The Ukrainian government and the eastern Ukraine rebels have agreed to a Russia-brokered ceasefire, which will be signed at 7 AM EDT on Friday morning, and will be put into effect shortly thereafter.
Both sides were hedging their bets on the deal actually going through, insisting it was dependent on the other side signing the deal, but the indications are that there is serious interest on both sides this time.
Rebel officials in particular were skeptical, saying they didn’t trust the Poroshenko government to honor its deals. Rebels noted immediately after Ukrainian President Poroshenko announced his intention to sign the ceasefire, troops began shelling the rebel capital of Donetsk.
The biggest question mark over the deal in NATO, however, which has promised to bankroll the Ukrainian government to keep the war going, and several NATO leaders have been quite critical of the Russian effort to broker the peace, accusing them of “meddling” in the war-torn nation.
Typo in this sentence:
"The biggest question mark over the deal in NATO, however…."
That should be "is".
How dare Russia meddle in the wonderful crisis created by USG meddling! – NATO Officials – 9/14
Less than a week ago Ukraine and the U.S. and of course corporate media were in a frenzy claiming that Russia had invaded Ukraine. When that was obviously not true, the story was completely dropped from the corporate press. There is almost no information about the peace negotiations leading to the agreement today. Only the continuous war mongering by NATO concerning Ukraine is news in the U.S.
I hope a peaceful settlement can be reached, 2,600 dead and over 6,000 wounded is enough. But never underestimate the pure evil of the powers behind NATO, the US and their puppets in Kiev. They don't want peace, their goal is the killing and ethnic cleansing of all Russian-speaking people in Novorossiya and to goad Vladimir Putin into military response or the collapse of his government in favor of a Western puppet regime in Moscow. I wouldn't be surprised if they pull another false flag like MH17 to blame on Russia.
If the "point" of the ceasefire is to allow Putin to withdraw his fake "rebels" without their having to fight their out or without him having to send in regular Russian troops to rescue them, it will work.