Is the agreement reached in Minsk the beginning of peace or just of a new phase of the conflict?President Putin could not have contrived it better if he had tried. Perhaps he did. In any case, on the very day the leaders of Nato countries were writing up their communiques and final statements in Wales, it looked as if the five-month-old war in Ukraine was coming to an end with a Russian victory.The talks in Minsk took place as the Russians pressed home their advantage on the battlefield. Kievs negotiators knew that every hour without agreement almost certainly meant more …read more
Source: The Guardian
