With its new plan to send a UN-backed peacebuilding mission to Donbas, the Kremlin is trying to turn Ukraine’s own idea against itself through swift changes in the peace process and the future mandate provided by a “win” ahead of Russia’s March 2018 presidential elections.
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Russian-backed separatists troops leave their position during withdrawal in the village of Petrivske, some 50 km from Donetsk, on Oct. 3, 2016.
