David Stern BBC News, Donetsk :
Ukraine's "anti-terrorist" operation is looking more and more a non-event - or worse, an outright fiasco.
Kiev officials have admitted they have no time to lose to extinguish the growing insurrection in the country's east.
But the decision to send the army in has so far backfired terribly.
The soldiers have been helpless and obviously unhappy with being deployed against crowds of civilians.
Ukraine's new leaders are under a great amount of pressure - not just from the Kremlin and the pro-Russian activists, but from their own supporters, outraged at their government's inability to stem the separatist tide.
Right now, everything has been thrown into doubt - even the future of this government and of Ukraine itself.
The biggest question is what will follow.
kankantw 发表评论于 2014-04-16 15:14:37
乌克兰的东部似乎离基辅越来越远了,也许不像俄罗斯的报道那么不堪,但情况对乌克兰来说确实很糟糕。看看BBC 记者 David Stern, in Donetsk 的评说:
Ukraine's "anti-terrorist" operation is looking more and more a non-event - or worse, an outright fiasco.