THE MEETING BETWEEN PUTIN AND POROSHENKO. <\/p>\n
Putin as usual stays for confrontation. The former minister of defense Willam J. Perry and the former US secretary: Helping Ukraine is a U.S. imperative. \u201cWe have reports from multiple sources showing quite a lively Russian involvement in destabilising eastern Ukraine,” Rasmussen said. According to his words, a traditional conventional warfare mixed up with information and primarily disinformation operations. “It will take more than Nato to counter such hybrid warfare effectively,” he made a conclusion. EU looks to Italy\u2019s foreign minister as foreign policy chief. Saakashvili thinks the Kremlin has its own follow-up scheme on standby \u2013 blame everything on the unconstructive stance of the Ukrainians and attack them with the full extent of Russian force. Once again, this was what happened in Georgia after we rejected the unacceptable conditions put forward by Moscow.
\nThe Times:
\nRussia should be blamed for conflict escalation in Ukraine, the article states. According to an optimistic version, Putin still wants to resolve the conflict. But maybe he will \u201ccontinue regaining Russia\u2019s lost spheres of influences until he is stopped by more powerful force,\u201d the newspaper thinks.
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\nBoth countries should reach \u201cany agreement to stop the bloodshed\u201d
\nEl Mundo:
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\nThere is a grand bargain to be had between Russia, Europe and Ukraine.
\nThe Guardian
\nThere is a grand bargain to be had between Russia, Europe and Ukraine, the newspaper thinks. It has been outlined again and again. It would include a commitment by Ukraine to real devolution in the east although one stopping well short of the dependency on Moscow that Russia might prefer. Moscow would forswear economic blackmail in its dealings with Kiev and with the EU. Ukraine would agree that Nato membership was not an objective in the foreseeable future, and that EU membership was also a long way off \u2013 not immense concessions, since both are objectively the case. Some kind of formula would be found for Crimea, the newspaper writes.
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\nPoroshenko and the West must persuade Putin Russia cannot impose its will on Ukraine through economic and military pressure, and to allow Putin a face-saving way of backing down.
\nThe New York Times:
\n“At the same time, the United States and Europe should be aware that Mr. Putin sees that this is a critical struggle, and has the backing of his nation. The West must make clear that it is equally committed to the support of Ukraine, and that it is prepared to continue ratcheting up sanctions against Russian businesses and financial institutions, and to support Kiev through financial aid and energy supplies,” the newspaper writes.
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\nIf Putin had changed his strategy and stopped supplying separatists with weapons, they would have lost this war. But this would be Putin\u2019s defeat and he couldn\u2019t afford this.
\nDie Welt
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\nPutin continued acting as he is an independent observer of the conflict by saying after the meeting with Poroshenko that the uprising is Ukraine\u2019s internal problem.
\nThe New York Times:
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\nPoroshenko is interested in war.
\nDie Zeit:
\nUkrainian society won\u2019t understand the preliminary proposition for separatists about peaceful solution, stringer Maks Kireev writes. From the perspective of Kyiv, a ceasefire is not an option and it could mean a defeat, Kireev thinks. If Poroshenko proposed the peaceful plan to the self-proclaimed governments, a lot of patriots and those who are fighting in eastern Ukraine would be against Poroshenko. Thus, radical parties could receive the majority of voices at the upcoming parliamentary elections. \u201cFrom Russia\u2019s point of view, Ukraine won\u2019t be ready for the peace until its army\u2019s quantity is bigger than separatists\u2019 one. Only one kind of war turn could help Russia. Of course, the latest success of separatists shouldn\u2019t be taken into account. Almost everything points to the fact that the war in Ukraine will be continued,\u201d the author makes a conclusion.
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\nThe Wall Street Journal:
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\nThe Guardian:
\n“Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, is to attend the Cardiff summit and will be the sole non-Nato head of state to negotiate with alliance leaders. Four “trust funds” are to be established to finance Ukraine’s military logistics, command and control structures, and cyber defences, and to pay the armed forces’ pensions,” the newspaper informs.
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\nFinancial Times:
\nEurope\u2019s leaders are poised to select Italy\u2019s foreign minister as EU foreign policy chief at a summit on Saturday, despite concerns in some capitals that she is too inexperienced and will not be tough enough on Russia,” Financial Times writes. Journalists underline Opposition has not disappeared, particularly in Lithuania, whose prime minister has publicly objected to Ms Mogherini\u2019s candidacy. \u201cYou still have a group of countries who will be quite unsatisfied, but they don\u2019t have a blocking minority,\u201d said an EU diplomat involved in the discussions. Another diplomat said Ms Mogherini\u2019s fate was likely to rest on whether Dalia Grybauskaite, the Lithuanian president, strongly opposed her appointment..
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\nForeign Policy:
\nPutin\u2019s actions in Georgia in 2008 and in Ukraine today are so similar that I can\u2019t help but think about the movie Groundhog Day, the former president of Georgia recollects his thoughts in his article for Foreign Policy. There are still contradictory and confusing signals coming from the big Western capitals that give space for Putin\u2019s maneuvers, the author thinks. The only way forward \u2013 even if it is complicated and costly \u2013 is to stand firm at Ukraine\u2019s side and help pursue a decisive victory. \u201cFor that, the Europeans need to stop trying to tie Poroshenko\u2019s hands and undermining Ukrainian morale. They also need to be ready to impose additional sanctions against the Russians and provide more economic assistance to Kiev, Saakashvili advises.
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