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.
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RockRaven
(14,974 posts)Trump (oops, I mean, Putin) really wanted to get with that extortion attempt.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Ukraine should have known better.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)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'.
Hal Zerozerozeronine
(76 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,504 posts)FirstLight
(13,360 posts)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
orangecrush
(19,572 posts)Trump wants this, as it will give him cover to lift sanctions on Russia.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)icymist
(15,888 posts)Berlin Expat
(950 posts)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.
Botany
(70,516 posts)But really what about Hillary's emails?
The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)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.
Bayard
(22,100 posts)He's caught between two super powers like a bad sandwich.