L’article du Time que cite l’Express et dont il reprend pas mal d’idées, dont la conclusion, fournit un exposé de la situation nettement plus balancé.
This Is Why Vladimir Putin Is Accusing Ukraine of Terrorism | TIME
▻http://time.com/4448219/vladimir-putin-ukraine-terrorism
From what we know, there seem to be a couple of scenarios in Putin’s mind, the more likely of which is the more banal. Russia needs the West to lift the sanctions it imposed in retaliation for the seizure of Crimea. But for that to happen, both Russian and Ukraine would need to fulfill the peace accord they signed in February of last year, known as Minsk II. Reached through the mediation of France and Germany, the deal is at a standstill, with both Kiev and Moscow accusing each other of not doing their part.
Both of them are right. Among other points in the deal, Ukraine has failed to grant a blanket amnesty for the Russian-backed separatists who have been fighting the Ukrainian military in the eastern Donbass region for more than two years. For its part, Moscow has refused to give Ukraine control of its eastern border, as that would cut the separatists off from their supply lines in Russia.
In trying to break this stalemate, Putin has tried to convince the West that Ukraine is really at fault, as he again sought to do on Wednesday. “I would like to appeal to our American and European partners too,” he said. “I think it is now clear to all that the authorities in Kiev today are not looking for a solution to the problem through negotiations, but are resorting to terror.”
Que les autorités de Kiev n’aient pas la volonté de faire aboutir les négociations est une évidence (cf. surtout le blocage total sur le volet politique résumé par leur position : élections après le retour à l’ordre constitutionnel…). Mais en ont-elles les moyens ? Du fait de la politique intérieure, il semble que non. Sont-elles terroristes ? Mouais… après tout, ce ne sont jamais que les mêmes oligarques que depuis 25 ans (voire nettement plus si on tient compte de la très forte continuité des élites politico-économiques…)
La conclusion :
But [Putin] might at least try to achieve the same ends by casting Ukraine’s leaders as a bunch of terrorists. At a minimum, this would mean offering Western leaders an off-ramp in their ongoing support for Ukraine. Now it’s up to them to decide whether to take it.
