Should Ukraine Officially Announce That It Is Now In A State Of War?

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko sits in the driver's seat of an armoured vehicle in Kiev, January 30, 2015, in this handout courtesy of the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service. Credit: Reuters/Mykola Lazarenko/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuter

Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast: It’s Time to Call Ukraine a War

With casualties mounting, thousands of volunteers fighting Russian-backed rebels, and troops upset about shoddy treatment and equipment, some say Kiev should declare a state of war and professionalize the fight.

WNU Editor: Everyone knows that the eastern part of Ukraine is now a war-zone .... declaring that one is now officially at war will only mean a change in the paperwork. But Anna Nemtsova's analysis on what is happening in Kiev is accurate and it mirrors what my own relatives/friends/associates are saying in Kiev in the past few weeks .... in short .... the entire war effort has been an utter and complete disaster.

Update: Ukraine President Poroshenko is now pleading to NATO for help .... Ukrainian president calls for NATO states to provide weapons (Reuters)