On the contrary, the Minsk Protocol marked only the end of the beginning of Putin’s program to turn Ukraine into a vassal state, and to restore a Russian veto over its neighbors’ international relations. His efforts to thwart Ukraine’s European future will continue, as will his efforts to hollow out our democracy and replace it with a Kremlin echo chamber, unless the world imposes such a high price for his imperial ambitions that the Russian people refuse to bear it.
相反，明斯克协议仅仅标志着普京将乌克兰重新变为属国、掌握乌克兰与邻国国际关系否决权的初步计划的终结。除非世界迫使普京为其帝国主义野心付出俄罗斯民众拒绝承受的代价，否则他将继续阻挠乌克兰在欧洲的未来，竭力掏空我们的民主并让乌克兰成为克里姆林的传声筒。