Ukraine's ceasefire

Ukraine's ceasefire gives separatists two days "to conquer as much territory as they can"

Press quote (Quartz)
12 February 2015
Ian Bond, a former British diplomat with postings across eastern Europe, fears a breakdown of the ceasefire is “inevitable.” One point in the agreement is particularly troubling—at the time of the ceasefire, Kyiv’s military must withdraw its heavy artillery at least 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the line of contact with separatist forces.

“Putin’s guys now have two and half days to conquer as much territory as they can,” Bond tells Quartz from his office at the Centre for European Reform, a London-based think tank. “They’ve created an incentive to seize as much ground as possible.”