Russia's War Against Ukraine
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Wolfgang Ischinger: Pledge weapons for Ukraine or the violence will go on
A Ukrainian serviceman stands on an Armoured Personnel Vehicle (APC) in the village of Horlivka, Donetsk region, on February 4, 2015. Shelling at a hospital in east Ukraine killed four people on February 4 ahead of a visit to Kiev by US Secretary of State John Kerry that will see possible arms supplies high on the agenda. The latest deaths came as international pressure grew for an immediate halt to surging violence which has seen hundreds of civilians killed in recent weeks as pro-Russian rebels pushed into government-held territory. AFP PHOTO / VOLODYMYR SHUVAYEV
There is no military solution to the Ukraine crisis: this is what western leaders have been saying for months. This is correct — but only from their point of view. The west has excluded a military option while the separatists in eastern Ukraine and Moscow have been pushing for one. The result is that Ukraine is now on the highway to a military solution — one that goes against the overwhelming will of the majority of its citizens.
