EuroMaidan Revolution
OP-ED
The Economist: Look West, Maidan
A firefighting airplane drops water during a joint civil emergency drill at the Yavoriv training ground in the Lviv Oblast on Sept. 24.
You would be forgiven for thinking that the crisis in Ukraine is past its worst. Although the Minsk agreements are honored in the breach and artillery fire still echoes across the Donbas, there has been little real combat for months. The separatists have given up extending their territory, Russia has given up sending them heavy reinforcements, and Ukraine has given up trying to defeat them. A chance to resolve lingering disagreements will come on Oct. 2 when the leaders of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany meet in Paris.
