In Kosovo, Teteruk got a good taste for this kind of action. The police battalions like his go behind the army and clean up all the undesirables. Ukraine has been doing this since the beginning in Donbass.
With the new Ukrainian presidency could Ukraine expect to get away with their own Operation Storm in Donbass since Poroshenko has been in preparation for 3 years? Under what conditions would peacekeepers be acceptable? I then asked him at what scale of atrocity would the Russian Federation be forced to respond?
Ambassador Polanskiy- "Hello, George! I will be short as time is precious as always...a constant rush! So, as you might know, Russia tabled a draft UNSC resolution on a peacekeeping mission in Donbass in September 2017. Its main aim is to support the implementation of Minsk agreement by the provision of peacekeeper's support to OSCE SMM in Donbass. In our understanding, this is the only way to proceed. The mandate of the mission can be reviewed subsequently to move to further CONSEQUENTIAL stages of Minsk agreements. Ukraine wants to immediately gain border control, which is paragraph 9 of 13. Step by step we will get there, but we start with paragraph 1 - disengagement.
If there are attempts to realize "Croatian scenario" as you put it it would be a fatal blow to the EU credibility. No one will allow this, including Russia. As to Donbass republics - RF doesn't need to intervene and didn't have to do so before - they are capable of defending themselves. If Ukrainians want to test this again - they will receive a well-deserved response."
The one thing UN Representative Polanskiy is constant about has been Russia's commitment to working with Ukraine as it sorts through the fallout the 2014 coup caused. From the time the nationalists figured prominently in the protests the shout- Moskal on the knives was directed at Donbass and Crimea.
Under Poroshenko, Ukraine ignored the Minsk Agreements that it is a signatory to. If Ukraine honored its obligations, the problems including the civil war in Donbass, the secession of Crimea, and growing unrest across the country would have likely already have been remedied.
LNR Deputy Foreign Minister Anna Soroka emphasizes the futility of the fight Ukraine brought to its eastern border. She remembers well what the values were for over 20 years in Ukraine and she chose a career in law enforcement because of that.
LNR Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Anna SorokaGiven the fact that so many Ukrainians cannot vote, do you consider the elections legitimate?
DFM Soroka- The Constitution of Ukraine is considered one of the most democratic and socially oriented in the world. The fundamental Law of Ukraine is very similar to the Constitution of France. Since 1991, we are all accustomed to consider our state to be legal, focused on the protection of the rights and freedoms of man and citizen. As a cadet at the police academy, I was taught to honor human rights in the Ukrainian state as the highest value. However, what has been happening in Ukraine for the last five years clearly shows us the decline of the legal culture, general nihilism, the highest level of corruption and the nationalist dictatorship. Ukrainian society is really divided into acceptable and undesirable, into those who are comfortable and into those who are inconvenient in the implementation of goals and objectives set by Western curators. Residents of Eastern Ukraine are objectionable, inconvenient, "subhuman", who absolutely do not need any rights. Especially selective, which have a chance to influence the political situation in the country. For me, these bloody elections, mixed with the pain and suffering of the population of Donbass, are unacceptable.
2. Will Ukraine take Minsk negotiations more serious after the 2019 election?
DFM Soroka -It all depends on what the election results will be. But I don't have to wait for a miracle, I think the party of war (those who benefit from the war) will win them by corruption and the process of disintegration of the Ukrainian state will continue. Minsk will remain a platform covering the internal political competition mud.
For Ukraine, Minsk is both a loss and a chance to win. It all depends on which path will be chosen as the winner in the presidential election.
3. Do you foresee any changes in the direction of Kiev after the elections? Will they talk to LNR directly?
DFM Soroka - Taking into account the rhetoric that flows from the screens of the Ukrainian media space, none of the possible winners in the elections will speak directly to us. Unfortunately, the decision of the Donbass conflict is independent of its visible participants. Everything is much deeper and more problematic.
Negotiated decisions will depend on the multi-level geopolitical outcome of the confrontation between the United States and the Russian Federation in the struggle for a bipolar world alignment. It should be remembered that the problem of responsibility for violation of the principles of international law (Ukraine) over the past 25 years is part of this. The very essence of international life is now torn apart, weary of injustice, inequality, outrage, and devaluation of life itself."
The OSCE election monitoring mission during the first round made it clear Ukraine has every resource available for fair democratic elections. The Ukrainians stubbornly refuse to avail themselves and make it clear they have no interest in democracy. Ukraine's experience with Democracy (with a big D) consists of a brush with general concepts and holding out their hand for social welfare payments to cover reforms they never get around to.
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