Will Poroshenko take Putins offer? Putin is offering a way out (once again) to Poroshenko, by trading the lives of 5,000 surrounded Ukrainian sodiers for a halt to hostilities from Ukrainian side, in his address to Novorossiya militia. This is as close to a possibility of ending this war, as we have ever been. President of Russia Vladimir Putin addressed Novorossiya militia It is clear the militia has achieved a major success in intercepting Kiev’s military operation, which represents a grave danger to the population of Donbass and which has already led to the loss of many lives among peaceful residents. As a result of the militia’s actions, a large number of Ukrainian service members who did not participate in the military operation of their own volition but while following orders have been surrounded. I call on the militia groups to open a humanitarian corridor for Ukrainian service members who have been surrounded, so as to avoid any needless loss of life, giving them the opportunity to leave the combat area unimpeded and reunite with their families, to return them to their mothers, wives and children, and to quickly provide medical assistance to those who were injured in the course of the military operation. For its part, the Russian side is ready and willing to provide humanitarian aid to the people of Donbass, who have been affected by this humanitarian catastrophe. I once again call on the Ukrainian authorities to immediately stop military actions, cease fire, sit down at the negotiating table with Donbass representatives and resolve all the accumulated problems exclusively via peaceful means.
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 22:44:14 +0000
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