User blog comment:Aternix/Ukraine Crisis/@comment-25641444-20141111212752

Well, the ceasefire agreement was just to give time for Mr. Poroshenko to regroup his forces and possibly arm the, with US weapons, as he asked the US Congress for them. Personally I think the Ukrainian armed forces will exhaust themselves and be forced to recognize Novorossiyan independence. The only ones actually committed to fighting are the fascist fanatics, and the regulars are just conscripts who don't want to be there. Mass desertions and defections have occurred (20,000+ defected or deserted). Hopefully Poroshenko will see sense and recognizes DNR and LNR as independent to prevent further killing (not likely, his regime seems intent on killing as many eastern Ukrainians as possible, by the looks of their massacres and bombings of residential areas).