[tcrlaf]

If true this is a major escalation.

The "US Weapons" quote is very important. If true, this opens up all kinds of problems. If it isn't true, what is Russia going for?

[tcrlaf]

Tweet from the RT article.

[canuck_conservative]

The ever-reliable Russia Today.

Nazi propaganda for the 21st century.

[House Atreides]

“...The “US Weapons” quote is very important. If true, this opens up all kinds of problems. If it isn’t true, what is Russia going for?”

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Russia is simply setting up a PRETEXT for their upcoming actions.

[Rob the Ugly Dude]

I don’t see the point of posting Russian propaganda.

Did you enjoy reading Pravda during the Cold War?

[Usagi_yo]

It’s a classic snatch and grab done professionally. Didn’t commit an atrocity, went in cleanly and bagged a prisoner. And left. Don’t know if it was a target or just a target of opportunity.

This was an intelligence mission and the size of it is military strength. You don’t just throw 12 men like that together in a pick-up mission of that sort. That means they’ve worked together a longggg time. This was a message that ups the ante for Putin. “Where willing to do some military action here. How far do you want to go?”. The M16 (being generic) is an odd piece. Can be oversight can be by design for deception or messaging and the subtly is gives Putin a face saving route out, well both sides for that matter. No public commitments yet.

I suspect somebodies digging into the structure of the who ever the defenders are representing. The notation that some of them were unarmed means local conscripts, the armed ones could be a tier above that with perhaps 2 or 3 ‘organizers’. Wonder if they snatched an ‘organizer’, wounded or no?

Bwahahahahaha! You think Obama is this smart!?

[Jet Jaguar]

Any descriptions or photos of the weapons?

[ansel12]

Using American weapons doesn’t mean anything.

[Iron Munro]

US Weapons?

Probably the B.L.M. or ATF.

[elhombrelibre]

Tell it like it is, tcrlaf. You’ll start posting from other news sources when they start following your beloved Putin.

[Longbow1969]

Why do you continually post RT Russian State propaganda? Are you one of our resident Putinista’s?

Seriously, this is no better than Granma - Cuban state propaganda.

[MasterGunner01]

So, the bumbling community organizer, Barry Soetoro Obozo, and his handler, Valerie Jarrett, sent the ATF thugs to raid a checkpoint in the Donetsk region? What's this? A variation of “Fast and Furious” in the Ukraine and Crimea featuring the Keystone Cops of federal law enforcement, the BATFE?

[Joe Boucher]

“US Weapons” ?
From fast and furious?
From Bengazi?
Or some other secret obammy charade?