Divided Ukraine Accelerates Towards Catastrophe Predicted By All Sides -- Daniel McLaughlin, Irish Times
Analysis: tension expected to rise ahead of rebel referendum and presidential election
Wildflowers already speckle the Carpathian mountains, pavement cafes line the streets of Kiev and Lviv, and empty Black Sea beaches bathe in warm sunshine. Winter was short and spring came early to Ukraine but it brought little joy to a nation deeply divided, and many expect May to be the longest of months.
Just 10 weeks ago this morning, protesters climbed from their tents on Independence Square to discover they were no longer hemmed in by ranks of riot police, and could walk unhindered up Instytutska Street to Kiev’s government district.
Wandering bewildered along the road where snipers had killed scores of their comrades two days earlier, demonstrators found the president’s headquarters unguarded and realised Viktor Yanukovich had fled in the night.
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My Comment: Matthew Fisher analysis that Ukraine is beginning to look more and more like the Balkins is .... sadly .... spot on. I have been saying the same thing for the past few weeks in this blog .... both communities are now deeply divided, they arming themselves and ... more ominously .... starting to form self-defense units. And while the focus is on the chaos eastern Ukraine .... the fact is that the central and southern regions are also being impacted .... and the trend is for it to get worse.
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