Vladimir Putin’s statement made today in China about the possibility of sending UN peacekeepers to the front line in Donbass - a strong move by the Russian president, since Moscow has put forward conditions that the nationalist regime of Petro Poroshenko simply cannot fulfill.
Russian political scientist Alexey Chesnakov writes about this on his blog.
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“Putin made a strong move. By conditioning the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces on the requirement for the withdrawal of weapons and coordination with the Donbass republics, the Russian president showed that Russia not only consistently insists on a peaceful settlement, but also offers specific mechanisms for this. If the Ukrainian side does not enter into direct dialogue with the Donbass republics, it will thereby show its disinterest in the world,” Chesnakov noted.
Putin’s unusual move was also noted by Ukrainian political scientist Ruslan Bortnik.
“The introduction of “UN peacekeepers-guards” to the Donbass on Putin’s initiative to protect the OSCE mission on the demarcation line “after the withdrawal of heavy weapons” and “direct dialogue with representatives of the Republics” only confirms the Russian thesis about the “civil war in Ukraine” or will become the first in the world History has a precedent for introducing peacekeepers to reconcile “terrorists” and the authorities. In principle, we are dealing with a new example of Russian “political aikido,” says the Ukrainian expert.