In the Russian-Ukrainian summit a way out of the crisis should be found. Was there a rapprochement after the handshake of Putin and Poroshenko? How can the war be stopped? Answers to the important questions.

Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk is an operetta dictator. He revels in Soviet nostalgia, he bullies the opposition and falls repeatedly tangled with sayings on: “. Dear dictator than gay” Actually, the EU had wanted to isolate the despot to travel bans and other sanctions. But on Tuesday, Lukashenko had high attendance: The Presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan flew to a summit of the “Eurasian Union” one.

Added met yet the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and even an EU delegation led by the Brussels-based foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton,. It was the first meeting between Putin and Poroshenko since early June and – as the influential Moscow Internet newspaper Gaseta.ru commented – a rather “late meeting”.

Russia -Ukraine Summit Minsk:Is there a rapprochement between Moscow and Kiev?

The results of the four-eye conversation are poor. The Kremlin leader described the meeting succinctly as “useful”, you have once again had the opportunity “to express our concerns”.

Kiev announced an agreement on the release of several Ukrainians sitting in Russia in custody. They would consist inter alia of the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov. The internationally renowned Sentsov comes from the Crimea, he sits in prison since May in Moscow, Russia’s intelligence service accused him of “terrorism” before.

Kiev and Moscow want to work together to secure the border and in improving the strained humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine. Details of this collaboration were not disclosed. A truce was agreed upon, Putin asserted that Russia was finally “not party to the conflict”.

Russia-Ukraine Summit Minsk:Has brought forward after the meeting end the war?

The battle lines between the parties remain hardened. Russia insists on a “federalization” of Ukraine, Kiev would weaken the influence to the east and south of the country. The Kremlin also wants guarantees that Ukraine is not NATO accession and, where possible, not the EU. Both are conditions to which Poroshenko can hardly involved.

Poroshenko in turn are also unforgiving: About political concessions he wants only after the complete disarmament of the separatists negotiate. This would – in their eyes – equal but a surrender. It is therefore very unlikely that they will engage in it.

Poroshenko under pressure. Hardliners in Kiev demanding an uncompromising course. So warned about the former defense minister Anatoly Hryzenko before the meeting, Poroshenko should not meet with the “cynical aggressor Putin”. Go Poroshenko only in part on claims of separatists or a Russian, it could cost the home political backing.

When Angela Merkel visited Kiev last week, it made ​​Europe’s position in the conflict once again clear: A military solution can not exist, said the Chancellor. But this appeal is being heeded neither in Russia nor in Ukraine: For example, said Aleksandr Turchinov, speaker of the parliament in Kiev and by May Interim President, shortly after the visit: Diplomacy is all well and good, “but only the Ukrainian army is in able to end this war. ”

Poroshenko left hand Putin and his allies from Belarus and Kazakhstan, right with the negotiators of the EU: at the photo session, the summit participants clustered along the famous fronts. After all, Putin and Poroshenko ranged each other the hand. Poroshenko looked his counterpart while dark face, Putin’s lips caressed the other hand, a confident smile.

To this end, the United States, Europe and Russia have translated directly to the negotiating table. The secret is apparently already happened: High-level negotiators from Washington and Moscow have come together on the Finnish island Boisto. The meeting took place in June, but was not known until now. The negotiators hit a UN peacekeeping mission before the closure of the border to stop the flow of weapons and fighters from Russia, but also the withdrawal of troops from Kiev and an amnesty for separatist fighters. Both sides must make concessions. For this purpose, but is neither Moscow nor Kiev really ready. In both capitals compromise is being misconstrued as weakness.