Posted on 03/26/2014 6:00:27 PM PDT by kristinn
A new classified intelligence assessment concludes it is more likely than previously thought that Russian forces will enter eastern Ukraine, CNN has learned.
Two administration officials described the assessment but declined to be identified due to the sensitive nature of the information.
The officials emphasized that nothing is certain, but there have been several worrying signs in the past three to four days.
“This has shifted our thinking that the likelihood of a further Russian incursion is more probable than it was previously thought to be,” one official said.
The buildup is seen to be reminiscent of Moscow’s military moves before it went into Chechnya and Georgia in both numbers of units and their capabilities.
U.S. military and intelligence officials have briefed Congress on the assessment.
As a result, Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee late Wednesday sent a classified letter to the White House expressing concern about unfolding developments.
An unclassified version obtained by CNN said committee members feel “urgency and alarm, based on new information in the committee’s possession.”
The committee said there was “deep apprehension that Moscow may invade eastern and southern Ukraine, pressing west to Transdniestria and also seek land grabs in the Baltics.”
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The United States believes that Russia might decide to go into eastern Ukraine to establish a land bridge into Crimea.
The belief is that Russian forces would move toward three Ukrainian cities: Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk in order to establish land access into Crimea. Russian forces are currently positioned in and around Rostov, Kursk, and Belgorod, according to U.S. intelligence information.
(Excerpt) Read more at security.blogs.cnn.com ...
Visited Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in 1988.... lovely countries....
Excellent summary re CNN and other gay mediots.
“I always look at the source. Hmmm. CNN. No agenda with them, right?
The media is a gay lynch mob. The media hates Putin and Russia because they won’t let the gay mafia push them around and thus constantly agitates against him, but to far less avail than with their American targets.
As to whether Putin is a real threat, I have no idea, but I certainly don’t see the bear of the hammer and sickle years; just a bunch of wild eyed stories. I’m an old guy, and this ain’t the Russia of the Cold War, no matter how much the gay mob and neocons want to fight them.”
“flexibility”.....
” The media hates Putin and Russia because they won’t let the gay mafia push them around and thus constantly agitates against him”
Go to sleep grandpa. You are an idiot.
“As to whether Putin is a real threat, I have no idea”
Again, proof you are an idiot.
” no matter how much the gay mob and neocons want to fight them.””
Even more proof that you are an idiot. Russia has annexed part of Ukraine, it has nothing to do with fags.
Too bad you didn’t learn to read while learning to hate.
Those remarks weren’t mine, I quoted another Freeper.
Here is your post in its entirety : Are the unquoted comments not yours?
Excellent summary re CNN and other gay mediots.
“I always look at the source. Hmmm. CNN. No agenda with them, right?
The media is a gay lynch mob. The media hates Putin and Russia because they won’t let the gay mafia push them around and thus constantly agitates against him, but to far less avail than with their American targets.
As to whether Putin is a real threat, I have no idea, but I certainly don’t see the bear of the hammer and sickle years; just a bunch of wild eyed stories. I’m an old guy, and this ain’t the Russia of the Cold War, no matter how much the gay mob and neocons want to fight them.”
I think that Putin could take Donetsk and Kherson without too much trouble. While he’s at it, he might as well snatch Georgia and norther Kazakhstan. Ain’t nobody gonna stop him. All those are low-hanging fruit. NATO countries like the Baltic States are a different story. But nobody would say boo if he took Georgia and even big chunks of Kazakstan (that has a large Russian-speaking population).
It is amazing the idiots occupying the White House can't put two and two together.
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