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icymist

(15,888 posts)
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 10:36 PM Oct 2019

Ukraine signs key agreement with pro-Russia separatists

Source: DW

The Ukrainian government signed an agreement Tuesday with pro-Russia separatists, Russia and European monitors that will allow a local election to be held in separatist-controlled regions in eastern Ukraine.

The agreement was signed after the parties met in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, and is seen as a major step by the new Ukrainian government under President Volodymyr Zelenskiy toward resolution of the conflict in eastern Ukraine between Kyiv and pro-Russia separatists.

In preparation for the election, the Ukrainian government and separatist leaders said they would withdraw troops from two locations in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions next week.

No election 'under the gun'

President Zelenskiy told reporters in Kyiv that Ukraine agreed to a local election only when Ukraine regains control of its borders with Russia. The president has faced criticism that Ukraine is giving concessions to Moscow and for following a policy of appeasement with Russia.

Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-signs-key-agreement-with-pro-russia-separatists/a-50669547

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Ukraine signs key agreement with pro-Russia separatists (Original Post) icymist Oct 2019 OP
Forget Biden, getting Ukraine to cede Donbas and acknowledge the annexation of Crimea is what RockRaven Oct 2019 #1
Trump only brings loss and ruin. C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #2
GOD DAMN REPUBLICANS! Dawson Leery Oct 2019 #3
Akbar Activated Hal Zerozerozeronine Oct 2019 #4
Trump gave Ukraine to the Russians.Putin has Ukraine, we are fucked. Traitor. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 #5
I feel so bad for this country... FirstLight Oct 2019 #6
Rachel points out orangecrush Oct 2019 #7
tRump delivers to his sugar daddy, putin. nt yaesu Oct 2019 #8
I think I see why Russia wants Eastern Ukraine: icymist Oct 2019 #9
Yep; it's no secret that there's Berlin Expat Oct 2019 #10
Did Trump just give part of the Ukraine to Russia? Botany Oct 2019 #11
So this was the "agreement" trump wanted Zelensky to meet with Putin on The Liberal Lion Oct 2019 #12
I feel sorry for Zelenskiy Bayard Oct 2019 #13

RockRaven

(14,974 posts)
1. Forget Biden, getting Ukraine to cede Donbas and acknowledge the annexation of Crimea is what
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 10:39 PM
Oct 2019

Trump (oops, I mean, Putin) really wanted to get with that extortion attempt.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
3. GOD DAMN REPUBLICANS!
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 10:44 PM
Oct 2019

They are giving away the free world for this piece of s**t his Talibornigan cultists.



In hindsight, Ukraine made a massive mistake giving up their nuclear weapons in 94'.

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
6. I feel so bad for this country...
Tue Oct 1, 2019, 10:48 PM
Oct 2019

Obama had their backs... and then the shitstain came and it was all russia...


guh

I pray there will be justice...on multiple levels and nations

Berlin Expat

(950 posts)
10. Yep; it's no secret that there's
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 03:29 AM
Oct 2019

significant gas deposits in the Donetsk Basin - which is why Putin wants that chunk of land so very badly. If he can (more or less) annex that prime piece of real estate to Russia proper, he and his oligarch friends are gonna be sitting pretty for the foreseeable future.

The Liberal Lion

(1,414 posts)
12. So this was the "agreement" trump wanted Zelensky to meet with Putin on
Wed Oct 2, 2019, 07:28 AM
Oct 2019

So now trump is successfully showing Europe and potentially Japan and Korea that America does not keep it's defense promises.
The question becomes now are there still enough republicans left in the Senate who are not interested in America remaining a Russian client state?
Russia still needs trump because they need trump to push through the lifting of sanctions. That being so, trump would not lose an "election" until this occurs. Considering he didn't win in the first place, giving him another "victory" should be for most of us a forgone conclusion. At this point we only rid ourselves of trump relatively peacefully by impeachment, conviction and removal.

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