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Summary- According to the Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian forces have begun to withdraw from the Ukraine region. Kerry stated, however, that a larger Russian withdrawal will be required before the United States lifts its crippling, economic sanctions on Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko within this week. Hopefully, this meeting will help ease the tensions between the two countries with the current war claiming the lives of about 3,400 lives.
Analysis and Opinion- I found this article to bring to light a key turning point in the relationship between the East and West. It is a political victory for the U.S. as Russia backed down from their aims first. The meeting between the heads of state of both Russia and the Ukraine will, optimistically, encourage the use of diplomacy instead of violence to solve this issue. I am personally pleased with the decisions made by the Russian high command since I am now eligible for the draft.
Personally, I think that Russia doesn't need to back down if they don't want to. Look at all the things the US has done. Vietnam, Afghanistan, Panama, Iraq, Guatamala, Cuba, and now Syria are all countries that we meddled with, just to name a few and virtually no country did anything about it. We are not innocent in things like this either.
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