No gas for Ukraine, again.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-30...ail?page=1
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-06-30...ail?page=1
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The Ukrainian Failed State: Pravy Sektor vs. The Kiev Junta
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A standoff between armed members of the Right Sector organization and Ukrainian police continued over the past 24 hours, with the Ukrainian authorities putting into place roadblock around the city of Mukachevo. The Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) have issued an ultimatum, telling the Right Sector to disarm and surrender, with one SBU official noting “there is little time left for them.” Other reports suggest that the Ukrainian police have begun moving military equipment to the vicinity of Mukachevo, while the Right Sector has stated that “we can send the reserve battalions wherever we need [including to] outside the building of the presidential administration” in Kyiv.
Quote: (08-01-2014 07:06 PM)jimukr104 Wrote:
Stephan cohen latest article:
http://www.thenation.com/article/180825/...war-russia
Don't forget to listen to him weekly on The John Batchelor show(Tuesday night , online on wednesdays)
Quote: (07-29-2015 01:57 PM)Lika Wrote:
Interesting comment on an article:
"The opinion of most Ukrainians is quite simple--if this EU project doesn't work, everything will be okay because Russia will save them.
In Kharkov, where Right Sector ride through the streets causing mayhem; raping women, ransacking businesses, and even running over children as they rampage through the city in tanks drunk. The people in Kharkov don't fight, they help their occupiers; they repair tanks for the front, and even send their young men to fight against the people of the Donbass. Yet, if you ask a Kharkovian about the current situation they'll say something to the effect of, 'If this doesn't work out, we'll just wait until the Donbass militia come and liberate us'. Liberate them? Why would the people of Donbass want to?
Even the Ukrainians that didn't participate in Maiden have somewhat earnt their current situation, because they took a knee without even putting up a fight. They turned off their brains and allowed a non-slavic foreigner to pour poison in their ears. They call Russia an enemy when every single last one knows that isn't true."
http://russia-insider.com/en/must-read-a...yss/ri8988
Quote: (07-30-2015 12:40 AM)NomadofEU Wrote:
Quote: (07-29-2015 01:57 PM)Lika Wrote:
Interesting comment on an article:
"The opinion of most Ukrainians is quite simple--if this EU project doesn't work, everything will be okay because Russia will save them.
In Kharkov, where Right Sector ride through the streets causing mayhem; raping women, ransacking businesses, and even running over children as they rampage through the city in tanks drunk. The people in Kharkov don't fight, they help their occupiers; they repair tanks for the front, and even send their young men to fight against the people of the Donbass. Yet, if you ask a Kharkovian about the current situation they'll say something to the effect of, 'If this doesn't work out, we'll just wait until the Donbass militia come and liberate us'. Liberate them? Why would the people of Donbass want to?
Even the Ukrainians that didn't participate in Maiden have somewhat earnt their current situation, because they took a knee without even putting up a fight. They turned off their brains and allowed a non-slavic foreigner to pour poison in their ears. They call Russia an enemy when every single last one knows that isn't true."
http://russia-insider.com/en/must-read-a...yss/ri8988
I don't get the comment, it's made to sound like Kharkov is in a state of chaos where Mongols have just sacked the city and are given 48 hours to pillage and plunder.
Anybody on the ground in Kharkov can confirm??
Quote: (07-31-2015 12:43 PM)Big Nilla Wrote:
The USA screwed over Kurds in favor of Turkey (in Syria/Iraq). Wonder if one of the benefits is Turkey screwing over Russia on TurkStream.
The USA has done a great job locking out Russia's pipeline in southern Europe (Bulgaria/Greece/Turkey?). But it seems Russia did Germany a favor with the Greece situation... maybe that helps smooth out the NordStream expansion. Let Germany be the gas hub for Europe.
Quote: (07-29-2015 01:57 PM)Lika Wrote:
Interesting comment on an article:
"In Kharkov, where Right Sector ride through the streets causing mayhem; raping women, ransacking businesses, and even running over children as they rampage through the city in tanks drunk. The people in Kharkov don't fight, they help their occupiers; they repair tanks for the front, and even send their young men to fight against the people of the Donbass. Yet, if you ask a Kharkovian about the current situation they'll say something to the effect of, 'If this doesn't work out, we'll just wait until the Donbass militia come and liberate us'. Liberate them? Why would the people of Donbass want to?
Even the Ukrainians that didn't participate in Maiden have somewhat earnt their current situation, because they took a knee without even putting up a fight. They turned off their brains and allowed a non-slavic foreigner to pour poison in their ears. They call Russia an enemy when every single last one knows that isn't true."
http://russia-insider.com/en/must-read-a...yss/ri8988
Quote: (08-05-2015 05:08 PM)Lika Wrote:
"In Ukraine enormous rise in Gangsterism Since Maidan - Daylight kidnappings, killings and robberies
In 2014, Ukraine registered more than one million criminal offenses, a nearly 90% increase in the number of serious crimes–most of them in the capital city of Kyiv."
http://russia-insider.com/en/ukraine-gangsterism/ri9043
Quote: (07-30-2015 12:40 AM)NomadofEU Wrote:
I don't get the comment, it's made to sound like Kharkov is in a state of chaos where Mongols have just sacked the city and are given 48 hours to pillage and plunder.
Quote: (08-18-2015 11:05 AM)Big Nilla Wrote:
The war is reportedly intensifying. The US could be heating things up in Ukraine to distract and weaken Russia's response to the coming US/Turkey assault on Assad in Syria.
Quote: (08-19-2015 04:26 PM)Big Nilla Wrote:
"East Ukraine's Donetsk Republic Will Hold Referendum To Join Russia"
Interesting move, and escalation, by Putin. Especially in that it's only the Donetsk Republic doing it and not Lugansk.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-08-19...oin-russia
Quote: (08-20-2015 02:22 PM)Akula Wrote:
Yeah, everyone here is hearing that the government is planning a huge offensive on the 24th (Independence Day) next week. Seems like they are mobilizing for a big push before the winter kicks in.
Quote: (08-20-2015 06:33 PM)Dan Woolf Wrote:
I'm torn. Should I be traveling to Kiev right now or not?
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... U.S. airstrikes, however, will soon face competition from Russia.
Western diplomats say a Russian expeditionary force has arrived in Syria and will operate, according to the Israeli website YNet, as a Russian forward operating base.
“In the coming weeks thousands of Russian military personnel are set to touch down in Syria, including advisors, instructors, logistics personnel, technical personnel, members of the aerial protection division, and the pilots who will operate the aircraft,” writes Alex Fishman.
“The current makeup of the expeditionary force is still unknown, but there is no doubt that Russian pilots flying combat missions in Syrian skies will definitely change the existing dynamics in the Middle East.”
The presence of the Russian military in the skies over Syria will increase the possibility of encounters with the United States, especially if the US adopts a more aggressive stance against the Syrian government.