The need for reconciliation between eastern and western Ukraine is often emphasized in Ukrainian and international media, and has been the subject of dozens of roundtables in the past couple of years. Though originally from western Ukraine, I have lived and worked in the east for nearly two years, and I have come to realize that the approach and terminology currently in vogue are wrong.If we use the term “reconciliation,” we automatically subordinate ourselves to Russian propaganda and agree that there has been a genuine internal conflict between Ukrainians. In fact, the conflict has been artificial. If we gather at …read more
Source: Atlantic Council