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Kiev's Weakness Starts at Its Borders

Jul 3, 2014 | 14:14 GMT

Kiev's Weakness Starts at Its Borders
Ukrainian troops patrol an area near the Ukraine-Russia border outside Kharkiv on June 16.

(SERGEY BOBOK/AFP/Getty Images)

Summary

Russia continues to aid Ukrainian separatists. The effects of that aid on the ground underscore a stark reality: Kiev is unable to adequately secure its border by itself, and so long as this remains true, Ukraine will not defeat the rebels in the east. 

Moscow will continue to aid separatists with cross-border equipment transfers....

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