The End of Ukraine

The following was written by a European friend who writes under the name, Observer R and asked me to share it. So here goes.

According to many reports, the population of Ukraine has declined by more than half, from 40+ million to 20- million, with death, injury, and destruction widespread in the country since February 2014.  Let’s look at some of the stages where this outcome might have been prevented:

Stage One—The Ukraine administration of Yanukovych had negotiated a better economic deal with China and Russia than what the West was offering.  China was very much interested in helping Ukraine increase agricultural production, thereby increasing exports to China.  However, Yanukovych was overthrown in the 2014 Maidan revolution and fled to Russia.  A question is why Russia did not step in before it was too late,  » READ MORE