For domestic political reasons, Poroshenko and Putin each needs not “peace” but victory

Putin and Poroshenko: Ukraine-Russia 

summit bodes for more war, not peace

by Leon Aron

Source: www.aei.org

Russia's mystery "humanitarian aid" convoy is apparently back in Russia after incursion into the rebel-held region of Ukraine, and the prospect of a wider war is on hold — for now. So what are we to expect of the meeting between Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko and Vladimir Putin at a regional summit in Minsk on Tuesday? Don't get your hopes up. The peace prospects are very slim, because in their approach to the conflict Poroshenko and Putin are seeking totally different objectives, and both are under enormous domestic political pressures to stay the course.

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