News Clip of Russian/Ukrainian Ceasefire
For a few months now, Ukraine and Russia have been at a constant headbutting fallout because of Russia wanting to take Ukraine in as part of their own country. Recently however, there has been violent behavior from both sides. Ukraine and Pro-Russian separatists have been battling against one another, with a total of 2,600 lives taken in the midst of it. Although, on September 6th, 2014, both the Russian separatist rebels and Ukrainian forces have agreed to a ceasefire. During this ceasefire, there will be prisoner exchanges of war, and time to help aid the refugees caught in the mix of it all. Many doubt that the fighting is going to come to an end soon, sadly. Personally, I think that this whole ordeal is just out of hand now. The firefights have come to neighborhoods and cities, citizens could soon be caught in the crossfire. Ukraine should not give in to the Russians, but they need to push this fight out of civilian occupied territories. Else wise, the situation will only get worse. Is the fighting worth it? Who's at fault for the riots and fighting here, the Pro-Russian rebels or the Ukrainian forces? What are your personal thoughts on the Russian-Ukrainian events?
I don't think I know enough about this event to make too many accusations; that being said, I don't encourage fighting, however I can understand why this conflict is ensuing. No country would be elated that a part of them is separating and joining another one. I also think from what bits and pieces I heard in the past about this event that Vladmir Putin is a little sketchy. Obviously, it takes two to tango, but I think the Pro-Russian rebels are little more responsible for the riots and fights because they 1) broke the cease-fire 2) Russia refuses to pull out its troops from Ukraine. I also think the EU's economic sanctions and the comments about Putin being a murder has helped me reach this bias.
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