A possible Ukraine-Russia compromise could be on the cards
The only interested party for which such a scenario would be unacceptable is the US, which is distracted by the imaginary Ukraine of the impeachment proceedings
10 December 2019 - 17:39
Nobody expected miracles from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s first meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, but as became clear in the wee hours of Tuesday, the two have taken a step away from an unresolved conflict that doesn’t work for either of them and towards an unresolved conflict that could work for both.
The Paris meeting, mediated by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, was the first since October 2016, when Zelenskiy’s predecessor, Petro Poroshenko, represented Ukraine. The lengthy pause was essentially Poroshenko’s doing...
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