanukovych in February.

 
“[The Russians] do not need to have physical control of these regions to achieve their objective for the Ukraine, which has always been to render Ukraine ungovernable,” Keir Giles, analyst at Chatham House’s International Security and Russia and Eurasia Program London, told USA Today.

 

Ukraine’s government has lost the eastern regions of Donestk and Lustank after armed separatists held sham referendums, declared independence, asked Russia to annex the territories, and then seized election offices to prevent voting in the country’s May 25 parliamentary and presidential vote.

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