Do Not Expect Any Breakthrough
... the country would be balanced by pro-Russian ones. If the country continues to disintegrate, federal institutions would make it easier for the Russian-speaking regions to secede from Ukraine and become Novorossiya (New Russia) or even integrate into Russia. For Pyotr Poroshenko a peace agreement is the only way to bring an end to the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) which instead of restoring Ukraine’s territorial integrity has merely strengthened disintegration processes. It is a drain on the budget (its ...