Russia’s president has agreed to new talks aimed at resolving the conflict in eastern Ukraine, and has renounced the right to use military force in the country. Balázs Jarábik explains whyEastern Ukrainian separatists have emerged as Russian President Vladimir Putins biggest critics in the past few weeks. Their pleas for Russia to intervene militarily have been ignored. Moreover, as they were pleading for help, Putin turned to his legislature and asked it to rescind his mandate to use military force in Ukraine.The tragic events in Odessa, in which dozens of people died in a fire and street fighting, proved to …read more
Source: The Guardian
