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Fresh Russian Vehicles Are Showing Up In Eastern Ukraine
BI ^ | 4 Jan 15 | Eliot Higgins, Bellingcat

Posted on 01/04/2015 11:39:20 AM PST by elhombrelibre

On December 31st 2014 the following video was shared on various social media sites, showing what was claimed to be Russian military units inside Ukraine.

Of particular interest were BPM-97 mine-resistant, ambush protected (MRAP) vehicles that feature briefly in the video.

These Russian vehicles are not used by the Ukrainian military, and their presence inside Ukraine would be compelling evidence Russia has sent military vehicles into Ukraine. However, it has been impossible to find the position this video was filmed, so it has not been possible to confirm this was filmed inside Ukraine.

Yesterday a new image of a BPM-97 reportedly inside Ukraine was posted online by various sources.

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: crimea; donetsk; iran; lebanon; opec; putinsbuttboys; randsconcerntrolls; ruble; russia; saudiarabia; ukraine; vladtheimploder
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More evidence of Putin's illegal yet undeclared war against a peaceful and sovereign neighbor.
1 posted on 01/04/2015 11:39:20 AM PST by elhombrelibre
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To: elhombrelibre

Yep, more pictures.

At first, I didn’t believe the pictures, as they could have been taken anywhere. Then I saw the vehicle with the “From Russ-sky-a with Love-ski” bumper sticker on it.

That PROVES it! Russia is at it again!


2 posted on 01/04/2015 11:49:02 AM PST by BobL (REPUBLICANS - Fight for the WHITE VOTE...and you will win.)
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To: BobL

Read the article. The Ukrainian Army doesn’t have these types of vehicles. The pictures were taken in the disputed region in Ukraine. How do you think they got there in the use of Putin’s proxies?


3 posted on 01/04/2015 12:09:19 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: BobL

And what do you think Russians are invading another neighboring country other than Ukraine?


4 posted on 01/04/2015 12:20:11 PM PST by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: elhombrelibre

As hitlery so astutely expressed, “What difference could it make”?

With nobama at the switch, no one is going to lift a finger against Pooty, its just another part of his “flexibility”.

They could have a million pix of Putin himself in the Ukraine, no one in power gives a damn. If any part of Ukraine remains when the next POTUS gets in, it will be a miracle.


5 posted on 01/04/2015 12:21:53 PM PST by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: elhombrelibre

“However, it has been impossible to find the position this video was filmed, so it has not been possible to confirm this was filmed inside Ukraine.”

Speaking of reading the article. Besides, they should send in reinforcements. Its an even bet the coup government will launch a spring attack since we are about to give them a bunch of equipment.


6 posted on 01/04/2015 12:22:02 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino
"Based on this and other details it does appear that the photograph showing the BPM-97 can be precisely located in Luhansk, and considering Ukraine does not have BPM-97s it seems extremely likely this is a Russian military vehicle inside Ukraine, adding to evidence that Russia is providing a variety of military vehicles to Ukrainian armed groups."

Read the whole article. This and the geo-tagging of social media posts by Russian soldiers, US Intel photos declassified, and other information are compelling enough evidence to people not acting as Putin apologists.

7 posted on 01/04/2015 12:26:26 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: elhombrelibre
The pictures were taken in the disputed region in Ukraine.

It looks like lot 23W of Universal Studios.

8 posted on 01/04/2015 12:27:06 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: elhombrelibre

Yeahhh,, well I saw Luke Skywalker blow up the death star too.


9 posted on 01/04/2015 12:36:08 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: elhombrelibre

The coup government will still have the western part of the country. Looks like only the east doesn’t want to live under Svoboda. The west seems like it has no desire to follow suit of the eastern regions.

I know this might be freakin’ crazy, but why not allow any Ukrainian to live in the zone they wish? Anyone who doesn’t feel “Russian”, then go to western Ukraine young man where the EU will not allow you to freely immigrate from. Anyone in the east who hates the EU and sees Bandera as a Nazi and is sickened to see his poster carried down the street, move to eastern Ukraine. easy peasy. Then just get down to business and trade.

But I feel like the coup really will not stop its desire to seize the entire country. And Russia will simply not sit still while NATO comes in and poises 200 miles from Moscow, 60 miles from Kursk, and 80 miles to Volgograd. Those names have meaning to them.
Their classic fear is that Europe will invade them as it has done repeatedly. And instead of sanity prevailing, NATO and the EU is expanding eastward as fast as they can.


10 posted on 01/04/2015 12:36:38 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: DesertRhino

You probably don’t believe the Holocaust happened either or that Putin’s original party (not the one he runs for himself now, the communist one he served for seventeen years) inflicted the Holodomor on the Ukrainian people either.


11 posted on 01/04/2015 1:36:20 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: DesertRhino

You’re very committed to Putin and the paranoid theory of Russia. Give ‘em a pass; they cannot help killing their neighbors. They’re scared after all.


12 posted on 01/04/2015 1:40:00 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

Thanks elhombrelibre.


13 posted on 01/04/2015 2:30:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: elhombrelibre

Hope and change, if we had a real president who cared about our standing in the world and actually wanted to create a more stable and peaceful world this would not be happening.


14 posted on 01/04/2015 3:00:29 PM PST by logic101.net (If libs believe in Darwin and natural selection why do they get hacked off when it happens?)
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To: elhombrelibre
Lots of variants available.


15 posted on 01/04/2015 4:49:26 PM PST by BBell (breathe easy obey the law)
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To: elhombrelibre

Aha! Now I see your modus operandi.

You read an article and then nit-pick the poster and the author. Strictly Harry high school tactics.

Little mind. Little boy.


16 posted on 01/05/2015 4:15:16 AM PST by HomerBohn ( I love the women's movement, especially walking behind it.)
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To: HomerBohn
Nitpick is one word, gomer. And how did I nitpick the author? Just trying to figure out your goofy claim. And what and the hell are “Harry high school tactics?” Is this something you learn while reading your John Birch tripe? Why does someone like you even post? You contribute nothing of value, expose your ignorance, and lower the standards of discourse on FReeRepublic. I feel embarrassed for you.
17 posted on 01/05/2015 4:22:24 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: elhombrelibre
I feel embarrassed for you.

You are confused. The embarrassment you feel is subconsciously for yourself. In reality you are a 'let's continue what we're doing because eventually it will work out'.

You've conveniently forgotten what your tirade against me was all about. I stated that I withdrew from W. F. Buckley and National Review after he sided with Carter to decide that giving away the Panama Canal to a relatively new nation was a good idea. At the time of the inception of the idea by TR to build the canal 'Panama' was part of Columbia and now an agency of the PRC is running things.

Giving the CZ to Panama was a stupid mistake!

18 posted on 01/05/2015 5:03:50 AM PST by HomerBohn ( I love the women's movement, especially walking behind it.)
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To: HomerBohn

You’re spent a lot of time in Panama?


19 posted on 01/05/2015 5:11:48 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: BobL
I see only Russian inscriptions and no Ukrainian on those pictures. Man in video says to reporter it is local militia crews exercises, they are firing at shooting marks.
20 posted on 01/06/2015 4:55:06 PM PST by Cossak
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