Quote Originally Posted by Eric C. View Post
So it's not the same as sponsoring a group of terrorists in the eastern area.
LOL."Terrorists" are locals themselves. If it were otherwise, the US and EU had already suggested a “fair and square” referendum under the UN umbrella or something. Such suggestion will never be given because they absolutely sure that the support of Ukraine is infinitesimally low in Donbas. Referendum is only good when the proper result is guaranteed and it is “officially approved” in advance like those in Kosovo or Sudan, right?

That's simple. They're first of all Ukrainians, that's their national identity, and the fact they can speak Russian doesn't make them Russians. Once they all have realized that, there will be no need in the counter-terrorist operation, all the lands will be cleaned up by the locals. And who's going to endure losses will be whoever is investing in the separatism in the area now.
LOL ones again. These people are of mixed origin (half-breeds so to speak) and the Ukraine itself is a new political entity, mostly cobbled up by Soviets and it has several heterogeneous regions in its structure. If these people don’t feel themselves Ukrainians now, they will never “acquire” such realization after massive bombings of their homes perpetrated by semi-nazi Kiev’s regime.

I have no idea myself what they may come up with so far. But they'll have to, that's for sure. In case you don't understand who "they" are - just look around. Go to a nearby bank/exchange office. Make it to a store like H&M, Levi's, Apple Store, IKEA. Look at the price tags. See anything unusual? Well, "they" may have to start coming up with something as the pricing trends reach food&convenience stores. But no idea when that's gonna happen.
The very same thing happed in 2008 and several times before in Russia. It’s what you can observe in many other oil-producing countries now. Why do you think “they” must come up with something so awful that you dare not write? Still don’t follow you.