Kyiv is trying to prevent reconciliation between the West and Russia
Kyiv went on the diplomatic offensive, trying to take advantage of the story of captured Russians to mobilize the West and increase pressure on Moscow, writes Kommersant.
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“Against the backdrop of the Minsk process, which is going on with great difficulty, but is still moving forward, the Ukrainian side is looking for more and more informational reasons in order to dramatize the situation as much as possible and not allow Moscow to eventually drop accusations about its role in the events in Donbass and Crimea. Considering that after Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Sochi, Washington started talking about the possibility of lifting sanctions, and the European Union intends to consider the advisability of extending restrictive measures this summer, Kiev is trying to cause a new wave of pressure on Russia instead of the previous wave that is losing momentum,” says the head Sector of military-political analysis of IMEMO RAS Sergei Oznobishchev.
Let us recall that yesterday the Ukrainian authorities called on the West to supply the country with lethal weapons and deploy US missile defense systems on its territory.
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