Ukraine’s government failed to follow through on the constitutional changes to which it committed in Minsk, leaving the conflict in Donbas as a frozen conflict like those in Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia, with the ever-present danger of an even bloodier conflict if it was not peacefully and permanently resolved. Tragically, it was

The political way forward required action by the Ukrainian parliament to arrange legitimate and internationally monitored referenda and elections in the DPR and LPR, new laws to establish the autonomous status that Ukraine agreed to grant them, and the return of control of the international border with Russia to the government of Ukraine.

The Azov Battalion grew into the Azov Regiment, which became a hub for neo-Nazi networks around the world, and a magnet for neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other extreme right-wing militants seeking military training and combat experience.

of 2014, the conflict in Donbas grew into a full-blown civil war, giving Ukraine’s neo-Nazis a new role to play.

the influence of the extreme right in Ukraine’s electoral politics seemed to have waned.

reinforced the alienation of Russian speakers and Yanukovych’s supporters, and surely increased the numbers who voted for independence from Ukraine in Donbas on May 11.

The police and fire service failed to respond until it was too late.

Right Sector torched the protest camp, and then set fire to the building with Molotov cocktails.

several hundred people stormed the provincial council building demanding a referendum on setting up an “Odesa Autonomous Republic.”