Ukraine Thread

[CrossLOPER]

As far as I can judge, Russian people blame not Putin, but the West. Russian propaganda makes sure that, whatever Putin does, the USA is ultimately the villain guilty of all Russia's setbacks.

The western propaganda makes you believe this.

[Gilrandir]

The western propaganda makes you believe this.

If we don't take into account the Ukrainian sources I'm more exposed to Russian ones, the western propaganda reaches me only as a faint echo. Like this one:http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188881

[Gilrandir]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-...om-support-act
I wonder what implications it may have.

[Gilrandir]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-1...-group-1-.html

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Yes - Ukraine is now officially no longer "non-aligned."

This is a direct result of Russian-sponsored terrorism. Russia will blame the West and ramp things up but, really, what else can the Ukrainians do?

Assuming Russia bites off another chunk of the country (possible given Crimea) it's going to be increasingly difficult to safeguard the remainder without NATO.

[a completely inoffensive name]

I can't wait for Putin's regime to experience December 1991 all over again.

[Gilrandir]

Some update on the issue:
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com...-official.html
http://telegraf.com.ua/ukraina/mestn...-boevikov.html
The second features an intercepted conversation of Dryomov, one of the heads of LNR cossacks who claims to have personally talked to Medvedev. The latter promised all kinds of help, primarily the military one. Dryomov is boasting that Medvedev has given him his personal telephone number and is still astonished that such an insignificant man as he deems himself to be got direct access to the Russian prime minister.
The general trend of the last two weeks is replacement or annihilation of unruly separatists and gathering the occupied area under one hand.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/v...the-carpenter/
https://news.pn/en/RussiaInvadedUkraine/122614