David Ignatius: Ukraine War from the Beginning Has Been About Whether Ukraine Could Be a European Country

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IGNATIUS: “To me, this war from the beginning, going back to 2014, has been about whether Ukraine could be a European country. That's the dream of Ukrainians. And Russia from the beginning has been trying to stop that. And whatever the borders of the future Ukraine are, the key issue to watch, I think, is whether that country is allowed to be sovereign and European. And for that to happen, Putin is going to have to give up his hope of crushing that European identity. But that's the question in a nutshell.”