There've been a few. Perhaps at this point the idea would be to
"federalize" Ukraine, that is areas of the southeast excluding the
Crimea. "popular viches" are being held in Kharkiv and Luhansk today,
and Donetsk also with more violence there.
In a conversation with Merkel Putin has expressed "worries" about the
situation in these regions and also in the areas between Odesa and the
Crimea.
What is interesting is the silly "federalizing referendum" being held
today in Mykolaiv. Odesa and Kherson are totally out of bounds for the
Putinists, so Mykolaiv has becomme a stand-in for the three regions,
and this is indicated in the "bulletin" see here:
http://www.pravda.com.ua/news/2014/03/16/7019072/
About 600 prople in Mykolaiv are "voting". They presumably speak for
all three regions (:=)). Dnipropetrosk is also out of bounds for the
Putinists, but there was a brief pro-Russian "automaidan" in
Zaporizhja lasting a few minutes.
It's beginning to look that as of today Putin might push
"Federalization" instead of "annexation" in all of the southeast.
Perhaps even adding the Crimea if need be (??) Let's hope this does
not become the "compromise" Ukraine will be offered...
For this is totally unacceptable. We keep watching...
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