German Government Shows Faults in Stance on Russia – SPIEGEL ONLINE.
Philip Breedlove needs a pen. He is surrounded by journalists and is looking around desperately. Finally, his advisor hands him one and it disappears almost entirely between the American four-star general’s broad fingers. Then he begins sketching out in quick strokes the outlines of Ukraine on the back side of a white menu — almost certainly not for the first time. He then draws in eastern Ukraine that is under the control of pro-Russian separatists.
Breedlove is head of the United States European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Last Monday in Berlin, he said what he would later explain in greater detail in an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitungnewspaper — namely that the forces supported by Russia want to create a more integrated and clearly defined area out of the small parts of the country already under their control. Currently missing from the equation is the Donetsk airport and land access to the Crimean Peninsula through the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol. Both are still in the hands of the Ukrainian government.
When asked what the European and NATO response will be, or even if one had yet been devised, the general said, just wait.
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