Brandon Turbeville

Activist Post

The fragile Ukraine peace deal constructed by Russia with the help of France and Germany appears to be holding on by the skin of its teeth as the shooting and shelling around Debaltseve continued even after the deadline for enacting a total ceasefire came and went Saturday night.

Although virtually the entire country fell abruptly silent at midnight, Debaltseve was still alight with gunfire and artillery shelling. Almost immediately came claims from both the separatists and the Kiev forces that the other side was responsible for violating the ceasefire agreement.

While it is not clear exactly who fired first after the deadline to cease and desist had passed or even if there had been the slightest pause in the shooting at all, it is clear that Debaltseve is currently the center of attention of the entire cognizant world and it may be the place that will be viewed as the location where peace was officially thrown out the window.

The Russian-European brokered ceasefire deal involves an immediate ceasefire between the two sides and a subsequent removal of heavy arms from the front lines. The terms of the agreement seem clear enough.

However, both the separatists and the Kiev fascists are using the lack of detail in the ceasefire agreement to their advantage – claiming that Debaltseve is behind the lines of their own territory and, thus, not technically on the front lines. They argue that, if the city is not on the front lines, it is not covered under the ceasefire agreement.

Debaltseve falls in between the capitols of the separatist regions of Eastern Ukraine – Donetsk and Lugansk – and appears to fall behind the front lines of separatist territory. While Ukraine government troops have held the city for some time, it is also true that separatist forces have surrounded the city entirely and have been pushing for a Ukrainian surrender to avoid a head-on conflict, one that will almost certainly be won by the separatists. Thus, the fascist forces in Debaltseve have the options of attempting to fight their way out or surrendering.

Kiev, of course, argues that the city falls behind their own lines of demarcation since it was, after all, controlled by its troops.

Ironically, both sides can agree on one thing – that Debaltseve does not fall under the terms of the ceasefire agreement because it belongs to one of them and the other is encroaching on the territory they control.

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Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Florence, South Carolina. He has a Bachelor’s Degree from Francis Marion University and is the author of six books, Codex Alimentarius — The End of Health Freedom, 7 Real Conspiracies, Five Sense Solutions and Dispatches From a Dissident, volume 1 and volume 2, and The Road to Damascus: The Anglo-American Assault on Syria. Turbeville has published over 300 articles dealing on a wide variety of subjects including health, economics, government corruption, and civil liberties. Brandon Turbeville’s podcast Truth on The Tracks can be found every Monday night 9 pm EST at UCYTV. He is available for radio and TV interviews. Please contact activistpost (at) gmail.com.