Quote: (10-06-2015 07:30 PM)Tex Pro Wrote:
^Putin got a lot out of Ukraine.
He could have kept going, but he figured he play the long game instead:
Ukraine Is Being Told to Live With Putin
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/20...with-putin
Old info buddy.Today (yesterday) Putin agreed that there to be no elections in the region in 2015.If they to take place in 2016 they will be on Ukrainian terms with full participation of Ukraine and Ukrainian parties.
Poroshenko is a smart SOB.He tries to avoid Bosnia option and keep on pushing for Croatia one (if you know anything about Yugoslavian conflict).
Putin could continue pushing further. The problem is that casualties had been growing fast and coffins started arriving in Russian towns.Also the local opposition turned out to be surprisingly strong (Putin naively expected Russian speaking Ukrainians to support Russia.Fail.).
Putin's game is to have as least military involvement in Ukraine as possible while keeping a puppet government in Donetsk.This will keep Ukraine in unstable situation meaning the foreign investors will stay away. it will also mean that the local puppets will be able to veto any Ukrainian international move or decision.
Ukrainian game is to avoid this.
As of recent news Putin already agrees that Donetsk won't be autonomous.Poroshenko seems to be winning. We will see.