(file photo)Kramer was right! Ukraine IS weak.
Best to surrender before Obama arrives to “help” them.
Now confirmed by tweets from CNN, RT, ABC,AFP
Full statement from Ukraine president’s office on cease-fire agreement with Russia
https://twitter.com/passantino/status/507077681637105664/photo/1
Ukraine saying this is a PERMANENT Ceasefire.
That’s a HUGE change in rhetoric from just last night.
Tweet from Malachy Brown, Irish Journalist :
Deputy PM of DNR Vladimir Antyufeyev told me he welcomes cease-fire but is not authorized to say if they’ll adhere to it
RT Journo in Donetsk saying DNR leaders just now learning about it.
Welcome to the 21st Century, where Twitter is the new Newswire of old.
Obama’s “Speech” is now a news conference.
And he’s already late.
(file photo)0bama: Peace in our time.
For Poroshenko to agree to a “permanent” ceasefire now, despite the inevitable backlash that will come from the Right Sector Extremists, tells me that Kiev is very close to a complete military/economic collapse.
Remember, he tried to offer a ceasefire about 3 weeks ago, and Paruiby threatened to resign, and march on the Gov.
How is that possible when Russia has nothing to do with “separatists” ?
The so-called “sanctions” should stay in place until Russia surrenders the illegally occupied land.
Putin kept ex-Ukraine president Viktor Yanukovych in line and Ukraine weak. Putin wanted to be sure to be able to push Ukraine around, like all the other Russian autocrats. His fan club can rejoice if this news is true. An American enemy is strengthened through his efforts, Obama’s weakness, and the support of his internet fanclub.
With the cease fire declared in Ukraine, bert’s analysis might just be proving to be accurate.
By creating a hassle in Ukraine, Putin set up a win win fork gambit. Obama and the EU leaders will take credit for the sanctions and harsh words driving Vlad away from the Ukraine.
Mean while, lost in the shuffle, Vlad maintains total control over the Crimea. Crimea was Vlad’s real objective.
Thus there is a win win situation. The hapless Obama and the leaders in the EU can claim victory over the Russian. The Russian can keep smugly quiet as he tucks Crimea back under the skirts of Mother Russia.
It has been said that Putin is a chessmaster while poor ol’ Barack has strategy trouble at the checker board. It turns out to be true, to mix a metaphor, in spades.
We should call this “Schrodinger’s Ceasefire”
This ceasefire is either alive or dead.
Or alive and dead.
Roland Oliphant, UK Telegraph
Now Poroshenko’s statement amended from “permanent ceasefire” to “ceasefire regime.”
So I guess they might all start shooting again.”
https://twitter.com/RolandOliphant
From the NYTimes:
Ukraine Retracts Announcement of Cease-Fire With Russia
“The office of President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine said Wednesday that he and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had a similar understanding about what was needed to achieve a cease-fire in southeastern Ukraine, but it retracted a statement it had made earlier in the day that said the two men had agreed to a “lasting cease-fire.”
The initial statement, posted on the presidential website, went too far in describing the results of a telephone call between the two leaders as having reached a cease-fire, said a spokesman, noting that a revised version would be posted shortly.”
So, who called Poroshenko after the announcement?
Paruiby?
Or US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt?