Herein I try and piece together a summary of my latest views on Ukraine – it’s obviously a fast moving target so all this is something of a work in progress.

Taking Ukraine on a stand-alone basis I see a number of positives: First, parliamentary elections held last weekend produced a strong reform majority – even the prospect of a constitutional majority. Pro-EU reform parties took 70 percent+ of votes and likely could have 275 seats in parliament, even over 300 with independents and some of the more populist/nationalist elements in parliament. As with the presidential elections, Ukrainians voted firmly in favor of a pro-Western reform agenda.