OPINION: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has just performed a sharp about-face: after months of rejecting the idea, he is now calling for United Nations peacekeepers to separate the sides in eastern Ukraine. A UN force really could help secure the country’s dysfunctional truce. It’s a shame that Poroshenko’s proposal is probably only a diplomatic manoeuvre meant to provide the US with a further argument for arming the Ukrainian military. …read more
Source: Stuff.co.nz
