Ukraine Today - An Independent Political Review

(1) Protocol of the Trilateral Contact Group - Minsk, September 5, 2014 (Original)   (2) Link to OSCE Document Repository PROTOCOL on the results of consultations of the Trilateral Contact Group with respect to the joint steps aimed at the implementation of the Peace Plan of the President of Ukraine, P. Poroshenko, and the initiatives of the President of Russia, V. Putin Upon consideration and discussion of the proposals put forward by the participants of the consultations in Minsk on September 1, 2014, the Trilateral Contact Group, consisting of the representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe [OSCE], reached an understanding with respect to the need to implement the following steps: Ensure the immediate bilateral cessation of the use of weapons. Ensure monitoring and verification by the OSCE of the regime of non-use of weapons. Implement decentralization of power, including by means of enacting ...

The US real aim is to wage war on Russia, to economically cripple Russia in the preparation of war with the goal of having Putin removed from office. Russia has always been concern about maintaining peace and has consistently called for dialog between the Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv and the Donbass self defence rebels. Russia was the only state to deliver humanitarian aid to the people of Danbass who were under the reprisal attack by the Ukrainian 'National guard and US backed Millita. The US on the other hand was behind the unconstitutional, lawless, destabilisation of Ukraine. It has backed and financed the Maidan coup. received gold payments from Ukraine and positioned its political elite and their sons on boards of influence of Ukrainian state sponsored companies. The US has been calling for de-escalation of the crisis in Ukraine and Russia has delivered. The US/EU response is more sanctions .  I fear that the agreed cease fire is a ploy to buy time and to try and...