Posted on 08/22/2014 9:20:32 AM PDT by C19fan
The Russian military has moved artillery units manned by Russian personnel inside Ukrainian territory in recent days and is using them to fire at Ukrainian forces, NATO officials said on Friday.
The West has long accused Russia of supporting the separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, but this is the first time it has said it had evidence of the direct involvement of the Russian military.
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See, I don’t think so. I think that Putin knows that the old school communism won’t work. He isn’t an idiot. It’s been tried and failed, in some countries it still is going on, but not well. He may want to take back old USSR territories, but I think more of an empire, or a republic is what he is looking for. Not communism.
Impressive work:
How to Locate a “Secret” Pro-Russian Training Camp
https://bellingcat.com/resources/case-studies/2014/08/15/how-to-locate-a-secret-pro-russian-training-camp/
Um, the former Russian Tsarist Empire is what I meant and I wasn’t talking about Communism. As for a Republic, the man has been bringing back Romanov symbolism for quite some time. He’s also seen frequently visiting the Pretender, Maria Vladimirovna (whose ancestors have toadied up to every single Russian leader since Stalin).
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