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| Russia Truce Plan at Odds With Reports on APC Movements |
| 2014-08-15 |
| [BUSINESSWEEK] Russia proposed a cease-fire for humanitarian aid deliveries to war-torn parts of southeastern Ukraine as a convoy of aid trucks from Moscow waited near the border with rebel-held areas. Even as Russia struck a conciliatory note, journalists at news outlets including Novoye Vremya and Hromadske TV reported seeing armored personnel vehicles crossing into Ukraine. The government in Kiev has been saying for months that the separatist rebels are receiving reinforcements from Russian territory. The government in Moscow has repeatedly denied any involvement in the unrest. The dispute over the Russian convoy, which the leadership in Moscow says is carrying emergency supplies, has stoked tensions between the two countries and has prompted the U.S. and the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... to warn Russia against using aid as a pretext for a military intervention. Russia says the supplies are needed to help citizens of Luhansk and Donetsk, where fighting has cut off water and power connections. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I speak of Bandera, of course. |
| Posted by: borgboy 2014-08-15 17:44 |
| #3 g{r)omgru: a pragmatic bastard/killer who played all sides depending on the prevailing political winds. This man(?) was no George Washington... |
| Posted by: borgboy 2014-08-15 17:43 |
| #2 Russian tactical ops has long been characterized by the concept, "there's right, and there's dead right." We're seeing the practical application of that principle here. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-08-15 08:03 |
| #1 Even as Russia struck a conciliatory note, journalists at news outlets including Novoye Vremya and Hromadske TV reported seeing armored personnel vehicles crossing into Ukraine Maybe Russia understands the current rulers of Ukraine a lot better that either the author or their tranzi backers do. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-15 06:58 |