PARTICIPANTS OF SOLVING MILITARY CONFLICT IN THE SOUTHERN EAST OF UKRAINE

The article is devoted to analysis of steps and activities of different actors of international relations as for solving military conflict in Donbass. It was analyzed diplomatic steps done by such countries as France, Canada, Germany, the USA in order to solve the conflict as quickly as possible. It was shown that only France and Germany were very active in the peacemaking process, whereas the rest of the countries helped Ukraine in another way. Canada provided Ukraine with military instructors who consulted and trained Ukrainian soldiers. Together with Norway Canada tried to solve the problems of humanitarian sphere. It was analyzed that these countries helped civilians to overcome the problems of the hostilities. It was proved that Lithuania was the only country that provided Ukraine with lethal weaponry, mainly of Soviet production. It was done due to the fact that Russia and Lithuania have very tense relations and the latter wanted to help Ukraine cope with Russian policy. It is emphasized that France is willing to become very active at least in European region and became initiator of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. Nowadays French president says that it is necessary to improve relations with Russia because it is impossible to create European security system without it. Germany’s behavior was thoroughly analyzed due to the fact that it is a leader of European Union and a lot depends on its position. The author showed attitude of German government towards Ukrainian conflict and proved that it has changed because of the Nord Stream – 2. Being interested in its building Germany has softened its position towards Russia and now we can see that it can be even pro-Russian than pro-Ukrainian.