Posted on 11/25/2018 4:07:21 PM PST by aquila48
The Ukrainian president has proposed the imposition of martial law after Russian forces shot at and seized three Ukrainian navy vessels in the Black Sea, injuring six crew members according to Kiev, in a major escalation of tensions between the two countries.
On Monday, Ukrainian MPs will vote on whether to declare nationwide martial law in response to the attack following an emergency war cabinet held by the president, Petro Poroshenko. He said that the imposition of martial law would not imply a declaration of war and is only intended for defensive purposes.
Ukraine has also requested an emergency UN security council meeting in response to the incident.
Sunday was a day of rising tensions between the two countries, with hostilities focusing on the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea, over which Russia has constructed a bridge following its occupation of Crimea to create a direct link between the Russian mainland and the peninsula.
The FSB, Russias principal security agency, said its patrol boats had seized three naval vessels from Ukraine and used weapons to make them stop, adding that the boats had entered its territorial waters illegally.
In a televised war council meeting with the president, Ukrainian military commanders said 23 sailors had been taken captive by Russia, six were wounded in fighting, including two seriously.
Pavlo Klimkin, the Ukrainian minister of foreign affairs, said it was likely possible that Russia plans further acts of aggression at seas or on the ground and said Ukraine must be ready after the president recommended the
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Russia calling urgent UN Security Council meeting over clash with Ukrainian ships in Azov sea
Moscow is calling an emergency UN Security Council meeting following the incident near Crimea that saw the Russian military detain Ukrainian warships for breaking into its territorial waters in violation of the UN convention.
Russia has called for a meeting “in connection to the dangerous developments in the Azov sea and subsequent events, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, told media late on Sunday.
Shouldn’t Ukraine be the one to demand that?
I have some left. See my doctor tomorrow for a refill. When you have Xanax you don’t care if Godzilla is at your front door. least I don’t.
“I expect Bolton and POTUS will drop the hammer on KGB Vlad.”
In your dreams cowboy.
“Russia calling urgent UN Security Council meeting over clash with Ukrainian ships in Azov sea”
https://www.rt.com/news/444856-russia-calls-unsc-meeting-ukraine/
The Chicoms are watching. I have no doubt POTUS will not stand for Putin blockading the Azov Sea and shooting up Ukrainian Navy boats.
The Ukrainians asked for it - current leader of Ukraine manufactured this in order to postpone elections which he will lose.
Who cares is the real question.
I don’t.
That is a Russia Ukraine thing, not a U.S. thing.
Until the U.S. starts to learn to keep to themselves these things will cost us blood and treasure.
/beware of foreign entanglements.
This shit aint out problem, just like Syria isn’t.
So how much US taxpayer money and blood shall we sacrifice for Russia and THE Ukraine?
This is not our fight.
Send Bill Kristol and his “war machine” to straighten out the Russians...or better yet...Macron and his European army.
The Chocolate King must be saved!
This is beyond ominous
Why the Hell wouldn't Russia be very touchy about Ukraine ships moving through Russia's national waters around Crimea or around the bridge?
The numbskulls like Bolton should have told Porky to retract that "promise" even if they want to keep him in power in Ukraine. Since we didn't say squat, we shouldn't be surprised at the course of events since then.
The same Deep State scum fighting every effort Trump makes in the US are trying to tie him to a mess they're working hard to create in Ukraine.
If they succeed, We The People lose.
Ha ha. The European Army will save the day. Maybe send Joe Bidens son to lead the charge.
European Army: The three operational German tanks, plus whatever the French can scrounge up.
Isolated? Time to tune in ...
Would be interesting to see USN vessels conducting FONOPS through the region. The question is whether it would make sense to undermine the image the Russians have carefully cultivated, of being lunatic MAD enthusiasts over territorial issues, to keep the Chinese out of the part of Russia east of the Urals. Because Uncle Sam would obviously make mincemeat out of Russian conventional forces, whereas Putin can’t actually use the nukes he keeps on boasting about without killing almost everyone he knows and loves, thereby consigning himself to being the least competent ruler in Russian history as opposed to being a hero on the scale of Ivan the Terrible and Stalin.
So the Paulistas interrupt their bong sessions to cheer for the foreign friends of their hippie predecessors.
A response to Mommy Merkel’s call for a EU “ARMY. I predicted this last week........
Lavrov this week at International Gathering......
.....”Everyone understands that any steps taken by Pres. Donald Trump, regarding setting up stable sound channels of cooperation with Moscow over today’s most severe problems are ‘blocked’ by those who want to continue escalating the destructive approach to the relationship of our country set by the previous White House administration.”....
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