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Posted on 02/20/2014 8:58:56 AM PST by mandaladon
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Fearing that a call for a truce was a ruse, protesters tossed firebombs and advanced upon police lines Thursday in Ukraine's embattled capital. Government snipers shot back and the almost-medieval melee that ensued left at least 70 people dead and hundreds injured. Video footage on Ukrainian television showed shocking scenes Thursday of protesters being cut down by gunfire, lying on the pavement as comrades rushed to their aid. Trying to protect themselves with shields, teams of protesters carried bodies away on sheets of plastic or on planks of wood.
Protesters were also seen leading policemen with their hands held high around the sprawling protest camp in central Kiev. Ukraine's Interior ministry says 67 police were captured in all. It was not clear how they were taken. An opposition lawmaker said they were being held in Kiev's occupied city hall.
President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition protesters who demand his resignation are locked in an epic battle over the identity of Ukraine, a nation of 46 million that has divided loyalties between Russia and the West. Parts of the country — mostly in its western cities — are in open revolt against Yanukovych's central government, while many in eastern Ukraine favor strong ties with Russia, their former Soviet ruler.
At least 99 people have died this week in the clashes in Kiev, a sharp reversal in three months of mostly peaceful protests. Now neither side appears willing to compromise, with the opposition insisting on Yanukovych's resignation and an early election and the president apparently prepared to fight until the end.
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Lol...where...here in the United States? Not likely...
Especially not you, who appears to approve of the Executive malfeasance in BOTH Countries.
You sure you are on the right web forum?
>Especially not you, who appears to approve of the Executive malfeasance in BOTH Countries.
Such appearances are neither projected, apparent or in use by me. Correct assumptions can be elusive.
In that case, please feel free to correct the impression by saying something other than what you have already said...
I have no control over others misguided comprehension.
No. The comprehension is fine. It’s your composition I see error in...
For instance... You say they want to be more Socialist.
And yet, this is the majority opposition. Party driving a lot of this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svoboda_(political_party)
Note the Platform planks. Pro-life. Pro-economic freedom. Pro-RKBA, immigration control, common language for government requirement...
Sounds bit like the Tea Party or the non-RINO elements of the GOP.
So, I’ll say it again.... You don’t like them. Fine, the alternative is Viktor and Putin. Those are the horses you are backing here.
Americans have a victim mindset. EVERYONE IS A VICTIM. Why doesn’t someone DO something?
All bets off at that point.
Obama will dither with vague statements and perfect his role as a beta male in the shadow of world leaders.
Many will die.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRr-nrJ7xvQ
I started watching this history of Ukraine the other night. Long, but very interesting. Ukraine has been tugged and pulled from other directions for a long, LONG time. Since the Mongols primarily.
Or maybe govt actually listening to its citizens...
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