I think it's fair to say this is going to be a low-grade but
long-running conflict, and it's the wrong place to be a casual
bystander. Syrians find themselves in the same place - there's no way
to escape the danger but it's not going to be concluded any time soon.
I'm waiting for gasline politics to take over the headlines, as the
battlefield turns economic, not military. Bad times ahead for the
Ukraine.
Seems like ages ago we were monitoring the status of the Ukraine's most
famous political prisoner ... simpler times.