Prognosis
Vaccine Is Now a Weapon in Ukraine’s Conflict With Russia
Ukraine hasn’t started an inoculation program yet, while eastern regions allied with Moscow appear closer to getting shots.
A nurse fills a syringe with the Sputnik vaccine at a hospital in Simferopol, Crimea.
Photographer: Sergei Malgavko/TASS/Getty Images
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Europe’s effort to ramp up vaccinations to combat Covid-19 has opened the door to another opportunity for Russia on the front line of its confrontation with the West.
Ukraine is the biggest of only a handful of countries on the continent not to begin injecting its people. The problem is simple: there’s nothing to give the population of 42 million, since the supplies the government has secured either haven’t been cleared for use or haven’t arrived.