The situation in Donbas will remain tense as conditions for violence ripen along the front lines.
https://www.stratfor.com/sample/analysis/blockade-brings-eastern-ukraine-slow-boil
Finland is urging Europe to increase NATO contributions and focus more on security as the continent grapples with political turmoil from all sides, including from within.
Michael O’Hanlon of the Brookings Institution writes that “permanent neutrality” would offer countries like Ukraine and Georgia the protection they need.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-alternative-to-nato-expansion-that-wont-antagonize-russia-1488144087
http://www.liga.net/opinion/320245_marazm-krepchaet-rf-kormit-donbass-legalno-ukraina-podpolno.htm
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=58B4067FF3F0D
https://www.gazeta.ru/business/2017/02/27/10547669.shtml
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2017/02/27_a_10546577.shtml
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2017/02/27_a_10546877.shtml
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3228580