Posted on 04/23/2014 3:11:31 AM PDT by kronos77
Slavyansk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Pro-Kremlin rebels in Ukraine braced Wednesday for a renewed military offensive by Kiev as US troops headed to region in a show of force after Washington again warned Moscow over the escalating crisis.
The United States said it plans to deploy 600 troops to Poland and the Baltic states to "reassure our allies and partners" after threatening Russia with more sanctions.
Ukraine's acting president Oleksandr Turchynov late Tuesday ordered a new "anti-terrorist" operation against separatists holding a string of eastern towns after the discovery of two "brutally tortured" bodies.
One of the dead was a local politician from Turchynov's party who was kidnapped nearly a week ago, the leader said, blaming his death on the rebels.
Kiev's offensive threatens to sound the final death knell for an already tattered agreement struck last week in Geneva between Ukraine, Russia and the West to ease the crisis, which some fear could tip the country into civil war.
"Security agencies are working to liquidate all the groups currently operating in Kramatorsk, Slavyansk and the other towns in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions," said Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Yarema, according to the Interfax Ukraine news agency.
View gallery Map of eastern Ukraine locating the town of Slavyansk, scene of a deadly gun battle Sunday (AFP Phot … In the eastern town of Slavyansk, a tense flashpoint town near where the two bodies were found, the streets were calm, with locals walking about as usual.
A handful of rebels wearing camouflage gear and ski masks but with no apparent weapons stood outside the barricaded town hall they are occupying.
In front of the building were displayed three photos of militants who were killed in a weekend attack on a roadblock the separatists have blamed on pro-Kiev ultra-nationalists.
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Why do they need US Seals, when they already have GROM?
Obama and Soros BEGAN this,
just like their Arab Springs.
Meanwhile, the corrupt, EXEMPT
US Congress has abdicated to their banks and brothels.
God help us. PUtin will not back down, he cannot back down even if he wanted too. Secondly, he knows that Obama will blink at the first drop of American blood.
I can’t believe how utterly stupid we are in this instance.
The Ukrainian people have had a taste of true freedom. Russia nows wants to take that away. They will fight to the death before it happens. They don’t need us.
600 troops? Seriously?
Im saying that this is US Vietnam Nr 2.
South Vietnam(Ukraine) government that is imposed my military coup, and has en major support of people nor controls its territory is proclaimed by US authorities as “Ally” and us gives them support - while on the other hand Russia will just provide weapons and smuggle explosives and other stuff into South Vietnam (Ukraine) for the rebels...
Than we will have Gulf Of Tonkin incident (maybe attack on one of few US destroyers in Black Sea) and... after ten years...
Putin will take Odessa and Transdienester(sp) and dumBO will do nothing, showing Putin the more flexibility he will have after the election.
“The Ukrainian people have had a taste of true freedom.”
Meet the new corrupt masters, same as the old corrupt masters. Except the new masters are funded by USAID, Omidyar, and Soros.
“They will fight to the death before it happens.”
The only forces that seem willing to fight are the Right-Sector. Most of Ukraine’s regular forces? Not so much.
Vietnam? LOL!
600 troops isn’t a show of force, it’s a tripwire. Just like several US divisions in West Germany was never meant to provide a defense against the entire Warsaw Pact but only to serve as a deterrent or as a delaying force in case of attack.
It’s time for Zero to move “Holder’s Whores” from Nevada to the Ukraine!
In this photo taken on Sunday, April 13, 2014,
a reporter Simon Ostrovsky, right, stands next to a Pro-Russian gunman at a seized police station in the eastern Ukraine town of Slovyansk...
I've seen this same guy in the same pose in a bunch of photos at different places. Looks like a prop. And why is the reporter smiling?
Very true.
“...600 troops? Seriously?...”
No wonder the troops’ suicide rate is screaming high.
Can you imagine your life being under control by the whims of “The WON”?
What if he doesn’t get his daily dose of skittles or something?
I assume you were not a History Major, then, if Ukraine and its recent events somehow strike you as similar to the US War in Vietnam. If you’re mind is that muddled, how do you think you can pontificate on these subjects?
You want to bet on the ammo?
How would you like to be one of those 600? They’re being sent there, probably, as a stunt. It’s possible; however, they’re being sent in hopes that they’re attacked.
I like that. If you and I went to Ukraine and hung out with some Ukrainians, then went to Russia and hung out with some Russians, we’d wonder that these people are a hair’s breadth from shooting each other. We wouldn’t be able to tell the difference in their likes, dislikes, religion, or even language. I think, even in the Middle East, our similarities would be more than our differences. But look at what’s happening. Governments are getting people to kill each other.
Unless they have pitchers and lanterns.
10 years? I thought it would take about that for Russia to take Crimea. LOL.
Only if he wants to get killed along with his entire extended family and every single person he knows.
The Russians took Afghanistan overnight. Holding on to it proved a 'stan too far.
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