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Russia marches on uninhibited in eastern Ukraine
Washington Post ^ | 2/17/2015 | Editorial

Posted on 02/18/2015 8:40:39 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans

VLADIMIR PUTIN’S latest victory in Ukraine is turning into a rout. Having already induced Western leaders to endorse a peace plan that virtually guarantees continued Russian control over parts of two provinces, the Russian ruler ordered a large Ukrainian force holding Debaltseve, a key crossroads in the region, to surrender. His forces, including regular Russian army troops, then assaulted the city in brazen violation of a cease-fire. On Wednesday morning, Ukrainian forces withdrew from Debaltseve under fire, suffering a devastating defeat that will further destabilize the shaky Kiev government of Petro Poroshenko. Mr. Putin was so pleased that he indulged in some taunting of the Ukrainians. “Of course, it’s always bad to lose,” he said at a news conference Tuesday. “It’s always a hardship when you lose to yesterday’s miners or yesterday’s tractor drivers.” That was another lie, of course — the forces who seized Debaltseve were not former Ukrainian workers but Russian regulars; one Western reporter encountered soldiers who had been dispatched from Siberia. What about Western leaders, who just last week solemnly declared they would hold Russia accountable if the new deal were violated? All agreed there had been, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman put it, “a massive violation” of the cease-fire agreement. But there was little visible movement toward imposing meaningful consequences. Instead, officials in Brussels echoed a White House statement that said “the costs to Russia will rise” if it “continues to violate” the agreement. That suggested only that additional aggression by Mr. Putin would get a response, maybe.

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To: elhombrelibre

I laugh every time you try to call me a Soviet, just because I don’t swallow your propaganda BS.

Gotta admit, you do provide good comedy!

Now, just go away, troll.


61 posted on 02/19/2015 9:48:05 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf
...but Twitter sure figured it out fast

I'm sure it did, with a little help from the FSB. Hey, I always wanted to ask, how many 'likes' on Facebook do you get from Chechens, and Russian terrorists in general?

62 posted on 02/19/2015 9:57:29 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

lol...
Stop trolling.

It just makes you look like an idiot.
OH...

WAIT....


63 posted on 02/19/2015 9:58:58 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

And I have noticed that you have begun calling people who don’t toe the Kremlin line on FR ‘trolls.’ Some irony, there.

Quick trivia question: Stepan Bandera was held captive in a concentration camp where? And by who? And who ultimately killed him?


64 posted on 02/19/2015 10:03:43 AM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy
lol.. You need some serious mental help, dude. May I suggest that you contact your local mental health organization? Is that covered by your EuroMaidanPR insurance Plan?
65 posted on 02/19/2015 10:18:20 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

So you think I am trolling here on FreeRepublic even though I got here long before you got here, comrade? Go sell crazy love of Putin elsewhere and hate for Ukraine with it. This is a pro-freedom, pro-capitalist, pro-conservative, pro-American, and pro-faith website. You and your love of Putin, the KGB atheist supporter of Iran’s nuke-seeking mullahs, are alien to the American conservative movement. Like you they think love of the USA is You’re definitely one of them and not one of us. LOL.


66 posted on 02/19/2015 10:40:50 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: elhombrelibre

Your strawmen just make you look like a fool.

Keep it up, though. It’s quite funny!


67 posted on 02/19/2015 10:43:02 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf; All

Multiple Media sources reporting that Kiev has been heavily shelling Donetsk all morning, heaviest since before the ceasefire.

Lugansk is also reporting shelling.


68 posted on 02/19/2015 11:09:07 AM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

Your kowtowing to Putin proves you’re a fool.


69 posted on 02/19/2015 12:20:23 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: elhombrelibre

lol...

In the entire YEAR since this has started, you have done nothing but call people childish names, and accuse anybody that dares to question whatever the EuroMaidan-approved Orwellian Current Truth a “Putinista”, or worse. You add nothing to any conversation.

You’ve become a joke, a caricature.

It really is a good laugh.
But I’d still suggest serious mental intervention, though. Do it for your family.


70 posted on 02/19/2015 12:42:07 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

I would if my defense of freedom harmed my family. Will you still kiss Putin’s bum regardless of how it impacts the rest of the world or is your romance too strong. LOL Heeheheh


71 posted on 02/19/2015 12:52:24 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: elhombrelibre

Your Strawmen are singing again


72 posted on 02/19/2015 12:58:51 PM PST by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: tcrlaf

Do you plan on committing me to a psych ward for resisting Kremlin propaganda? This isn’t your Russia, comrade.


73 posted on 02/19/2015 1:03:15 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: tcrlaf

To be fair, they’ve stopped posting photos of Putin shirtless, so that’s a plus.


74 posted on 02/19/2015 1:04:59 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: elhombrelibre

oops . . . my last should’ve been addressed to you


75 posted on 02/19/2015 1:06:37 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: tcrlaf

We’ll always fight for freedom regardless of how much you support Putin and tyranny. Your love for him and his nipples sadly a fact we’ve seen over the last year.


76 posted on 02/19/2015 1:08:04 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: 1rudeboy

No problem. Probably his fondness is all about Putin’s bod.


77 posted on 02/19/2015 1:09:22 PM PST by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: Mariner
I suggest we have an interest ONLY where we have a strategic cultural or commercial interest.

The hell is "strategic" cultural/commercial interests? Like anything that involves English speaking countries? You have no clue what you're going on about.

78 posted on 02/19/2015 3:54:54 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: logi_cal869

You another Putinista?


79 posted on 02/19/2015 3:59:08 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: tcrlaf; All
Think you can do me a favor and not smear your butt all over perfectly good threads?

Readers, if you want to know who FR's Putinista's are, start off with reading this goon's post and seeing the crap he writes, and who comes over to back him up in his threads.

80 posted on 02/19/2015 4:04:45 PM PST by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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