Kiev newspaper about negotiations in Paris: The situation for Ukraine is bad
The newspaper “Zerkalo Nedeli,” which is considered influential in Kyiv, assesses the situation that developed after the negotiations in Paris on the fate of Donbass as “quite bad for Ukraine.”
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“Military defeats near Ilovaisk, and then near Debaltsevo, obviously weakened the will of the Ukrainian side, predetermining agreement with conditions that looked like traps from the very beginning. It is becoming more and more difficult to get out of them every day. The principle “now we’ll sign, then we’ll break it down,” which Pyotr Alekseevich (as far as one can judge) used quite often, does not work. Negotiations in Berlin and then in Paris once again confirmed this. The situation for the Ukrainian side is not at all hopeless, but quite bad,” the publication says.
“While withdrawing some of its personnel from the occupied territories of Donbass, Russia does not withdraw equipment and weapons. Increases the number of specialists, and not only military ones. Recalling part of the military, it sends in managers of various profiles, called upon to exercise actual management of settlements, regions, enterprises, organizations and services. He massively imports Russian textbooks and Russian rubles into ORDLO. On the orders of the Kremlin, wild, uncontrollable gangs are disarmed and dispersed, and all combat-ready people are herded into the so-called army corps. Equipped with Russian weapons, trained by Russian instructors and led by Russian commanders. Russia is not going to leave Donbass, it is preparing to play for the long haul,” the Ukrainian newspaper makes a discovery.
“There is no need for illusions - the West is not concerned about establishing peace in Donbass. He wants to get rid of unnecessary headaches. One of which is European losses from the introduction of sanctions. No, the West is not at all against weakening Russia. No, he will not allow her to be openly impudent. But he doesn’t want to tease her too much either. And driving Moscow into a corner too - who knows what will come to Putin’s head if he has nothing to lose? And if the Kremlin indicates some kind of obedience - well, look, we don’t shoot, we withdraw, we leave, we move in the direction of “Minsk”, we demonstrate our readiness to compromise - why not meet it halfway? And lift the sanctions. With a promise to resume, if anything happens,” they fear in Kyiv.
“The opinions of Berlin and Paris so far often coincide with the opinions of Moscow,” the authors of the material state.
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