Echoes of Cuban missile crisis in Ukraine standoff

The real prospect of Ukraine succumbing to its pro-Western element and joining NATO invites fears over the next step: US nuclear missiles deployed to Ukraine and aimed at neighboring Russia. Those wishing to understand the Russia position here need only to recall the “Cuban Missile Crisis” of 1962, when restraint won the day after a nerve-reckoning standoff. RT producer Enrique Rivera explains the disturbing parallels. … Read More >Echoes of Cuban missile crisis in Ukraine standoff