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| UNSC calls on warring parties in Ukraine to stop fighting |
| 2015-02-18 |
| [Iran Press TV] The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has called on warring sides in eastern Ukraine to cease fighting and implement a European-brokered peace deal as the situation swiftly deteriorates. The UNSC made the call on Tuesday, following a meeting during which a Russian-drafted resolution endorsing the new ceasefire agreement on Ukraine was unanimously approved by the 15-member council. The resolution endorses the peace deal which was reached following marathon talks held on February 11 and 12 by the leaders of Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia, and came into effect on February 14. The council expressed "its full respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine" and its "grave concern at the tragic events and violence in eastern regions of Ukraine." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 AFAIK Kiev/Kyiv still controls a very large swathe of sovereign territory between the separatist Eastern regions + the Crimea proper. Russia historically desires "unconditional" Land-Air-Sea-Space? access to its Milbases, hence Vlad will likely still want to gain control of that territory from Kiev, or else have it declared a formal DMZ "off-limit's" to everyone at risk of Russian retaliation. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-02-18 23:59 |
| #2 Sudetenland Part Deux Twice is a farce [So how did giving those nukes work for you? Smart Diplomacy(tm)] |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-02-18 08:49 |
| #1 Just partition it, and you can have "full respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity" of Eastern Ukraine. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-02-18 03:03 |