The majority of folks in E. Ukraine want to remain part of Ukraine and don't want to be part of Russia. There are NO democratically elected reps in E. Ukraine that are part of the insurgency, that can speak for E. Ukraine.
The most difficult matter was to get Poroshenko to sit down with the East leadership...which he had refused time and again from the beginning...
Your so-called "Eastern leadership" is nothing more than unelected thugs.
, even after saying he would do just that when running for Pres.
He never said that when he was running for president.
Instead he unloaded with targeted shelling of the east...and the escalation ensued.
Porshenko has simply been responding to a Russian backed uprising by a minority of thugs in the East.
Poroshenko AGAIN has to change his military leadership as announced this week...he has o control there and the troops are continuing to refuse to fight when they are loosing a battles, and this as parents protest against their children being sent to the East..
Parents of soldiers protest in both Ukraine and Russian.
Added to this the US has stepped away from supporting Poroshenko,
The US is supporting Poroshenko now the way they have always supported Poroshenko.
leaving Europe and Nato to step up....of course this 'AFTER' the US ceased control of their oil and gas infrastructure...
Wow. The US has not seized control of Ukraine's oil and gas infrastructure.
You post nothing but rubbish.
......You stated...(Poroshenko) “He never said that when he was running for president:....
Oh but he did and more than one occassion.
Poroshenko Interview that he would meet with Eastern and Southern Ukraine leadership:
Would you give autonomy to the regions?
We would give financial autonomy — what language to speak, what monuments to build. That is what people need.
Would the governors be elected locally?
An elected ‘local council’ would elect an executive committee [to appoint the governors]. NOT appoint them in Kiev by the prime minister or the president as today. Only defense, military, security and police would be controlled from the center.
I will do my best to try to unite the country...” To invite people from the south and east to the government”..... This is exactly what people need — to participate in the government of their country.