Posted on 11/26/2018 7:18:37 AM PST by SleeperCatcher
NATO officials and diplomats are assembling for an extraordinary meeting on Monday with Ukrainian officials following a naval clash between Ukraine and Russia off Crimeas coast, the military alliance announced.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg scheduled the NATO-Ukraine Commission meeting at the request of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, reports noted.
Stoltenberg made contact with the commission and scheduled the meeting after Russian naval forces fired on Ukrainian vessels attempting to enter the Kerch Strait, which is a vitally important waterway that connects Ukraines port city of Mariupol to the Black and Mediterranean seas.
Russia has steadily tightened its control of the region since Moscows forceful annexation of Crimea in 2014.
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Nothing is going to occur. Germany needs the natural gas from Russia....as do a dozen other NATO members. Beside, they already have a trade ban going on with Russia, and there’s virtually nothing else that they can ‘punish’ Russia with.
Maybe....but Trump isn’t one to appease the Russians
I trust Ukraine less than Russia.
Trump *should* be sending ships to help Putin fend off the Ukrainians, just in case they make another run at the bridge.
It is patently obvious that Poroshenko instigated this knowing full well that the Russians would not stand for it, in order to declare martial law. He is now able to suspend the upcoming elections, in which he was polling approximately 10%.
The US has no real dog in the fight. Let the EU and Macron’s “European Army” handle the problem.
Russians need killing .
This is the amusing thing about the timing here. Right now, Yulia Tymoshenko (the blonde 57-year old, who is a combination of Putin, Hillary Clinton, and Nancy Pelosi)...leads in polling with around 22-percent of the vote. Poroshenko can’t even break into third place.
But if you really wanted a soap opera-like setting in the Ukraine....get Tymoshenko into office. She’d be like Trump on high-energy drinks and maximum caffeine.
NONE OF OUR BIZ.
The Ukraine is not in NATO
Good description. But not only that. Tymoshenko must also have an incredible makeup kit. She looks great for 57.
Didn’t the US promise to protect Ukraine from Russia if they only got rid of their Nukes???
I must have missed the memo where Ukraine became a member of NATO.
There is no use arguing with people making bigoted statements like this. The Russians have the moral authority here, and that’s a fact.
Ukraine didn’t conduct a sneak attack on a neighboring country, Russia did. So why are you siding with the criminal in this case?
This looks like her high school picture.
Russia has moral authority?? To invade and threaten their neighbors?
Lets see, they’ve invaded and annexed parts of Georgia and Ukraine, they’ve made overt threats against Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, Sweden, Germany, Japan, the USA, and the list goes on.
Russia has devolved into a gangster state that is run by criminals and to say that they have any moral authority is an endorsement of their criminality.
“Maybe....but Trump isnt one to appease the Russians”
It isn’t appeasement when you have no dogs in the hunt.
We have no interest in the Sea of Azov.
Thank you Obama for leading from behind 8 years and allowing Russia to maul the Ukraine while he would not lift a finger to help. If anyone colluded with Russia’s Putin it was indeed Barack Hussein Obama....
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