In a week that saw hopes rise for an end to the conflict in Ukraine following intense Franco-German shuttle diplomacy, a former British ambassador to Kiev argues that the West must stay united in support of Russia’s embattled neighbour In September, I met the young widow of a Donetsk social activist, with her teenage daughter. In April, at the start of the uprising, he had been abducted by separatists and killed. Their house had been destroyed. The widow and daughter were now being cared for in Kiev. These were just two sad faces of the tragedy that has afflicted Ukraine. According to the United Nations, in this conflict nearly 5,500 people have lost their lives and 1.5 million have had to flee their homes. Russia’s occupation of Crimea and support for the rebels in the Donba