Putin Is Lying on Ukraine—and the West Can’t Stop Him

The G-20 leaders meeting the Russian president in Brisbane this weekend should be used to his lies. But they still don’t know how to answer them.

Published Nov. 14 2014 3:15PM EST

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KIEV, Ukraine—He took the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea with just a few shots fired. The Donbass region is a harder nut to crack—the Ukrainians are determined to keep it.

Jamie Dettmer

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Putin Is Lying on Ukraine—and the West Can’t Stop Him

The G-20 leaders meeting the Russian president in Brisbane this weekend should be used to his lies. But they still don’t know how to answer them.

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Jamie Dettmer