Russia's War Against Ukraine
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David Blair: Ukraine peace plan lies in tatters after rebel election
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko speaks at the National Security and Defense Council meeting in Kyiv on Nov. 4.
As recently as September, Ukraine's leader proclaimed the end of the "most dangerous" stage of his country's crisis. President Petro Poroshenko based his optimism on the Minsk ceasefire protocol, which supposedly laid out a path towards resolving the conflict with pro-Russian insurgents in the east.
