Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are set to elect executives and legislators in a Sunday vote. The move will defy the Ukrainian government and the international community, but it will be backed by Moscow. The United States and the United Nations say the election will violate the terms of a cease-fire agreement signed by Russia, Ukraine and rebel leaders in September—under which the region would have elections in December, under the jurisdiction of the Ukrainian government. It appears that rebel leaders no longer see it that way, if they ever did. “We have put too much at stake on the …read more
Source: The Atlantic
