Ukraine deal is on shaky ground.

AJ begins: After my previous post, Poroshenko did submit a new law to the Ukrainian Parliament. The Rebs are criticizing the law. Here are the grounds:

1. The new law contains provisions not agreed to by the Rebs;

2. The special status granted to the East does not include the rest of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts now in govt hands. It also excludes Debeltsvese. This is not acceptable to the Rebs.

3. The new law would become effective only if there were elections and the results were acceptable to the Western Europeans. Here is an article in the Kiev Post:

https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3066448791083019565#editor/target=post;postID=9050828253271298146

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