Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Slipper baths such as this were intoduced to America by Benjamin Franklin."

This report provides an overview of the situation in Ukraine. Following the February 2014 collapse of the Kremlin-supported government of President Viktor Yanukovych, there was an emergence of a pro-Western, pro-reform government and an energized public generally anxious to lessen Moscow's influence, committed to addressing the need for serious reform and determined to draw closer to Europe and the United States.