Here is a proposed possible solution to the eastern Ukraine in the LA Times--the latest of four suggestions---that actually makes sense and actually goes along one of the main points I made month--does the current Ukraine need the Donbas? To make it work the sanctions must remain just a heavy and in place until Russia concedes that it must pull completely back.
What is extremely interesting and is totally overlooked and not commented at all on by western media pundits---the simple fact the Minsk Agreement negotiated by the Ukrainians was basically a solid win---especially if you see the mercenaries and Russia attempting to reverse the win and dragging their feet on continuing on the Minsk path. The mercenaries attempted a month ago to state they had not signed the agreement but that was rapidly shown to be a lie when their own signatures were shown to the press---since then they keep attempting to talk change but the Ukraine says no and even with Russian verbal help not much is actually possible as Russia signed the agreement as well.
Well worth the read. As the current Ukraine leadership seems to be headed in that direction which I believe the Russians fully understand is also occurring. Militarily the UA has held on well, started an intensifying guerrilla war and has inflicted heavy losses on the RA, and is in fact rebuilding all in the middle of a war.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed...221-story.html
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