Obama passed the Ukrainian crisis in Germany

The Washington Post on Thursday condemned the "weakness of the West" in Ukraine, arguing that US President Barack Obama "passed the Ukrainian crisis in Germany with predictably bad results."

In an editorial, the newspaper writes that the “next victory” of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine “turns into a rout” of this country.

The publication indicates that the Russian leader "inclined Western leaders to sign a peace plan, which, in fact, guarantees the preservation of Russian control over certain areas of the two regions" and forced a large contingent of the Ukrainian army to keep Debaltsevo to surrender.

The latter, according to the newspaper, was for the Ukrainian security officials "a crushing defeat that could destabilize the precarious government of Petro Poroshenko in Kiev."

“And what are the Western leaders, who only last week solemnly declared that they would bring Russia to justice in case of violation of the new agreements? - asks the Washington Post. - Everyone agrees that there were, as the representative of German Chancellor Angela Merkel put it, “large-scale violations” of the cease-fire agreement. But something is hardly visible movement to serious consequences. "

The American newspaper believes that "now Putin has a reason to be proud of himself."

“The capture of Debaltseve is of great importance for the consolidation of the separatist puppet state, which he is building in eastern Ukraine,” writes the Washington Post.

As for President Obama, the newspaper reminds that he "often boasted that he was leading a collective US-European response."

“But last week he retreated into the background, while Merkel and French President Francois Hollande agreed to donate an Eastern Ukraine to Putin,” the editorial said. “When the EU announced minor new sanctions against Russian officials on Monday, even before the fall of Debaltseve, the Obama administration did not join them. Instead of showing leadership, the president seems to have passed the Ukrainian crisis in Germany with predictably poor results. ”