[1rudeboy]

I can understand, though, that people are desperate for a change, so they are grasping at straws. However neither they, nor their country, are needed in EU. This is why the Ukrainian government is considering ties with Russia - they are better matched, and they have mutual interests.

In other words, if only these people "grasping at straws" could be made to understand that Vladi knows what's best for them . . . to make an omelette, you have to break a few eggs, right?

[Viennacon]

No. Putin doesn’t know what’s best for Ukraine, nor does he care. He’s doing what’s best for Russia. What would you expect him to do? And the EU leaders are hardly seeking this deal because they care about Ukraine. They have their own ends.

Unfortunately with a country that is really split East and West, one deal will benefit the westerners and harm the easterners, and vice versa.