"If I want, I could take Kiev in two weeks." That's supposedly what Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a phone call with European Union Commission President José Manuel Barroso, as European and American officials struggle to dial back Moscow's power play in eastern Ukraine. Putin's supposed threat was published in European papers this week.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Washington Post: The crisis in Ukraine, as told by leaked phone calls
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Victoria Nuland (R) testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the situation in Ukraine, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Jan.15.
