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2014-08-26 Europe

Ukrainian military units continue shelling cities -- UPDATED

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Posted by badanov 2014-08-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Russia been the grave of many would be empires---is EU the latest?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2014-08-26 03:12|| 2014-08-26 03:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Russia been the grave of many would be empires---is EU the latest?

It would be amusing if Ukraine becomes the next graveyard of the Russian empire, much as Afghanistan was.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2014-08-26 18:03|| 2014-08-26 18:03|| Front Page Top

#3 Nobody has ever given Ukraine any significant assistance against Russian incursions in the past. Maybe this time will be different. Would be nice if the start line for Russia's next world tour began on the Ukrainian rather than the Polish border. Ultimately, enough Ukrainian blood must be shed to wake the EU from its slumber, which is why Putin hasn't launched a full-scale invasion. The oil ticks of the north need foreign markets for their fuel. The total trade embargo that result from an invasion would interfere with those markets.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2014-08-26 18:09|| 2014-08-26 18:09|| Front Page Top

#4 I was thinking of Ukraine as the next Finland.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2014-08-26 20:31|| 2014-08-26 20:31|| Front Page Top

#5 #2 I assume that you are joking. Ukraine (formerly one of the 'Little Russias' under the Czars) has no natural barriers to mark its boundaries. The Russian Steamroller would waltz on in.

Posted by borgboy 2014-08-26 20:47|| 2014-08-26 20:47|| Front Page Top

#6 The Russian paratrooper story may be a bit of legerdemain by the Ukrainians. Russian militias are claim they are the ones engaged in combat near Mariupol.

Posted by badanov 2014-08-26 21:03|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2014-08-26 21:03|| Front Page Top

#7 Ukraine (formerly one of the 'Little Russias' under the Czars) has no natural barriers to mark its boundaries. The Russian Steamroller would waltz on in.

No real natural barriers marking Polish boundaries off from the Russian empire either. It comes down to whether Ukrainians are willing to fight for their sovereignty.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2014-08-26 21:08|| 2014-08-26 21:08|| Front Page Top

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