Ukraine - Ceasefire Agreed

[londonblue]

Apparently they've agreed a ceasefire:

BBC

The bit that intrigues me is this:

The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France announced that a ceasefire would begin on 15 February.

Why can't they start now, rather than the 15th? Does that mean both leaders go back to their respective generals and say, "right lads, you've got 2 days to bomb the **** out of the other side, and then it's over...hurry up, what are you waiting for?"

 

[Cricko]

Just can't see it myself, Russia are on a mission....As you say it gives them a few days to sort themselves out.

 

[Cricko]

Yep this is all working fine then :winking:

"As the talks in Minsk dragged on through Wednesday night, around 50 tanks, 40 missile systems and 40 armoured vehicles entered east Ukraine's breakaway Luhansk region from Russia via the Izvaryne border crossing, Lysenko said".


http://news.yahoo.com/fifty-tanks-40-missile-systems-crossed-russia-east-114255433.html

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Apparently they've agreed a ceasefire:

BBC

The bit that intrigues me is this:



Why can't they start now, rather than the 15th? Does that mean both leaders go back to their respective generals and say, "right lads, you've got 2 days to bomb the **** out of the other side, and then it's over...hurry up, what are you waiting for?"

I think it's probably so they've got two days to tell their troops to withdraw (or in Russia's case obviously wait for their troops to return from holiday).

I'd like to think that there wouldn't be any fighting in that time, but maybe they need to give a comfortable cushion as if that message doesn't get passed on (and special forces could be undercover), I'd imagine the other side to get particularly irked if the ceasefire is broken and things would rapidly escalate. This way if there's any gunfire in the next two days the other side doesn't go mad in response as they've broken the ceasefire.

 

[steveo]

I think it's probably so they've got two days to tell their troops to withdraw (or in Russia's case obviously wait for their troops to return from holiday).

Or gain as much ground as possible then claim it as theirs when the ceasefire begins.