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Ukraine says stops Russian troops invading, Moscow calls statement 'fairy tale'
REUTERS ^ | Aug 9, 2014 | KIEV

Posted on 08/09/2014 7:17:44 AM PDT by McGruff

Ukraine said on Saturday it had headed off an attempt by Russia to send troops into Ukraine under the guise of peacekeepers with the aim of provoking a large-scale military conflict, a statement Moscow dismissed as a "fairy tale".

A senior aide to Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said a large Russian military convoy had been heading for the border on Friday under a supposed agreement with the Red Cross, but had stopped after an appeal by Kiev to Russia.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: putinsbuttboys; russia; russiantroops; ukraine
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Putin better not invade and ruin Obama's vacation. Michelle would be pi***d.
1 posted on 08/09/2014 7:17:44 AM PDT by McGruff
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Humanitarian situation in #Ukraine raising deep concern in Moscow - #Putin’s spokesman #Peskov on.rt.com/c1y91y


2 posted on 08/09/2014 7:20:10 AM PDT by McGruff (Hows that Hopey Changey Thingy workin out for ya?)
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obies rumored to have offered some advice to Poroshenko...

“Stop being mad all the time. Stop just hating ..”


3 posted on 08/09/2014 7:20:28 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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I’m wondering if Obama is irritated with having to deal with the ISIS situation he helped create. Takes time away from the “whose is the biggest” contest between Putin and Obama. (and I don’t mean biggest brain....that’s well established)


4 posted on 08/09/2014 7:23:23 AM PDT by grania
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Baraq is in so very far above his head ..that one day soon it will explode on prime time tv.


5 posted on 08/09/2014 7:25:05 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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Did You Know?

The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarters Expenses?

Now That You Do, Donate And Keep FR Running


6 posted on 08/09/2014 7:41:13 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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A huge military convoy accompanied by Russian soldiers and equipment was moving towards the Ukrainian border, allegedly by agreement with the Red Cross

So now we have the Red Cross collaborating with an invasion force that would result in more spilled blood.

7 posted on 08/09/2014 7:44:36 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: grania



8 posted on 08/09/2014 8:12:08 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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If Ukraine had not put up a fight, the eastern area would have been annexed by Russia like Crimea.


9 posted on 08/09/2014 10:20:20 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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Can’t you just see him crying into his hands, “Why can’t we just all get along?”


10 posted on 08/09/2014 10:36:08 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (If you want to keep your dignity, you can keep it. Period........ Just kidding, you can't keep it.)
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If Ukraine had not put up a fight, the eastern area would have been annexed by Russia like Crimea.

Could have saved alot of innocent civilian lives.


11 posted on 08/09/2014 11:18:01 AM PDT by McGruff ("We're Leaving Behind a Sovereign, Stable, and Self-Reliant Iraq" - Barack Obama)
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To: McGruff

Better red than dead. I rather live on my knees than die on my feet.

— McGruff (as posted on FreeRepublic 2014)


12 posted on 08/09/2014 11:46:49 AM PDT by Krosan
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These two provinces Donetsk and Luhansk practically begged Russia to take them in. No wonder why.


13 posted on 08/09/2014 11:58:39 AM PDT by McGruff ("We're Leaving Behind a Sovereign, Stable, and Self-Reliant Iraq" - Barack Obama)
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Ukrainian language has been under Russification pressure for centuries. Same as in Ireland the language does not show if a person is for Ukraine or against it. You can draw a map showing Gaelic and English speaking areas in Republic of Ireland, but it wouldn't show you who is for and who against independence.

Russian bandits and thugs are not very popular in Donetsk and Luhansk oblast despite what the propaganda you read is saying to you. 2010 elections were not about tearing these counties from Ukraine and joining to Russia.


14 posted on 08/09/2014 12:15:00 PM PDT by Krosan
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Could have saved alot of innocent civilian lives.

So would letting Hitler have the rest of France and the continent of Europe.

15 posted on 08/09/2014 12:22:19 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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The Russian interlopers of these two provinces Donetsk and Luhansk practically begged Russia to take them in.

There fixed it -- no wonder why

16 posted on 08/09/2014 12:26:33 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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In a more just world, greasy KGB thug Putin will end up like Mussolini, hanging by his heels.

Of course that would give his sauna boys at FR a case of the sads.

17 posted on 08/09/2014 12:31:56 PM PDT by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
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Now that Russia has made economic war against US farmers, that makes Putin supporters certified treasonous scum, imo.


18 posted on 08/09/2014 1:31:13 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: McGruff; tcrlaf; All

Pro-Russian separatists said on Saturday they were ready for a ceasefire with the Kiev government after increasing gains by Ukrainian forces against rebel forces.

“We are ready for a ceasefire to prevent the proliferation of a humanitarian disaster in Donbass,” Alexander Zakharchenko, prime minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk people’s republic, said in a statement.

He warned that Donetsk, the main industrial hub which is the center of the rebel resistance, faced a lack of food, water, and electricity, but said the rebels were ready to defend the city of around one million people.

Ukrainian officials have said they are ready to agree a ceasefire but on condition the rebels surrender their arms.

That’s a reasonable request for these great humanitarians to abide by, isn’t it???


19 posted on 08/09/2014 1:44:34 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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The rebel leader’s motive for offering a cease-fire was not clear but his comments could be aimed at increasing the pressure on Ukraine to allow in a Russian aid mission.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko issued a statement late Saturday saying that Ukraine is prepared to accept humanitarian assistance in eastern Ukraine.

But he said the aid must come in without military accompaniment, it must pass through border checkpoints under Ukrainian control and the mission must be international in character.


20 posted on 08/09/2014 1:52:52 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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