German, French Ukrainian and Russian Foreign Ministers seemed to be satisfied after their meeting in Berlin on September 13. The purpose of this summit – as well as the next one’s, on October 2 – was to find a new agreement on the withdrawal of weapons from the contact line and on a no-more-minefields policy. The real problems, though, are likely to come up when measurers of a final peace agreement are to be discussed in details: by using Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s words, “devil is in the detail" (source: BBC).

Moreover, neither the West nor Russia have put aside their reserves or retrieved their unconditioned support to their “allies” on the field. Putin stated that, "it is very good that the shelling of Donbass  by so-called volunteer battalions and Ukrainian armed forces has ceased; [but now] the most important thing to do is to establish direct contacts between Ukrainian authorities and authorizes of Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics so that the accords can be fully implemented" (source: RT). On the one hand, Russian President showed his support toward Minsk agreement and all pacification efforts; on the other hand, however, he subtly yet powerfully reaffirmed his support to Ukrainian separatists and legitimated the existence of both separatist Republics. US democratic senator Jack Reed used a completely different, direct and harsh approach by saying that the Russians "are trying through a very clever information campaign to destabilize the [Ukrainian] government...and hope that their surrogates are able to gain power and control" (source: The Hill). These are just two simple examples that shows how things are actually going in the dispute over Ukraine, and that both sides are yet far from reaching a common ground on the issue.

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