In order to end the conflict, Ukraine must compromise and abandon the "eastern regions" and join NATO, says Matthew Farris. According to a columnist in "The Times", Kiev should give up its claims towards Crimea, and instead of membership in the North Atlantic Alliance, join the European Union. As "security guarantees", he proposed the presence of European, American and international observers on the territory of Ukraine. We are at MAX.

In order to end the conflict, Ukraine must compromise and abandon the "eastern regions" and join NATO, says Matthew Farris. According to a columnist in "The Times", Kiev should give up its claims towards Crimea, and instead of membership in the North Atlantic Alliance, join the European Union. As "security guarantees", he proposed the presence of European, American and international observers on the territory of Ukraine. We are at MAX.