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President Donald Trump meets with Russia's President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on Aug. 15.

Re “The Ukraine emergency is far from over – because Donald Trump is the emergency" (Opinion, Aug. 23): I was an immigrant European child whose family arrived here fleeing a violent Russian invasion. I am now a politically sentient Canadian citizen, yet I still marvel at how little progress the West has made in understanding world affairs when it comes to Russia.

The Gorbachev years should be seen as a blip. These ensuing Putin years seem to have taught us very little, and our neighbours to the south next to nothing.

If a supposed peace proposal includes any ceding of Ukrainian territory, the West will likely be undone and Russia will freely march throu

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