Ukraine stepped up it's response, when Russian separatist attacked the airport in Donetsk with a few hundred armed thugs. The same armed thugs that wouldn't allow anyone in Donetsk to vote in the election. Ukraine govt responded by sending in attack helicopters and fighter jets killing more than 100 of the Russian separatists. Moscow has in turn sent 9k of the 40k troops sitting on the boarder home and more are packing up to go back to their bases.
Looks pretty clear case of Putin caving to the international pressure leaving the separatists hung out to dry and now Kiev will be free to root out those remaining. Russia was successful at grabbing a bit of land, but has managed to further isolate it's self from the rest of the world and created a new enemy on their on their boarder. Well done..
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-...f-with-russia/