Not going to happen. There would be another ‘unexpected’ escalation blamed on a Russian side.
Enabling leftist uprising in Russia is one of the major goals of the ‘spontanous’ Ukrainian crisis.
Worsening economy is leftists’ best friend so they can play their class warfare songs.
Who would expect Obama to soften his grip?
It is an imperative of his Foreign policy to stand with the Muslims in the Middle East and in Europe they are communists who are his buddies.
The real losers here are the occupants of the Donbas. Ukrainian/Russian alike. They got “Smerched.”