ALJAZEERA: There is sudden new worry in Europe that the Ukrainian civil war, frozen since September with a haphazard cease-fire, is deteriorating again in a direction that can lead to a major conflict with Russia…
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin has asked Washington to supply arms as well as nonlethal aid to Kiev. However, Kremlin officials assert that Washington is already supplying Kiev with lethal aid and that Washington is not waiting for the new Republican majority in Congress to pass a bill that will give full assistance to Ukraine not only to conquer the rebels in Donbass but also to recover Crimea from Russia’s annexation.
The opinion in Moscow and in other European capitals is that Poroshenko is relying on covert U.S. aid in order to build up his forces again through the winter for an early spring offensive into the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces. This can be possible only if Kiev is reinforced with weapons, cash and energy to last through the winter… (more)
