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Ukraine forces destroy most of a column of Russian military vehicles, president says
Washington Post ^ | 15 Aug 14 | Michael Birnbaum

Posted on 08/16/2014 4:52:59 AM PDT by elhombrelibre

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Friday that Ukrainian forces had attacked and destroyed part of a column of Russian military vehicles on Ukrainian territory, a step that, if confirmed, would represent a significant escalation of hostilities between Ukraine and Russia.

Poroshenko told British Prime Minister David Cameron that “the majority” of a column of Russian military vehicles “had been destroyed by the Ukrainian artillery at night,” his office said in a statement. The announcement came as NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Friday that the defense alliance had seen an “incursion” into Ukraine the previous night.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: putinsbuttboys; russia; ukraine
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To: tcrlaf

But at least the Ukrainian people are trying.


61 posted on 08/16/2014 7:39:38 AM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: mac_truck

Here’s a sample

Potselui mene y sraka


62 posted on 08/16/2014 7:41:33 AM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: elhombrelibre

Putey has misjudged the level of hatred the Ukranians have for Mother Russia. They are not going to go gently into the new empire. My brother in law has an adopted teen from Urkraine and he has talked about how much they hate the Russians.


63 posted on 08/16/2014 7:41:43 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Putin thinks all those people who were forced to learn Russian are Russians now and willing to die for him. He’s a fool, like Obama, and his supporters on FreeRepublic are like Obamarobots.


64 posted on 08/16/2014 7:46:18 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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To: tcrlaf

Almost forget

DERP DERP DERP NAZI


65 posted on 08/16/2014 7:52:07 AM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: Hacksaw

If the NATO or the poofters in London have evidence of a Russian military incursion, let them present it and stop pussyfooting around.

29 posted on August 16, 2014 at 4:26:56 PM GMT+3 by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)

LOL.

Classic case of projection...


66 posted on 08/16/2014 7:53:43 AM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

As always when the facts come out it is always the Russians who are found to be the ones lying. Ukrainians will fight for their independence or die trying just like we did.

How far will Putin go militarily and how many Russian agents are left in Ukraine undermining Ukraine govt, military and Intel?


67 posted on 08/16/2014 8:07:55 AM PDT by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: free_life

“As always when the facts come out it is always the Russians who are found to be the ones lying.”

uhhh...
NO....
Kiev has said many whoppers, as well.
The one I really like is “We don’t shell civilians”

But you just ignore them, and call anyone that points them out a “Putin-lover”, or worse.


68 posted on 08/16/2014 8:15:26 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: free_life

Putin is a mischief maker and an opportunist. He’s not much for the long hard slog and that’s what trying to annex the Ukraine will be. Putey is already trying to back out of the swamp but this convoy ambush is really making it difficult. He has really stepped in doody and he’s not sure how to get out of it.


69 posted on 08/16/2014 8:18:27 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: free_life

I slept in today. I love waking-up in the morning and getting the latest Kremlin spin on FR.


70 posted on 08/16/2014 8:22:16 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: free_life

There are many graphic scenes of innocent Ukrainian civilians being indiscriminately killed by their own government but they aren't for posting here.

71 posted on 08/16/2014 8:25:27 AM PDT by McGruff (You can lead a human to knowledge but you can't make him think)
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To: Kozak
DERP DERP DERP NAZI
DERP DERP DERP SOROS
DERP DERP DERP MCCAIN
72 posted on 08/16/2014 8:26:22 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Kozak; All
Classic case of projection...

No dummy...a classic case of reality. You should try it sometime.

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73 posted on 08/16/2014 8:28:16 AM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“Putin is a mischief maker and an opportunist”

Absolutely...
And Obama handed him the opportunity of a lifetime when they supported the overthrow of the elected Ukraine Gov, giving him an excuse to recover Crimea. The Obamunists never considered how Putin might react to it, that much is very clear.

“He’s not much for the long hard slog and that’s what trying to annex the Ukraine will be.”

IMO, He doesn’t want anything to do with swallowing Ukraine. It’s a basket case, both Socially and economically. If he wanted it, this would already have been over in a day.

He will take the Southeast if he can get it, most of Ukraine’s wealth is there, along with a significant percentage of Russia’s war industries. It also offers a land route for much of the South Stream Project, (that the Saudi’s and Obama are trying desperately to stop), making it much cheaper to build.

IMO, Ukraine will eventually balkanize along ethnic lines. Maybe sooner than we think.

“but this convoy ambush is really making it difficult”

As noted by CNN, and posted above, there is no proof to back up this claim by Kiev:

CNN’s Ram Ramgogal
US says it can’t confirm Ukrainian claims of disabling vehicles in a Russian military convoy inside Ukraine
https://twitter.com/RamCNN/status/500412757259591682


74 posted on 08/16/2014 8:32:19 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: 1rudeboy

LOL


75 posted on 08/16/2014 8:33:15 AM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: McGruff

Civil wars are terrible.
It’s Putins fault for supplying and controlling the “ separatists”.
Just like the blood on his hands for Chechnyia and Georgia.


76 posted on 08/16/2014 8:35:26 AM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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To: tcrlaf
If Ukraine is having trouble "balkanizing" along ethnic lines now, even with Russian support, what makes you think it will happen sooner rather than later?
77 posted on 08/16/2014 8:37:37 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Kozak
Man, you can just tell on a scale how (relatively) "bad" the news is for the Russians by how desperately they try to change the subject to something else.
78 posted on 08/16/2014 8:39:31 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: PIF

“‘Your western friends promise you nice things, but seldom deliver. I promise you bad things, and I deliver.’””

“The Prince that is feared, is far more respected than the Prince that is loved.” - Niccolo Machiavelli


79 posted on 08/16/2014 8:46:00 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: 1rudeboy

Look squirrel!


80 posted on 08/16/2014 8:48:10 AM PDT by Kozak ("It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal" Henry Kissinger)
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