Common sense suggests that, toward this end, the U.S. should encourage Ukraine to retain the nuclear arms it inherited from the former Soviet Union -- not insist that Kiev surrender them to Moscow.
In Ukraine, the news website Ukrayinska Pravda reports that flooding in Kiev had forced President Viktor Yanukovych - widely known for his aloofness and for shunning contact with ordinary Ukrainians if possible - to travel to work by trolleybus.