There might still be a way to solve the Ukraine crisis without escalating military action and the debilitating economic consequences of increased and lengthy sanctions, and that would be to give up the east of the country, just as the Crimea, and quickly join the rest to Europe, according to some analysts.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Forbes: A split is possible way out of Ukraine crisis
NATO released a series of satellite images on Thursday showing what a top general described as \"Russian combat soldiers, equipped with sophisticated heavy weaponry, are operating inside Ukraine's sovereign territory.\"