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, Russia’s 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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Putin responds....that’s a given....NATO expansion has always been his beef understandably.....He’s spent years knocking at that door until Ukraine....the one area he warned to keep our mitts off....we didn’t.
Putin doesn’t do anything the EU and we don’t also do.....and that’s a fact. The swamp has to keep the Russia element alive....with muller soon to be done of course there has to be another crisis to keep the opposition to Russia alive and well.
“Above all, we should acknowledge that the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster of the Century. As for the Russian nation, it became a genuine drama. Tens of millions of our co-citizens and compatriots found themselves outside Russian territory. Moreover, the epidemic of disintegration infected Russia itself” (Vladimir Putin, Annual Address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, April 25, 2005).
Vladimir Putin’s Rise To Power - Full Documentary [HD]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY3Uz4ELwM0
@Rashputin Why cherry-pick a specific year? Why not before 1783 when Crimea was part of the Ottoman Empire, or if that year is anathema to you why not pick any other earlier date?
Ok, Catherine took it from the damn Muzzies, First one to kick Muzzie ass own it from then on.
“So an isolated hostile maritime incident requires a somewhat ...”
German newspapers are reporting that Poroshenko is concerned with the buildup of arms by Russia over the past few years at the boarder. His declaration of martial law is in the region where the Russians are building. The arms buildup is large if the numbers are to be believed.
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