- Russian President V.V. Putin has announced formal recognition of two separatist regimes in Eastern Ukraine. Both have been widely described as puppet regimes of the Kremlin.
- Mr. Putin has ordered Russian troops to enter those self-proclaimed states for the purpose of "peace keeping."
- Russia's formal declaration recognizes all of the claimed territory of the two secessionist groups, including large swaths of territory held by the Ukrainian government.
- In a speech to the Russian nation Mr. Putin questioned the legitimacy of Ukraine's existence as an independent state.
- Mr. Putin has requested and received permission from the Russian Duma to deploy troops outside of Russia. The request was made in response to Russian claims of mass genocide being perpetrated by the government in Kyiv against ethnic Russians. Those claims have been emphatically denied by Ukraine and received with ridicule by the international community.
- Mr. Putin has issued a series of demands to Ukraine that include formal Ukrainian recognition of Russian sovereignty over Crimea which Russia seized in 2014, that Ukraine adopt a policy of what Moscow termed "strict neutrality" including a permanent pledge never to join NATO, and a formal demand that Ukraine effectively disarm itself and surrender all heavy weapons including any arms supplied by the United States or other powers. Presumably they would have to be surrendered to Russia.
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The east3rn provinces have been shelled by the western ukie nationalists causing many to seek refuges in Russia. Ukraine should split into 3 independent nations. The present government is a farce.
Archimandrite Gregory
That is not true. Ukraine has been very careful to avoid any provocative actions knowing full well that Putin is looking for an excuse to invade and they are unlikely to be able to fend off a determined invasion. Putin is playing the usual game that Russia is very good at, namely false flag actions. Nobody outside of Russia is buying any of this.
This is an entirely premeditated and carefully orchestrated plan for aggressive war. There was a time when I was prepared to cut Putin some slack in his relations with the West. But those days are over. He is a gangster and a menace to international peace.
Russia has already invaded the sacred garbage dump of Ukraine. They don't want NATO next to their Black Sea ports, and that's that.
The US withdrew its troops to Poland rather than risk escalation over Ukraine. Instead, we're going to freeze some bank accounts. Our insanely corrupt raj in Afghanistan collapsed as well. So right now the score is Big Gay US - 0, Anti-Globohomo - 2.
I did not say ukrainian government sent in troops but the Banderite para militayy from west Ukraine have been attack8ng folks. I get my info from monks in Doneskt. They live there.
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