By Taras Kuzio, for Atlantic council Russia’s genocidal invasion of Ukraine was meant to extinguish Ukrainian statehood and eradicate Ukrainian identity. Instead, it is turbocharging the de-Russification of the country. In the six months since the invasion began, Ukrainian support for de-Russification has become a truly nationwide phenomenon, reaching record highs far in excess of the … Continue reading Russia’s self-defeating invasion: Why Vladimir Putin has lost Ukraine forever