'..diplomats .. will continue with their work in one form or another and, God willing, achieve some progress..'<blockquote>'At the current stage of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the diplomats will have to temporarily step aside. They will continue with their work in one form or another and, God willing, achieve some progress, but they will not set the agenda for the contending parties.
The time to fight has come again to eastern Ukraine, and a great deal of blood will continue to spill there because neither the separatists nor the Ukrainian army can achieve a decisive victory yet. Thus, the fever of war — with its brief remissions and its sudden seizures — will long continue. It is deeply regrettable, but a fact.'
- Pyotr Romanov,
War in Eastern Ukraine Has Only Just Begun, February 1, 2015</blockquote>
Context<blockquote>
'..Ukraine’s international partners should urge the government to investigate abuses and ensure accountability.''To initiate a war of aggression, therefore, is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole.'
'It is high time that we act on the juridical principle that aggressive war-making is illegal and criminal.'
- Robert H. Jackson (
Source) (
'..Russia's occupation of Crimea..',
'..to annex Crimea..',
'Russian offensives..,
'..Russia .. escalation of hostilities in Ukraine.')
'(g) The sending by or on behalf of a State of armed bands, groups, irregulars or mercenaries, which carry out acts of armed force against another State of such gravity as to amount to the acts listed above, or its substantial involvement therein.'
- <a href="[
en.wikipedia.org] of Aggression</a> (
Rome Statute)
Charter of the International Military Tribunal - Annex to the Agreement for the prosecution and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis ("London Agreement")'..Russia[n] .. Anti-Aircraft Weapons..' - 'Ukraine Separatist Leader Boasts Of Downing Plane' - '..Putin .. ICC..''People who are driven by revanchism must experience its consequences.' - Skobov'Rule of law emerges from property rights.' - Karen Dawisha ("Putin's Kleptocracy - Who Owns Russia?")</blockquote>