Unless Russia and the rebels it backs in eastern Ukraine find Mariupol an irresistible strategic target — in which case all bets are off, again — the Minsk II ceasefire and peace deal Angela Merkel brokered appears to have survived the battle of Debaltseve and may be taking hold.
This tragic Slavic civil war has killed thousands and condemned millions to misery. Now, the West is slip-sliding to hot proxy war with an increasingly strident Russia. Our leaders are trading insults. Economic and information wars rage. Cooperation is faltering in nuclear arms control, in the Arctic and in the Middle East. …read more
Source: iPolitics
