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Founded sixty years ago at the height of Cold War tensions with Moscow, the Atlantic Council is driven by our mission of “shaping the global future together.” The Council is a nonpartisan organization that galvanizes US leadership and engagement in the world in partnership with allies and partners. Building on that mission, we have responded quickly and comprehensively to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, harnessing our editorial and convening power to help the United States and its allies to act swiftly and effectively—and to unify the disparate voices in favor of democracy, prosperity, and the transatlantic alliance.

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An article on the CitySakh.ru website, from Russia's Pacific Far East region, shows a Russian marine, identified by the patch on his sleeve, filmed in the battle for Donetsk airport. (CitySakh.ru/ www.citysakh.ru)

UkraineAlert

Jan 30, 2015

DIRECT TRANSLATION: Russian Marine, Home From Ukraine War, Says ‘A Lot of Russian Military’ Are Fighting There

By Irena Chalupa

Troops from Russia’s Pacific Far East Region Are Prominent in a War 4,200 Miles to the West The Russian island of Sakhalin, in the Pacific Ocean just north of Japan, is fully a continent away from the war raging in southeastern Ukraine. But Konstantin Gorelov, a 22-year-old, active-duty Russian naval infantry commando, made the 4,200-mile […]

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In the News

Jan 29, 2015

Herbst: “What We Are Seeing Is Not a Ukraine Crisis but a Putin Crisis”

By John Herbst

The Inquirer quotes Eurasia Center Director John Herbst on the crisis in Ukraine:

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Donbas Battalion, August 9, 2014

NATOSource

Jan 27, 2015

Former Ambassador to NATO: US Should Provide Lethal Military Aid to Ukraine Now

By Ivo Daalder, Financial Times

Mr Putin has demonstrated no interest in ending the conflict or finding a workable political solution.

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In the News

Jan 27, 2015

Karatnycky on Ukraine’s Financial Challenges

By Adrian Karatnycky

The Wall Street Journal quotes Transatlantic Relations Program Nonresident Senior Fellow Adrian Karatnycky on Ukraine’s financial challenges and what that may mean for a deal with Russia:

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In the News

Jan 27, 2015

Herbst on the Kremlin’s Continued Aggression Against Ukraine

By John Herbst

Eurasia Center Director John Herbst joins CNBC to discuss the creeping seizure of Ukrainian territory since September’s ceasefire:

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UkraineAlert

Jan 27, 2015

DIRECT TRANSLATION: Nadiya Savchenko’s Lawyer Warns Putin She May Die in Moscow Prison

By Irena Chalupa

Ukrainian Officer-Pilot Reaches 45 Days on Hunger Strike Against Her Abduction and Politicized Trial Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian army officer and pilot who was captured in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and spirited to prison in Moscow, may die in captivity there on the hunger strike she has pursued for 45 days, her lawyer wrote yesterday. […]

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UkraineAlert

Jan 27, 2015

When Putin’s Brittle Regime Implodes, Our Protection Will Be a Stable Ukraine

By Alexander J. Motyl

Backing Kyiv’s Independence Will Contain Russian Expansionism—And Damage From the Next Russian Revolution Although “regime change” has become a dirty phrase, the best thing that could happen to Russia, its neighbors, and the world would be a change from Vladimir Putin’s brand of strongman authoritarianism to some form of democracy.

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Dec. 1, 2014

NATOSource

Jan 26, 2015

NATO Chief: ‘The Foreign Forces in Ukraine Are Russian’

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

We have just held an extraordinary meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission.

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President Barack Obama, June 3, 2014

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Jan 26, 2015

Obama Goes Out of His Way to Exclude Military Response to Russian Aggression in Ukraine

By Barack Obama, White House

I’ve been very clear that it would not be effective for us to engage in a military conflict with Russia on this issue, but what we can do is to continue to support Ukraine’s ability to control its own territory.

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President Barack Obama, Nov. 16, 2009

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Jan 26, 2015

Obama Points to Russian Soldiers in Ukraine

By Barack Obama, White House

We are deeply concerned about the latest break in the cease-fire and the aggression that these separatists — with Russian backing, Russian equipment, Russian financing, Russian training and Russian troops — are conducting.

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