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Ukrainians form militias to defend nation against chaos
Kyiv Post ^ | May 7, 2014, 11:13 p.m. | Mark Rachkevych

Posted on 05/07/2014 6:21:31 PM PDT by Zhang Fei

In the absence of effective military forces or law enforcement, Ukrainians are taking the defense of the nation in their own hands through loosely organized militias.

One of them popped up in a YouTube video on May 2.

Although the group was unidentified, the clip was posted by a pro-Ukrainian group of former military and law enforcement officers, calling themselves the Donbass Volunteer Battalion. The video shows men armed with Kalashnikov rifles and clad in black ninja outfits dismantling a Kremlin-backed roadblock near Krasnoarmiysk in western Donetsk Oblast.

The national warriors also claim that 15 pro-Russian rebels were handed over to the police and that three Kalashnikovs were recovered.

The group’s leader, Semyon Semenchenko, wrote on his Facebook page that the group is “taking up arms and structuring like the Ukrainian Insurgent Army,” the World War II era partisan group that fought both Nazi Germany and Soviet NKVD units in a futile attempt to gain national independence for Ukraine.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: bandera; ftheeu; graystone; kiev; odessa; rightsector; russia; svoboda; ukraine
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Courtesy of BerlinFreeper. Ukrainians begin the process of organizing for guerrilla operations against Russian occupation troops.
1 posted on 05/07/2014 6:21:31 PM PDT by Zhang Fei
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To: Zhang Fei
Well let's hope they're genuine, civilized patriots.

It's good to be cautious about news from them parts.

2 posted on 05/07/2014 6:25:54 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Zhang Fei

2A bump!


3 posted on 05/07/2014 6:26:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: Zhang Fei

there’s a lesson to be learned here


4 posted on 05/07/2014 6:27:14 PM PDT by dontreadthis
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To: Zhang Fei
Ukrainians Americans form militias to defend nation against chaos

Future headline?

5 posted on 05/07/2014 6:28:25 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: Zhang Fei
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6 posted on 05/07/2014 6:29:48 PM PDT by vox_freedom (America is being tested as never before in its history. May God help us.)
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To: Zhang Fei
Ukrainians are taking the defense of the nation in their own hands through loosely organized militias . . . men armed with Kalashnikov rifles . . . taking up arms . . .

This almost sounds familiar:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

7 posted on 05/07/2014 6:30:06 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It would either be a good start or a last stand.

Either way—see you there!


8 posted on 05/07/2014 6:31:57 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Bible Summary in a few verses: John 14:6, John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

What Good Can a Handgun Do Against An Army?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/2312894/posts


9 posted on 05/07/2014 6:36:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: Zhang Fei

Militias will worry the Russians more than any regular Ukrainian army unit. They know the land, the people, they won’t fight by any rules, and they won’t be accountable to anyone. This is the best and worst thing that could happen.


10 posted on 05/07/2014 6:38:20 PM PDT by vladimir998
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Future headline?

Given the media here, it would likely read, "Right-wing hate groups form militias to throw nation into chaos."

But, yes. Your point is a possible future scenario.

11 posted on 05/07/2014 6:43:28 PM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: Zhang Fei
Good. Sounds like they need more arms, though.

Georgia has some advice for Ukraine. What to Do When Russia Invades Your Land
12 posted on 05/07/2014 8:05:11 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey, NSA!)
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To: Mariner
>>>>Well let's hope they're genuine, civilized patriots.>>>>

Yes, "genuine, civilized patriots " just like their Galicia Waffen SS grandfathers who murdered hundreds of thousands of Jews, Poles and Russians.

The handiwork of genuine civilized Ukrainian patriots in Odessa, May 2nd.

Strangled cleaning lady whose screams for help are recorded:

Ukrainian Nazi version of "civilized":

A boy and girl murdered by "genuine Ukrainian patriots":

Perhaps up to 300 civilians were murdered in Odessa May 2nd by Ukrainian Nazi Right Sector and their NATO instructors. Murderers you call genuine patriots.

That's kind of "civilized" U.S. and EU support in Ukraine as we speak.

Those who lost their lives fighting against Nazism are spinning in their graves !

13 posted on 05/07/2014 8:19:01 PM PDT by DTA
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To: DTA

Agitprop lives on FR


14 posted on 05/07/2014 8:20:08 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: DTA
Well, maybe those are the same folks and maybe they're not.

One thing I'm certain of, the US need to stay away from there if we can.

15 posted on 05/07/2014 8:21:40 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: GeronL

As well as Nazi revisionism and denial !


16 posted on 05/07/2014 8:23:18 PM PDT by DTA
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To: DTA

WW2 ended a while back. The topic is now defense of a sovereign nation against an invader.


17 posted on 05/07/2014 8:24:46 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: DTA
Also there's no doubt Ukraine is the Big Show and Hell will be there shortly.

Killing has a tendency to feed on itself.

My heart goes out to the Ukrainian people. I hope the good guys win, whoever they are.

18 posted on 05/07/2014 8:30:04 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner
>>>>>One thing I'm certain of, the US need to stay away from there if we can. >>>>>

Too late. U.S. is leading the show over there. Graystone, acronym agencies, they are already on the ground.

The objective: mass murder Russian civilians in Ukraine to poke the Bear to intervene.

So far the Bear is reluctant...but might bite where not expected.

U.S.-sponsored AQ in Syria is fleeing Homs...

Where they will go?

19 posted on 05/07/2014 8:30:26 PM PDT by DTA
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To: DTA
" Murderers you call genuine patriots."

That's a false accusation. I said I hoped they would be both civilized and patriots.

I don't know who the hell those folks are.

20 posted on 05/07/2014 8:31:32 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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