Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
Mark Galeotti: A Ukraine-Russia peace deal – Crimea must have a cost
A woman walks past one of the armoured personell carriers of Russian SOBR (Special Police Forces) which arrived in the Crimean capital Simferopol, on May 15 2014
Efforts to secure some kind of peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv - and not just a temporary ceasefire that preserves a frozen conflict - continue. The latest suggestions are that Washington is coming up with proposals to this effect, as explored in this story from Bloomberg by Josh Rogin. While not officially confirmed, its details chime with what I have been hearing from people in and close to the policy circles.
