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As pro-Russia revolt founders in Ukraine, invasion fears rise |
2014-08-07 |
![]() ![]() may be preparing to invade eastern Ukraine to rescue the embattled insurgents. "Is beink fraternal Russian forces arriving at request of U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday added his voice to the chorus of warnings that a massive Russian troop buildup on the border with Ukraine may be more than Kremlin saber-rattling. "It's a reality, of course it is," Hagel said during a visit to the U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. "When you see the buildup of these troops, the sophistication and training of these troops, the heavy military equipment that's being put on the border, of course it's a reality and it's a possibility." On Tuesday, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said the movement of Russian troops, tanks, armored vehicles and war planes to regions bordering the areas where separatists are fighting off Ukrainian troops signaled a substantial heightening of tensions and risk of invasion. "You do such things either to exert pressure or to enter," Sikorski said, citing indications that Russian forces might be deployed across the border under the pretext of providing humanitarian aid to the largely Russian-speaking population in the embattled Donetsk and Luhansk regions. |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 Let it go, Vlad. This is bad PR in the West and bad for business everywhere. You got Crimea. Settle for that. If Ruskies in eastern Ukraine aren't happy there is always plenty of room in Siberia. |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-08-07 14:57 |
#2 Russia has a previous history of invading places in August (get in before the winter starts). Putin's nationalists in the press are saying it would take 100k troops to occupy the area, and that they don't have them; this means the option has been up for serious discussion, i.e. you don't count your money unless you want to see if you can afford the purchase. I'd currently put the odds at about 40% of T72 showers along the Donetsk, less so in Trans Nitria. |
Posted by: ed in texas 2014-08-07 07:50 |
#1 A very unsurprising October surprise then. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2014-08-07 05:44 |