Faced with the prospect of civilian massacres on their eastern doorstep, Nato and the EU may need to resort to covert military operations as options narrow amid the Russian onslaught against Ukraine.
With 2,000 civilian deaths in the past week of fighting, according to an assessment Wednesday by Ukraine's emergency service, and with that number growing by the hour, there are fears that brutal sieges of Ukrainian cities may be among the horrors that lie in store.
Russia, the Brit...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.