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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
About 100 Ukrainian soldiers in Lugansk have surrendered to military militia of Lugansk (video): http://lifenews.ru/news/134029
You can call it as you want, but I see a real civil war in the Ukraine - the consequences of the Maydan revolution which was heated and backed up by the USA and EU  |
Yes, it's a civil war at this point, but that's not the point I was making. Yes the Militia guys will keep on fighting and get supplies from Russia, but it's very clear Putin is trying to distance Russia at this point.
Putin is no longer posturing that he's going to roll right in and take over the area.. He's distanced himself and has even started to pull troops away from the boarder. Yes some will stay to make sure fighting doesn't cross the boarder, but he's no longer keeping 40k troops on alert ready to go.
The problem now becomes if it does turn into a full on civil war, it's on Russia's boarder and this means things can and likely will spill over into Russia. This means Russia becomes less stable and bad for Russia, which is the reason Putin is backing away publicly.