Russia's Road to War with UkraineUkraine is the subject of a tug of war between the West and Russia and has been terribly let down by both, albeit in very different ways, in the months and years leading up to war. Russia has brought bloodshed and suffering to Ukraine at the behest of Putin's vision of a greater Russian sphere of influence. For their part, however, the Western countries that dominate the EU and NATO have over several years unrealistically raised Ukraine's expectations