https://republic.ru/posts/79989
A U.S. policy vacuum and a disappointed Ukrainian population present a vacuum to be filled.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-02-27/why-everybody-suddenly-has-a-ukraine-plan
The situation in Donbas will remain tense as conditions for violence ripen along the front lines.
https://www.stratfor.com/sample/analysis/blockade-brings-eastern-ukraine-slow-boil
http://www.liga.net/opinion/320245_marazm-krepchaet-rf-kormit-donbass-legalno-ukraina-podpolno.htm
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2017/02/27_a_10546577.shtml
https://republic.ru/posts/80078