Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Bernd Johann: Diplomacy has reached its limits
President Vladimir Putin at the presidential residence in Minsk on Feb. 11, 2015, during a meeting aimed at halting a 10-month war in Ukraine where dozens were killed in the latest fighting.
There can be no talk of a truce when a strategically important city is captured. Nothing could be further from the withdrawal of heavy weapons than attackers advancing in tanks under the massive use of rocket launchers. And the Minsk accord, designed as a roadmap to peace in eastern Ukraine, isn't even a week old yet.
