Why Russia won’t likely invade Ukraine – Asia Times

Russia and the United States are making deals about Ukraine behind Kiev s back.

The two rival powers see the Eastern European country merely as a political object, and in the near future they could strike a wider arrangement about eastern Ukraine s coal-rich Donbass region. The contours of a potential agreement are slowly coming into view.

After this week s virtual summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden, the Kremlin signaled that it could welcome the involvement of the United States in the Normandy Format a platform for negotiations on a peaceful settlement of the Donbass conflict.

via asiatimes.com

Well, the peace part is good, but it looks like it stinks to be Ukraine.