With Kyiv lacking the military might to break the rebels by force, Western allies now fear that a large chunk of Ukrainian territory will become a Russian protectorate with a parlous economic future, beyond the writ of the central government, the Reuters reports.
“We have now realistically entered the phase of a ‘frozen conflict’,” said Yuriy Yakymenko, Deputy Director General, Director of Political and Legal Programmes at the Razumkov Centre, “Russia will direct its efforts at supporting instability, at hindering the creation of Ukrainian law-based institutions and at increasing permanent instability.” …read more
Source: Razumkov Centre