Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On The Ukraine Peace Agreement

Dennis Lynch, IBTimes: Ukraine Ceasefire Agreement: Who Came Out On Top In Minsk?

A 17-hour negotiating marathon in Minsk, Belarus, among Russian, Ukrainian, German and French leaders over the crisis in Ukraine ended Thursday morning with both Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists giving concessions to end fighting in the east of the country. Doubt over how long the new Minsk agreement will last, including its ceasefire set to go into effect on Sunday, are widespread.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On The Ukraine Peace Agreement

Ukraine ceasefire: Who wins, who loses -- AP
Ukraine’s new peace deal: The good, the bad, the ugly -- Dan Peleschuk, Global Post
The Guardian view on the chances the new Ukraine ceasefire will last -- Guardian editorial
Ukraine crisis: Who benefits from the Minsk peace deal -- Bridget Kendall, BBC
The Best- and (Likely) Worst-Case Scenarios for Ukraine’s New Peace Deal -- Joshua Keating, Slate
Minsk Talks Offer Cease-Fire, But No Peace -- Ivan Nechepurenko, Moscow Times
A Flawed Deal In Minsk -- Radio Free Europe
Interpretations of Ukraine Cease-Fire Pact Could Clash -- VOA
Implementation Will Determine the Minsk Deal's Significance -- Stratfor
Putin’s Second Useless Ukraine Ceasefire -- Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast
5 things for new Ukraine cease-fire to hold -- Oren Dorell, USA Today
Ukraine cease-fire: Can it avert slide into wider war? -- Howard La Franchi, CSM
Analysis: Ukraine Accord May Not End Conflict -- Al Pessin, VOA
What happens after Ukraine peace deal? -- Laura Smith-Spark and Nic Robertson, CNN
Kiev, rebels sign cease-fire, but Ukraine's path to peace remains steep -- Fred Weir, CSM
Ukraine cease-fire agreed but doubts persist it will bring peace -- Sergei L. Loiko and Carol J. Williams, L.A. Times
The Minsk Agreement Can Only Work If Power Is Balanced Between Russia and the West -- Ivan Sukhov, Huffington Post/Moscow Times
West Must Either Commit to Ukraine or Back Off -- Dmitry Gorenburg, Moscow Times
How Putin Came Out On Top in Ukraine Ceasefire Deal -- Simon Shuster, Time
Putin Emerges Stronger as Ukraine Deal Averts Escalation Threat -- Henry Meyer, Bloomberg
Russia-Ukraine Cease-Fire: What Did Putin Agree To? -- Bloomberg
What brought Vladimir Putin to the table over Ukraine, and how to keep him there -- Robin Niblett, Reuters
Ceasefire deal seen as just another victory for Putin -- Mark MacKinnon, Globe and Mail
To solve Ukraine crisis, Europe breaks from the US -- John Batchelor, Al Jazeera
Ukraine Deal: Keeping Russia In, U.S. Out -- Seth Mandel, Commentary
Minsk Memes: Two Dictators, Two Presidents, A Chancellor, And A Chair -- Radio Free Europe