For two hundred years, Ukraine and Russia have conflicted over Ukraine’s history and sovereignty. Recently the Kremlin has tried to rebrand large regions of Ukraine as Novorossiya, or ‘New Russia’. The Ukrainians are fighting back, however. Long-term implications of this change in attitudes have not yet fully dawned on the Kremlin, but it is evident that the Russian invasion has radically altered Ukrainian perceptions of Russia, while reinforcing a sense of Ukrainian identity. …read more
Source: Atlantic Community
