Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Andreas Umland: Russia could solve the conflict quickly by simply withdrawing its support from the separatists
Armed pro-Russian separatists descend on a military academy which houses weapons in Donetsk on May 6. Many in Ukraine and abroad believe the Kremlin is orchestrating the unrest in the nation's southeast.
On May 11, two referendums were held in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk on the issue of establishing ‘self-rule’ from Ukraine. In an interview with EUROPP’s Managing Editor Stuart Brown, Andreas Umland discusses the differences between the situation in eastern/southern Ukraine and what took place in Crimea, the military dimension to the conflict, and what actions from the EU and Russia could help resolve the crisis.
