When writings on the wall are ignored

... to Russia's demands. This was the recognition of the fact that Kiev would never implement Minsk 2. Also this was the only legal way to provide the population of Donbas with massive social and humanitarian assistance. This was not threatening to any NATO members and this was not a creation of new military basis somewhere in the world apart from Donbas. At last, this was the only way to provide its population with security. In recent days not just the suburbs of Donetsk and Lugansk but some districts of these cities and infrastructure (water, electricity, etc.) were being shelled by the Ukrainian forces. The option of the last push (Lavrov-Blinken meeting and then a possible summit, which Macron was trying to arrange) was ...