The Focus Is On Crimea, But Next Is The Fight For Ukraine -- Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian
Despite today's shooting, the west must not forget that the pivotal struggle is over control of the eastern heartlands
Remember, remember: this is about the whole of Ukraine, not just Crimea. Vladimir Putin knows that. Ukrainians know that. As the reported killing of a Ukrainian soldier shows, there is nothing the government in Kiev can do to restore its control over Crimea. The crucial struggle is now for eastern Ukraine. If the whole of Ukraine, including the east, participates in peaceful, free and fair presidential elections on 25 May, it can survive as one independent country (minus Crimea). It will also be back on an unambiguously democratic, constitutional path. In everything the EU and the west does over the next two months, that should be our first priority.
Read more ....
My Comment: This is one of the better commentaries on the Ukraine crisis. This big problem that I see looming on the horizon for Ukriane is over money .... or more to the point .... having none of it. For example, my aunt who lives in the eastern part of Ukraine has had trouble in receiving her pension .... I suspect that she is not the only one. If this continues to get worse .... and spreads .... and the West does not step in and help (which they are not doing ) .... there will be no need for Moscow to influence agitators in eastern Ukraine .... the Ukrainians and their western allies would have been very successful at doing that all by themselves.
1 comment:
My prediction:
Any feelings of Ukraine allegiance will disappear when the killing starts and sectarianism replaces any feelings of national patriotism. People will identify with their own kind and not with a patched-together disparate state.
Post a Comment