Scuse, please. How to find McDonalds?
Posted on 04/24/2014 8:18:57 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
Ukraine's military launched assaults to retake rebel-held eastern towns on Thursday in which up to five people were reported killed, a move Russian President Vladimir Putin warned would have "consequences".
The offensive sent international tensions soaring and oil prices up on the prospect of Russia making good on its threat of a massive response in the ex-Soviet republic.
In Slavyansk, a flashpoint eastern Ukrainian town held by rebels since mid-April, armoured military vehicles drove past an abandoned roadblock in flames to take up position.
Shots were heard as a helicopter flew overhead, and the pro-Kremlin rebels ordered all civilians out of the town hall to take up defensive positions inside.
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Game on?
Kyiv Post live blog is saying the Ukrainian government ops have already been suspended.
Russia rattled it’s saber, but I think there may be more to it than that.
Ukraine claimed a “Large” operation, yet the video evidence only shows three APC’s launching an attack against roadblocks outside if Slovansk, that may, or may not, have been repulsed when reinforcements arrived.
Also, Russian-language NTV is claiming that the soldiers of at least one APC, #700, were speaking English to each other during the attack.
Who knows what is really going on. twitter is all over the place.
Scuse, please. How to find McDonalds?
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