US should grant Ukraine Major Non-NATO Ally status
UkraineAlert
by
Oleksiy Goncharenko
A US Army instructor pictured together with Ukrainian servicemen during Rapid Trident 2019 exercises near Lviv in western Ukraine. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)
Russia’s April 22 announcement that it would begin withdrawing troops from the Ukrainian border has eased concerns over a possible imminent escalation in the simmering seven-year war between the two countries. However, Putin’s recent troop buildup served as a reminder that Ukraine remains the global front line in a new Cold War and the scene of an ongoing military confrontation that could erupt at any moment, with potentially catastrophic consequences for European security.