"Do I even need to say it?"
Posted on 02/23/2015 8:22:17 AM PST by tcrlaf
Monitors from the OSCE, which is monitoring the ceasefire between Kiev and separatist rebels in east Ukraine, told FRANCE 24 on Monday that the truce is not being respected in critical areas nor with regard to the withdrawal of heavy weapons.
Alexander Hug, the deputy chief monitor of the special mission to Ukraine for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), warned that fighting had continued over the weekend and urged both Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed rebels to disclose information about the current positions of the heavy artillery that is to be pulled back from the front line as part of the ceasefire agreement.
“The [OSCE] mission concludes that the ceasefire is not holding in critical, strategic points, such as to the east of the city of Mariupol, at and around the Donetsk airport, and in the city of Debaltseve, to which we had access only last Saturday,” Hug told FRANCE 24 from Kiev.
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The ceasefire was NEVER even planned to take effect from the Russians’ perspective.
“The ceasefire was NEVER even planned to take effect from the Russians’ perspective.”
Not quite accurate.
The Rebels stated clearly that they didn’t consider the Debaltseve area to be part of the ceasefire, that is was considered to be behind the ceasefire line, even in Minsk. So they are continuing to clear pockets in that area, and there have been consistent reports of shelling to the north, and in rebel-held Horlivka.
Both Yarosh and Semenchenko, running the Nazi and Merc brigades that refuse to answer to the Ukrainian Army command, declared publicly that they had no intention of honoring the cease-fire. They are trying to blow up the ceasefire with continual attacks to the east of Mariupol, just like they did the first one, attacking Donetsk Airport.
What is going on around the Donetsk Airport seems less clear. Western Media has reported on several shellings of the city by Kiev troops, but there have also been as many reports of out-bound rebel fire, as well.
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synonyms: slapstick comedy, slapstick, burlesque, vaudeville, buffoonery
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antonyms: tragedy
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"Do I even need to say it?"
Wonder what OSCE’s first clue was? The sound of Pions going off in the distance? The truck loads of dead/wounded moving north?
Duh alert
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