By Ambrose Sylvan The war in Ukraine is commonly seen through one of two lenses. The vision presented by Western, NATO-aligned powers is one of an astro-turfed Donbas separatism created by Moscow to justify the division of Ukraine. The view of NATO’s critics is that the Donbas republics rebelled aga
Nine months of fighting for a symbolic site in Kiev's attempt to regain control of the region have ended with another triumph for Moscow's forces The battle for Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut by the Ukrainians) began in August 2022, and gradually.