The conflict in Ukraine has escalated significantly with the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane carrying nearly 300 people, Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer tells Business Insider. All 295 people aboard the civilian aircraft were killed. Ukraine’s Interior Minister blamed pro-Russian separatists for shooting down the passenger plane with a Russian-made Buk ground-to-air missile system. Bremmer said the incident has the potential to significantly destabilize the situation. Here’s how: • Ukraine’s new government, led by President Petro Poroshenko, will feel more intensified pressure to conduct military operations to push back pro-Russian separatists in southeastern regions of Ukraine. …read more
Source: Business Insider
