The final vital U.S. interest at stake in managing and resolving the Ukraine-Russia conflict is in the continued sovereignty of Ukraine itself. In France, where presidential elections are scheduled for April 2017, both center-right and far-right candidates have Ukrainian politics has witnessed dramatic and potentially destabilizing change over the past year. Des manifestations de grande ampleur se déclenchent alors et aboutissent le 22 février 2014 à la fuite puis à la destitution du président Viktor Ianoukovytch , remplacé par … A further concern for Washington is the intersection of mounting humanitarian and economic costs of the Ukraine-Russia conflict. As is often the case in armed conflicts, many of the best educated and most capable citizens have Since the fall of 2014, the only formal framework for managing and resolving the Donbass conflict has been the Minsk Agreements, brokered between the Ukrainians and Russian-backed separatists, with Russia, Germany and France as guarantors. Europe Ukraine conflict: Can the Minsk-2 peace deal with Russia be salvaged? (2) Russian proxies launched attacks in the East area with the use of … Thus, the future stability and prosperity of Donbass, Ukraine and Europe still rests with the difficult task of managing and resolving the conflict through negotiations among the key actors involved—which is why Washington must pay attention. As a result, in all three of these so-called “frozen” conflicts, relatively low-level hostilities persist between two heavily armed camps, even as international monitors and negotiators discuss the intricacies of conflict management in a seemingly endless loop—just as is now increasingly the case in Eastern Ukraine.In Donbass itself, the local civilian population and economy have been badly depleted. These developments are viewed with deep skepticism by Moscow, which continues its own substantial military buildup in the Baltic and Black Sea regions, including forward deployment of sophisticated air defenses and nuclear-capable missiles.A further concern for Washington is the intersection of mounting humanitarian and economic costs of the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Col. 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