But if Ukraine’s government and the West remain united, the Kremlin might see that its enclaves in Donbas represent a threat mainly to Russia itself. After all, the grim reality is that the separatist enclaves are in economic free-fall, with their societies becoming increasingly criminalized.
但如果乌克兰政府和西方保持团结，克里姆林宫可能会看到它在顿巴斯的飞地主要对俄国自身构成威胁。毕竟，严酷的现实是分离主义分子飞地在经济上近乎自由落体，而且还有越来越难以解决的社会犯罪问题。顿巴斯可能令各路势力避之惟恐不及。如果出现这种状况，俄国领导人可能效仿UNTAES解决地区问题。