Worse, the war in Ukraine appears to be on its way to becoming a “frozen conflict,” with the Donbas maintained as a pseudo-state run by Russian-backed insurgents and mafias. Ukraine has lost control over both the region and its border with Russia, and it faces the constant possibility that the conflict could heat up once again, as Georgia’s did in 2008, when Russia sent in troops to support the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.