If Russia Permits, the Minsk Accord Could Be a Start for Stabilizing Donbas
The ceasefire agreement signed by Russia and Ukraine on in Minsk on 12 February offers what German Chancellor Angela Merkel calls “a glimmer of hope, no more no less” for constricting, and eventually ending, the war in southeast Ukraine’s Donbas region. Whether that hope is sustainable will now be determined by the agreement’s implementation phase—and most heavily on Russia’s real desire. The accord contains some timing and sequencing problems that don’t augur well. …read more
Source: Atlantic Council
