Ukraine On The Brink As East Looks To Break Away -- Dan Hirschhorn & Alex Rogers, Time
The secretary of state accused Russia of fomenting unrest in eastern Ukraine as a “contrived pretext for military intervention”
Ukraine looked like a country on its way to civil war Tuesday, as it struggled to control eastern cities allied with Russia while Moscow looked to capitalize on the unrest and the United States was left with little to do but look on.
The new Ukrainian government in Kiev decried as “separatists” men who took hostages in a security services office in Luhansk, one of three eastern cities where the government has clashed with pro-Russia protesters in recent days, the Associated Press reports. Ukrainian officials were able to recapture control of a headquarters building in one city. But hostages remained in another, and tensions were evident in the capital, where a fistfight broke out in the parliament. Parts of the region want to break away from Ukraine, raising tensions after Russia annexed the peninsula of Crimea.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Vladimir Putin's War of Nerves in Ukraine -- David Blair, Daily Telegraph
If Putin keeps going -- Chicago Tribune editorial
Ukraine crisis: Is Russia ready to move into eastern Ukraine? -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC
Ukraine crisis: Why have protests erupted in the east? -- Bridget Kendall, BBC
A new, pro-Russia 'Maidan' in Ukraine's east? -- Mike Eckel, Christian Science Monitor
Ukraine Crisis Exposes Gaps Between Berlin and NATO -- Spiegel Online
US options to curb Russia on Ukraine: Boots on the ground in Poland? -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor
Afghanistan Votes Against the Taliban -- Sanjay Kumar, The Diplomat
America also a winner in Afghan elections -- Amir Taheri, New York Post
Can Libya Stay Together? -- Musa al-Gharbi, National Interest
Hungary's Reactionary Lurch -- WSJ Editorial
Cuba’s uneasy Internet connection -- Emily Parker, Reuters
Pacifist yogi or al-Qaida threat? Guantanamo parole board to decide -- Carol Rosenberg, Stars and Stripes/Miami Herald
The US Military Must Hunt Corruption, Not Just Terrorists -- Sarah Chayes, Defense One
Quebecers not only just said no to separation, but yes to the 1982 Constitution -- Andrew Coyne, National Post
America’s New Anti-Strategy: Our allies and our enemies have seriously recalculated where the U.S. stands. -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO
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