Just over a week ago, a sense of alarm gripped millions of Ukrainians, including me. Our anxiety stemmed from news of proposals accepted by Ukraine during a March 11 meeting of the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG) in Minsk. The TCG is a platform for talks towards ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine and features representatives from Ukraine, Russia and the OSCE. However, the documents signed in mid-March also carried the signatures of individuals from Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine, who were acknowledged as “authorized representatives”.
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Pro-Russian extremists guard are seen in the center of Sloviansk on April 16, 2014. Sloviansk was the first eastern Ukrainian city that was taken over by Russia-backed separatists. Today, it is free and is controlled by Ukrainian government.
