Russia’s proposal to have a UN peacekeeping operation on the contact line in eastern Ukraine has accelerated the international negotiating process regarding settling the conflict in the Donbas. The use of peacekeepers has already been discussed at recent meetings in Belgrade between the newly appointed U.S. special envoy, Kurt Volker, and Russian presidential aide Vladislav Surkov. Ukrainian political circles and the public have also been intensely discussing the possibility of UN peacekeepers in this war-torn region.
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Vasyl Filipchuk: How UN peacekeeping mission can help settle, not freeze, the conflict in Donbas
Members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) stand in the village of Shyrokyne, Donetsk region on July 4, 2015.
