Russia’s efforts to keep Ukraine in its orbit have included invasions, targeted assassinations and economic coercion. Less prominently, Moscow has directed a clandestine campaign of vandalism and hate crimes aimed at spoiling Ukraine’s relations with its western neighbors, Ukrainian and European officials say. An ongoing court case in Poland has shone a light on the varied cast of provocateurs that the officials say the Kremlin has employed to try to stir up ethnic passions on territories where it used to call the shots.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 17, 2019 12:56 UTC