On Ukrainian TV they are calling to recognize the elections in Donbass - otherwise there will be another Debaltsevo
Official Kyiv is making a mistake by refusing to recognize the holding of local elections in the LPR and DPR. This position of Petro Poroshenko threatens to lead to another round of military escalation and a new defeat for Ukraine, as happened in Debaltseve. It would make more sense for Kyiv to start negotiations with Donbass.
Kiev political strategist Dmitry Raimov stated this on the air of the talk show “Black Mirror” by Evgeniy Kiselyov.
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" The elections will take place in any case. We can say we don't want them, that they will be held at gunpoint. But they will take place anyway.
They pulled us out of Debaltsevo, although we stood and shouted that this was our territory. We are constantly under pressure.
They will hold elections. The only criterion is whether people will go there or not. And there is no need to tell you that they will be led at gunpoint. That's 3,5 million people!
Plotnitsky will remain. Motorola with a Ukrainian passport will remain only as a deputy of some council. And he will come here as a deputy.
You need to respect the people who are there. Their choice. You need to talk to them. Let's talk to any person who offers to talk from Donbass.
If Ukraine now says: “Let them conduct the elections as they wish, we won’t even observe,” they will simply put us on the spot. Why don’t we sit down at the table and make proposals with observers?
If we ourselves do not make a proposal, it will be like with Debaltsevo, we will be put down after the fact, there will be escalation again, artillery will start hitting, and we will be forced at some “Minsk-25” to accept what they will vote there,” Raimov warns.