Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko (front), Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting with high-ranked officials representing Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the European Union in Minsk, August 26, 2014. REUTERS/Mykola Lazarenko/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout
Stephen Collinson, CNN: What will Putin do if U.S. arms Ukraine?
WNU Editor: The focus is on what Putin will do if U.S. arms are shipped to Ukraine .... and on that question no one knows for sure on what the reaction will be. But another question needs to be asked .... what will those who are fighting in eastern Ukraine and who are from the region do if these arms start to come in .... and on that question their answer has been very clear .... escalation and more fighting. For as long as I can remember ... the people in eastern Ukraine have a long history of being stubborn and independent. The first strikes that occurred in the Soviet Union that led to its dissolution started in Donetsk .... and even though Moscow used brutal force in suppressing these strikes .... they eventually failed and the strikes started to erupt elsewhere. The point that I am trying to make is that if Moscow was not able to control this region during the days of the Soviet Union .... they are certainly not going to control them today. But the West does not see it this way .... it is all about Putin and what he thinks .... but I would wager a bet that Putin is sometimes wondering if he is being pushed around by the pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine .... that it is their agenda that he is implementing and not necessarily his.
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