From the AFP: Putin says Kiev's gas cutoff in east Ukraine 'smacks of genocide'
That's war talk. Putin may be preparing to use that as a pretense to invade.
From the AFP: Putin says Kiev's gas cutoff in east Ukraine 'smacks of genocide'
That's war talk. Putin may be preparing to use that as a pretense to invade.
And Britain is sending military "advisers" to the Ukrainians. This is how it starts....
https://news.vice.com/article/uk-de...to-ukraine-raises-concerns-over-mission-creep
Purple?
In a variation of that, since Russia effectively has control, the "rebels" will request "humanitarian assistance" from Russia (i.e., Russia's gas lines) and Russia will oblige. And hey, since they're providing basic needs, why not just make them another regional district of Russia, right?
NATO cannot figure out how it is that Russia could possibly feel threatened by its actions, which, unlike Russia's are not in the slightest provocative. Russian military plane over international waters 25 miles from the UK coast is "real and present danger" to NATO.
That's the kind of thing that hurts your credibility.
The only thing more provocative than a military parade 300 m away from a border crossing is a military "parade" of unmarked vehicles driven by soldiers "on vacation" wearing unmarked uniforms who end up shooting real bullets a couple hundred kilometers inside a sovereign nation. Oh wait, maybe shooting artillery at another sovereign country's military installations. Yeah, that seems like it would be provocative.
But, maybe that's just me...