[Sam Gamgee]

They are the evil empire. Ask the ukrainians. I say we call Putin bluff and send milItaly advisers to the Ukraine.

[Glad2bnuts]

You ARE insane. I didn’t promise the Ukrainians anything. To gamble the entire world on a stupid trigger point brings to mind Britain and Poland. You do know the only reason Poland refused reasonable compromise with Germany was Britain and France backed them up don’t you? Just think, the entire history of the world and WW II may have been so different. Couldn’t have that now could we? The idiots in Europe want to punish Germany, and they caused the entire mess, and WE have to die to back them up....NO THANKS.....

[Krosan]

There are some advisers training Ukrainian troops and the advisers are also learning themselves as this is the first time large operations are against a foe who has sophisticated electronic jamming capabilities. What Ukraine would have needed was light anti tank guided missiles. General Breedlove was lobbying hard for them to get these and Pakistan had agreed to sell some of their TOW-2s if US gives their approval, but Obama was against and sacked Breedlove for it.

[ETL]

They are the evil empire. Ask the Ukrainians.

Russia decries 'new Cold War' as East-West tensions cloud talks

AFP, by Frank Zeller, Eric Randolph
February 13, 2016

"...a panel of eastern European leaders lined up to add their own accusations of Russian aggression.

"Every single day, Russian troops, Russian weapons, Russian ammunition penetrate into my country," said Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko.

He addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was not present, saying:

"Mr Putin, this is not a civil war in Ukraine, this is your aggression. This is not a civil war in Crimea, this is your soldiers who occupied my country."

http://web.archive.org/save/http://news.yahoo.com/russias-medvedev-says-world-cold-war-091417194.html

[ETL]

Vladimir Putin is not Finnish

Jim Treacher
March 31, 2014

And if he gets his way, which he will as long as Obama is president, nobody else will be either

Jack Moore, International Business Times:

"One of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest ex-advisers has claimed that the ex-KGB agent ultimately wants to reclaim Finland for Russia.

Andrej Illiaronov, Putin's economic adviser between 2000 and 2005 and now senior member of the Cato Institute think tank, said that "parts of Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic States and Finland are states where Putin claims to have ownership..."

Illiaronov admits that Finland is not Putin's primary concern at present but, if not stopped in other areas of Eastern Europe, the issue will one day arise."

http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/31/vladimir-putin-is-not-finnish/#ixzz3vXvUhxDC

[ETL]

From 2014

Yushchenko, hero of Ukraine's Orange Revolution warns Europe that Putin won't stop at Crimea

by Matthew Schofield - McClatchy Foreign Staff
March 27, 2014

Many Ukrainians believe you need look no further than the face of Viktor Yushchenko to understand Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

Once smooth and ruggedly handsome, it still bears the scars from an assassination attempt when someone slipped dioxin into Yushchenko's food. ..."

Read more here:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/article24765781.html#storylink=cpy
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[ETL]

Russia Deploying Tactical Nuclear Arms in Crimea

Obama backing indirect talks with Moscow aimed at cutting U.S. non-strategic nukes in Europe

BY: Bill Gertz
October 10, 2014

Russia is moving tactical nuclear weapons systems into recently-annexed Crimea while the Obama administration is backing informal talks aimed at cutting U.S. tactical nuclear deployments in Europe. ..."

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-deploying-tactical-nuclear-arms-in-crimea/