Putin gained the upper hand early in the crisis with the annexation of Crimea. Now, in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, he is shrewdly forcing a divided and risk-averse West to choose between war and accommodation.
普京吞并克里米亚并在危机初期占据上风。现在，在乌克兰东部的顿巴斯地区，他敏锐地迫使害怕风险并四分五裂的西方在战争和妥协间进行选择。