Ukraine Thread

[Gilrandir]

http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/240450.html

[Gilrandir]

I somehow sense a change in the behavior of the Lugandon leaders. For approximately 2 weeks they have been displaying an unusual eagerness (so different from their previous reluctance for any compromises) for a new meeting in Minsk. Kyiv, on the contrary, seems to be playing for time being in no hurry to resume negotiations claiming (through Kuchma and thus off the record) that there is no use in a new meeting since the previous agreement's stipulations were not observed by the separatists. Another news (well, rather a rumor) that "the president of DPR" Zakharchenko (who has been missed since December 1) is held house-arrested by Russian secret service. Could there be any connection between the two events? Or can the ruble collapse have pushed the separatists (or rather their Moscow supervisors) to something other than shelling and mud-slinging Ukrainian military?