Putin Will Tell the Separatists What They Want

It is interesting but irrelevant to report that separatists in eastern Ukraine aren't clear about what they want. Putin will tell the world what they want, and that will be the end of speculation about what eastern Ukrainians want.

Interesting. But what of it?

Despite largely uniform calls for a referendum on "federalization" of Ukraine, the anti-Kiev protesters now occupying government buildings across the restive Donbas region in eastern Ukraine don't appear to have a plan for how to bring that about – or even what their realized goal might look like.

As if their opinion matters. Putin will tell them and the world what these protesters want.

And if Russia succeeds in capturing eastern Ukraine, bringing all Ukrainians--ethnic Russians and not that group--into Mother Russia, that will be the end of wondering about the opinions of those ethnic Russian Ukrainians.