NEWSLINK Kyiv Post: Western defeatism in stopping Russia’s war against Ukraine

Special status within the Ukrainian state for separatist-held territory in the east, envisioned in Minsk II agreement, is an incongruously crude attempt to undermine stability and make turmoil in Ukraine.

It was Vladimir Putin’s script, accepted by the shameless Barack Obama-Angela Merkel-Francois Holland trio, even if the U.S. president was not there in person.

It was their alternative to offering Ukraine weapons for self-defense.

http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/op-ed/boris-danik-western-defeatism-in-stopping-russias-war-against-ukraine-384349.html