More questions are being asked as Pro-Russian separatists in
the Ukraine has accused President Petro Poroshenko of renegading on a deal that
was geared towards peace in the upcoming months. This response comes
after the rebels held a vote on Sunday to elect Alexander Zakharchenko as the self-declared
president of Donetsk People's Republic. The rebels being shocked at this
outcome is beyond me. By holding an election while in a peace talking period is
a clear violation of the Minsk deal. That they want the upper hand in such
negotiations is a blatant disregard for the lives they took whilst fighting
against the government. Up to last Wednesday,
a civilian was reported killed while others were injured in a mortar attack on Donetsk. While peace is necessary to achieve, these
attacks should be taken as threats to Ukraine itself and as such, the Ukraine
should not back down in protecting its citizens from as President Poroshenko,said,”this
cancerous tumour.”
