Donetsk, Kharkov, Lugansk - way to Russia.

[galdur]

U.S. Delays Ukraine Military Training, General Says
Washington wary of giving Moscow excuse to scrap truce

WASHINGTON—The Pentagon is delaying a training program for Ukrainian soldiers so as to avoid giving the Kremlin an excuse to scrap the tenuous peace deal struck last month between Kiev and Moscow-backed separatists, a top U.S. general said Tuesday.

Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, commander of U.S. Army in Europe, said U.S. officials wanted to make sure such training—which would involve U.S. military instructors deploying to western Ukraine—doesn’t “give the Russians an opportunity to say, ‘Look, the Americans are bringing in all these soldiers, they are not serious about it.’ ”

The general’s comments, at a breakfast with reporters in Washington, reflect a dilemma the West has faced in dealing with Russia’s yearlong push into Ukraine: how to force President Vladimir Putin to back down without provoking him to escalate the fight instead.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-delaying-ukraine-military-training-general-says-1426631033#livefyre-comment

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[Rishblitz]

I hope the DNR will push harder when hostilities open up again so that they will gain even more land and hurt Ukraine more then they do now.

[galdur]

Well, I think the mob has given up on this mess with the Crimea and Donbass gone. All that´s left is a very costly nightmare and they know it. And I doubt that much will come of Kiev´s sabre-rattling. Maybe a little spring offensive for appearances sake that will soon fail like the other endeavors of their incompetent military.

[galdur]

Killer in the Sky: Russia’s Deadly Su-35 Fighter

The Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E is the most potent fighter currently in operation with the Russian Air Force. The powerful twin-engine fighter, which is an advanced derivative of the original Soviet-era Su-27, is high flying, fast and carries an enormous payload. That, combined with its advanced suite of avionics, makes the Su-35 an extremely dangerous foe to any U.S. fighter, with the exception of the stealthy Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. That is one of the reasons the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force is keen to acquire the new jet.....



http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=112542

[tee-rex]

Killer in the Sky: Russia’s Deadly Su-35 Fighter

The Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E is the most potent fighter currently in operation with the Russian Air Force. The powerful twin-engine fighter, which is an advanced derivative of the original Soviet-era Su-27, is high flying, fast and carries an enormous payload. That, combined with its advanced suite of avionics, makes the Su-35 an extremely dangerous foe to any U.S. fighter, with the exception of the stealthy Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. That is one of the reasons the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force is keen to acquire the new jet.....

It is quite understandable that the CPLA Air Force is keen to acquire the new jet. Russia sells a few systems to China and counts on follow-on orders for more systems (which is the business practice of other nations). Instead of this, China reverse engineers them, and then cheap Chinese copies begin competing with Russia in sales at the combat systems markets, thereby making Russia lose profits twice.

[shluher]

Killer in the Sky: Russia’s Deadly Su-35 Fighter

The Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E is the most potent fighter currently in operation with the Russian Air Force. The powerful twin-engine fighter, which is an advanced derivative of the original Soviet-era Su-27, is high flying, fast and carries an enormous payload. That, combined with its advanced suite of avionics, makes the Su-35 an extremely dangerous foe to any U.S. fighter, with the exception of the stealthy Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. That is one of the reasons the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force is keen to acquire the new jet.....



http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=112542

Doesn't make a big difference. There is only about 50 of them in a russian air force.

[tee-rex]

Killer in the Sky: Russia’s Deadly Su-35 Fighter

The Sukhoi Su-35S Flanker-E is the most potent fighter currently in operation with the Russian Air Force. The powerful twin-engine fighter, which is an advanced derivative of the original Soviet-era Su-27, is high flying, fast and carries an enormous payload. That, combined with its advanced suite of avionics, makes the Su-35 an extremely dangerous foe to any U.S. fighter, with the exception of the stealthy Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor. That is one of the reasons the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force is keen to acquire the new jet.....



http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=112542

Doesn't make a big difference. There is only about 50 of them in a russian air force.

More to come, that is to fly. There are only 187 F-22 Raptors at the moment, while their mass production has been run since 1997. The production of the Sukhoi Su-35 started only in 2007, that is ten years later. And don't forget that F-22 is the most expensive fighter aircraft in the world (150$ million per unit against 40$ million for one Su-35).

[galdur]

Whoa, seven fighters for a billion dollars. That´s going to eat up your budget fast.

Now; that´s a handsome aircraft

[tee-rex]

Whoa, seven fighters for a billion dollars. That´s going to eat up your budget fast.

Now; that´s a handsome aircraft

And that's exactly what it did! In 2009 the Senate of the US finally voted to stop production of the F-22 fighter jet, while the Air Force wanted $4 billion in the 2010 budget to build 20 more F-22s. McCain The Warmonger had surprisingly voted in favor of this bill, which was very unusual of him. It is also noteworthy that each hour of the plane's flight time requires 30 hours of maintenance.

[Snail2]

Whoa, seven fighters for a billion dollars. That´s going to eat up your budget fast.

Now; that´s a handsome aircraft

And that's exactly what it did! In 2009 the Senate of the US finally voted to stop production of the F-22 fighter jet, while the Air Force wanted $4 billion in the 2010 budget to build 20 more F-22s. McCain The Warmonger had voted in favor of this bill, which was very unusual for him. It is also noteworthy that each hour of the plane's flight time requires 30 hours of maintenance.

So it's bit like the Tiger - T-34 (T-34/85) situation . 

[galdur]

US to train Sonderab.... sorry, special police forces in Ukraine

Last week, Arsen Avakov, head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) announced that Kiev is working with Washington to create a unified special police force analogous to American SWAT teams. The force is to be called KORD (Korpus operativno-raptovoy diy—Instantaneous Tactical Actions Corps). Following its American counterpart, KORD will consist of “assault teams” that execute high-risk police actions with a 15-to-20-minute response time.

The announcement came as the US began sending military equipment to Ukraine. In addition, this week, Ukraine’s parliament voted to approve the presence of foreign peacekeeping forces and military units of foreign states on the country’s soil. The move lays the groundwork for the holding of joint military exercises on Ukrainian territory with US and Polish forces planned for this year.

The creation of US-trained SWAT teams in Ukraine makes clear that Kiev is preparing to suppress popular opposition to its right-wing austerity program and the brutal war the government is waging in the country’s southeast. Earlier this month, the parliament announced plans to cut pensions for working retirees by 15 percent, a move that will impact 20 million Ukrainians....

wsws.org

[Nemo1024]

US to train Sonderab.... sorry, special police forces in Ukraine

Last week, Arsen Avakov, head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) announced that Kiev is working with Washington to create a unified special police force analogous to American SWAT teams. The force is to be called KORD (Korpus operativno-raptovoy diy—Instantaneous Tactical Actions Corps). Following its American counterpart, KORD will consist of “assault teams” that execute high-risk police actions with a 15-to-20-minute response time.

The announcement came as the US began sending military equipment to Ukraine. In addition, this week, Ukraine’s parliament voted to approve the presence of foreign peacekeeping forces and military units of foreign states on the country’s soil. The move lays the groundwork for the holding of joint military exercises on Ukrainian territory with US and Polish forces planned for this year.

The creation of US-trained SWAT teams in Ukraine makes clear that Kiev is preparing to suppress popular opposition to its right-wing austerity program and the brutal war the government is waging in the country’s southeast. Earlier this month, the parliament announced plans to cut pensions for working retirees by 15 percent, a move that will impact 20 million Ukrainians....

wsws.org

Yep, USA is to train the Ukrainian Nazis on how to kill civilians even more efficiently.
http://tass.ru/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1842181
The terrorist punisher battalions Right Sector are an official part of the Ukrainian Natzional Guard

EDIT:
NATO Trains For Air War In Europe, U.S. Troops To Train Ukrainian National Guard Soon
http://www.globalresearch.ca/nato-trains-for-air-war-in-europe-u-s-troops-to-train-ukrainian-national-guard-soon


Kiev has now totally sabotaged Minsk-2 agreement by not conducting any dialogue with the republics, which hypocritically allowed Merkel to speak of imposing new sanction against Russia because of Minsk-2 failure.


Obama’s Double-Standard on Russia: He Attacks Russia, then Condemn’s Putin for Defending Russia from His Attack
http://www.globalresearch.ca/obamas-double-standard-on-russia-he-attacks-russia-then-condemns-putin-for-defending-russia-from-his-attack
by Eric Zuesse

...
Here is a member of Ukraine’s parliament, or Rada, speaking on 20 November 2013, prior to the start of “Maidan” demonstrations against Yanukovych, and even before Yanukovych had announced that he would turn down the EU’s offer to Ukraine, in which this parliamentarian is describing in remarkable detail the preparations that the U.S. Embassy already had underway to produce a coup which would bring down Yanukovych and replace him with a leader who would be controlled from Washington. Hackers had gotten into the American Embassy’s emails, and this parliamentarian reported what they had discovered. He says:

 

  “American instructors explained there how social networks and Internet technologies can be used for targeted manipulation of public opinion as well as to activate potential protest to provoke violent unrest on the territory of Ukraine — radicalization of the population, and triggering of infighting. American instructors show examples of successful use of social networks to organize protests in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. ‘Tech Camp’ representatives currently hold conferences throughout Ukraine. A total of five events have been held so far.”

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Now, with that as the actual history of America’s aggression against Russia during President Obama’s second term, consider that, on 16 March 2015, which was the first anniversary of the referendum in Crimea, Jen Psaki, at the U.S. State Department headlined, “One Year Later — Russia’s Occupation of Crimea,” and she said:

    “On this one year anniversary of the sham ‘referendum’ in Crimea, held in clear violation of Ukrainian law and the Ukrainian constitution, the United States reiterates its condemnation of a vote that was not voluntary, transparent, or democratic. We do not, nor will we, recognize Russia’s attempted annexation and call on President Putin to end his country’s occupation of Crimea.”

This is the way that the U.S., which is occupying Ukraine (by coup), talks about Russia, which protected the Crimeans from being subjected to the hell that the people in Donbass are now experiencing from the Ukrainian Occupying Regime, no legal Government at all. And, for that — the sheer illegality of what Obama did — just read this. Then consider that Obama is demanding that the entirely undemocratic and forced transfer of Crimea by the Soviet dictator Khrushchev in 1954 must stand as being legal, while this entirely democratic plebiscite on the issue in 2014 must be called “not voluntary, transparent, or democratic.” That takes some nerve (and a deceived public).

[galdur]

Mob double standards, what else is new. They´re always very predictable. Not so the Russians, you never know what those crafty wankers have in the works. They are chess players, better not underestimate them.

[Balthazar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHYPihfRqgk

Another few months of ass kicking and Minsk-3 are coming soon.

[Nemo1024]

LNR switches to Russian roubles to pay pensions and salaries.
http://www.aif.ru/money/economy/1471128
That was to be expected, when Ukraine introduced total economic blockade of the regions.

[galdur]

Short History of Ukraine. Oles' Buzina 23.12.2014 | Eng. Subs

From The Saker:

Dear friends,

Today I am truly delighted to be able to present you with an amazingly interesting video: an interview of the Ukrainian writer and historian Oles Buzina in which he (in 90 minutes or so) not only covers the key moments of the history of the land which today is called “the Ukraine”, but also explains where the modern Ukraine came from and what it is.  To my knowledge, this is the first time that an English speaking audience gets access to such a thorough and well presented explanation of what the Ukraine is, and what it is not, what is factual, and what is myth....

http://thesaker.is/a-must-see-interview-about-the-history-of-the-ukraine/

[Nemo1024]

Short History of Ukraine. Oles' Buzina 23.12.2014 | Eng. Subs

From The Saker:

Dear friends,

Today I am truly delighted to be able to present you with an amazingly interesting video: an interview of the Ukrainian writer and historian Oles Buzina in which he (in 90 minutes or so) not only covers the key moments of the history of the land which today is called “the Ukraine”, but also explains where the modern Ukraine came from and what it is.  To my knowledge, this is the first time that an English speaking audience gets access to such a thorough and well presented explanation of what the Ukraine is, and what it is not, what is factual, and what is myth....

http://thesaker.is/a-must-see-interview-about-the-history-of-the-ukraine/

Looks like a good video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOrBUKHgV7Y
To save time, you can read the transcript, just click on "...More->Transcript". Here are the first 9 minutes of it:

0:03
Oles Olekseyevich Buzina - writer, publicist, historian Short history of Ukraine Kiev, December 22, 2014
0:04 - Oles Alekseyevich, lately there are such terms as Malorossiya and Novorossiya which have come back in usage. When did they appear and what terriroties include?
0:13 - If speaking about Malorossiya, the matter is more common for our people.
0:19 Because... Malorossiya often mentioned in works of Gogol, Shevchenko.
0:26 Paustovskiy has such episode when Nikolay II comes to the 1st Kiev gymnasium, and passing by pupils, he comes up to Paustovskiy and asks who he is by nationality. He answers - Maloros.
0:40 Kiev, at the same time as Bulgakov, before World War I Paustovskiy finished 1st Kiev gymnasium.
0:48 So, it is more or less clear with Malorossiya. Malorossiya is traditionally a left-bank Ukraine without Slobozhanschina.
0:56 What is left-bank Ukraine? This is 10 cossack regiments, which became so called Getmanschina (Zaporizhian Host).
1:03 Because Slobodskaya Ukraine is the present Kharkov region. It was directly controlled by Moscow.
1:08 These were lands of Moscow empire which were populated by cossacks who escaped from Poland.
1:15 They escaped from the right-bank, and settled near Kharkov. There was Krakov regiment, Akhtyrka, Ostrogorsk.
1:22 These are all Slobodsiye regiments. They were administratively controlled by Moscow. I.e. not by means of the Hetman of Malorossiya, but directly.
1:30 And Kiev regiment, the capital city was not Kiev by the way, but Kozelets.
1:35 Why was the capital not in Kiev, but Kozelets? By the way, all Rozumovskiys originate from Kozelets, Hetman Rozumovskiy, his elder brother Aleskey, they are all from Kozelets.
1:46 There was a road going across this city to Petersburg.
1:49 Kiev was a frontier city. After Andrusovskiy truce in 1667, the border between Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in simple words Poland, and Russia, Russian state, it was so called at the times of Aleksey Mikhailovich by the way,
2:06 the word Russian was used at the time of Peter's father, there are a number of documents.
2:11 So, the border passed along the Dnepr.
2:13 And only near Kiev it was like, sorry for my words, a pleasant pimple, like a base, let's say, neutrally to the side of Poland.
2:22 And really, the border passes along the river Irpen. And they said that they went to Poland, when they crossed the Irpen. They appeared in Poland.
2:30 Until the partitioning of the Commonwealth at the time of Ekaterina II, can you imagine? Such situation was until the end of 18th century.
2:37 And as Kiev was a frontier city, it was dangerous to locate a regiment administration.
2:42 That's why the regiment administration was located in the left bank of the Dnepr in Kozelets.
2:46 And by the way, Rozumovskiy, the secret of Rozumovskiys' rise was that they originated from the regiment city, in fact, where the regiment administration was.
2:54 They were in the know. They understood how papers moved, finances, where to go to make a career.
3:02 So, Malorossiya is Kiev regiment, Chernigov regiment, Poltava regiment, Gadyach regiment excelled from Poltava regiment.
3:13 It is more pleasant for me, because my ancestors are from Akhtyrka hundreds of Gadyach regiment, in father's line.
3:19 They seemed to also emigrate after Berestechko from right-bank Ukraine, because the surname Buzina is met in Uman regimetn in 17th century, in 1649.
3:30 But Uman regiment broke into pieces after... during the Great Ruin, after the death of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy.
3:40 And seems that my ancestors moved there. It was really migration, transfer. They gathered their things.
3:46 All right-bank Ukraine which didn't want to stay under Poland, moved to the left bank. The left bank was not populated, Malorossiya appeared this way.
3:57 Why was it not populated? There were Tatars. They moved all the time, actively.
4:00 And the first colonization, i.e. resettlement, started around 60 years before Bogdan Khmelnitskiy. Its organizer was Prince Vishnevetskiy.
4:13 Father and grandfather of the famous Iyeremeya Vishnevetskiy. And the father and grandfather were Christian.
4:19 I.e. they were closely connected with their people.
4:22 And they opened colonization of the present Poltava region. The capital was in Lubny, there was a prince castle. Certainly, it was destroyed during the rebel of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy.
4:33 These regiments: Chernigov, Starodub, made up Malorossiya.
4:40 Zaporozhian Sich was separate from it. It was in different jurisdiction: either in double Polish-Russian, or in Turkish, for example.
4:50 Or it took Swedish orientation during Mazepa in 1708. Everything was there.
4:55 This is Malorossiya, in present left-bank Ukraine.
4:58 And by the way, when in the end of 18th century, at the time of Ekaterina II Kiev region on the right-bank, Cherkassy region, Podolsk province according to revolution scheme, Volyn, Holmsk were annexed,
5:19 when all these were annexed to the Russian empire due to three separations of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, this was started to call Ukraine.
5:29 And when in 1812 Aleksandr I formed militiamen because of Napoleon invasion, cossack Malorossiyan regiments were formed on the left-bank, and cossack Ukrainian regiments on the right-bank.
5:43 This is the situation if we speak about it for the beginning of 19th century.
5:48 If we talk about the situation for the end of 16th century, a short and narrow line of the border was called Ukraine, approximately, near famous Subotovo, Cherkassy at the times of Bogdan Khmelnitskiy.
6:02 In this area, on maps of the end of 16th century - beginning of 17th century...
6:07 - i.e. far from Kiev? - Yes... seriously far. I would say 200 km, if not mistaken.
6:13 Maps were certainly West-European, because our ancestors started to make maps significantly later, in 18th century, they made their own maps.
6:24 But these were Russian maps, i.e. these are map-makers who were taught by West-European specialists.
6:30 After Peter I, from the time of Peter I and later, they started to make Russian maps.
6:35 And before they used European maps.
6:38 Everybody knows well the Boplan map, and before Boplan there was also the history of map making.
6:45 And on the maps before Boplan, there was an inscription in little little words in this area of Cherkassy-Kanev - Ukraine.
6:53 In the area where the Ros mouths into the Dnepr, approximately there.
6:59 Where Kagarlyk is, to the south from Kiev, without doubts.
7:03 And if names like Novgorod-Severskiy princedom, they wrote like this. It was written in big letters.
7:11 Or Podolye, it was written in big letters. But Ukraine was in tiny letters. Because the term was not widely spread.
7:18 Like the term France. Initially il de France, the island of France. It has nothing to do with the present huge territory in 12th century, for example.
7:28 So, it was like a French pigeon which was not eaten in a restaraunt yet, did dirt near Paris. This was the France of 12th century.
7:38 And Ukraine, tiny tiny, frontier. Boderland in English, the land at the border.
7:45 And Walter explains the origin of Ukraine this way, the word Ukraine.
7:49 Boplan explains this way, everybody, all Italian travellers, everybody knew that it was Oukraine, Ukraina, it was pronounced, written in different ways.
8:00 Sometimes through 'O', simetimes through 'U" in the beginning, sometimes through 'Ou'.
8:05 The language was a little bit different. Imagine, it was not Ukrainian yet.
8:10 I.e. there are no texts witten in Ukrainian. Not any.
8:14 No matter how many times you are shown the Peresopnytsia Gospels, it could be called proto-Ukrainian language, but not Ukrainian in any way.
8:22 And what is the most interesting, bi-linguility was common for this territory of Ukraine, Malaya Rus. Even three-linguility. If we take Bogdan Khmelnitskiy, he spoke Polish, Rusyn, it was so called, Rusyn language.
8:39 And Tatar languange, and Tatar was perceived like a dialect of Turkish.
8:43 Now, as linguists say, these are a little different things, but a little.
8:49 And it was a norm in this land, in this point where various influences crossrods, to know several languages, as it is now.

By the way, I previously posted good articles on the Ukrainian history:
https://futuristrendcast.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/free-earth-shift-report-2-the-falsified-history-of-ukraine-and-its-lessons
http://www.opednews.com/articles/3/Ukraine-The-US-Vote-at-the-by-George-Eliason-Denial_Genocide_Genocide_Holocaust-141126-844.html
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Ukraine–Why-Bandera-Have-by-George-Eliason-Communism_Extreme_Hitler_Ideology-140801-8.html

And a book on Ukrainian history by Orest Subtelny
http://books.google.com/books/about/Ukraine.html?id=l5uiWHgRphQC&redir_esc=y

[Nemo1024]

Intel: Is Kiev About to Break Minsk Accords? New Offensive on Donbass and False Flags to Sabotage Victory Day in Russia
https://futuristrendcast.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/intel-is-kiev-about-to-break-minsk-accords-new-offensive-on-donbass-and-false-flags-
to-sabotage-victory-day-in-russia/

Intel: in two or three weeks Kiev is expected to start a massive new offensive on Donbass. False flags, provocations and terrorist acts to sabotage, or make more difficult, the 70th anniversary of the Great Victory (WWII Victory Day) celebration in Russia on May 9th are also possible. Since Nemtsov murder near Kremlin, Russians are on full alert; therefore, I expect it won’t be possible in Moscow and/or the main Russian cities. But Ukraine and Donbass are a different story.

According to the expert of the Russian Military Sciences Academy Vladimir Prokhvatilov (interview link), confirmed by multiple intelligence sources in Donbass and Ukraine, Kiev is expected to start a new massive offensive on Donbass in order to surround and cut Donetsk off Lugansk, with simultaneous attack on Lugansk. We will recall that a similar recent attempt resulted in the Debaltsevo cauldron, where thousands of Ukrainian troops perished. This time, the result will be the same, but it appears Kiev doesn’t care about the result, it only cares about making the life of the Donbass people as difficult as possible, and about sabotaging Russian holidays.

Kiev has officially broken the Minsk agreements. Instead of pulling its heavy artillery away from the front lines in oder to create a demilitarized zone, Kiev is amassing heavy artillery, tanks and troops.

It is believed that they will attack during the sacred Orthodox Holiday – Pascha (Easter). Previous mass bombings of DNR and LNR, as well as mass attacks by Kiev on both republics, were all scheduled during an important holiday, in order to spoil people’s celebration. This year, Pascha is celebrated on April 12.
...

Konstantinovka Horror and Riots: Drunk Kiev Military Run Over Three People, Kill 8-Year-Old Girl
https://futuristrendcast.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/konstantinovka-tragedy-kiev-military-run-over-three-people-kill-8-year-old-girl/

Tragedy in Konstantinovka: Today the city of Konstantinovka in Donetsk region, which is presently under the Kiev junta occupation, buried the 8-year-old girl killed three days ago by the Kiev soldiers.

Two drunk Ukraine soldiers driving a heavy armored vehicle “Ural” ran over three people on city sidewalk. A young mother was walking with her two children: 5-month-old baby in a stroller and 8-year-old girl Polina. Polina died on the spot; the mother and the baby were taken to the hospital. Information about their condition is being blocked by Kiev.

On the footage below it is clearly visible that armored vehicle “Ural” ran over two tall posts located on the curb of the road and continued moving through the dirt separator, at least 3-4 meters in width, between the road and sidewalk, slamming into the unsuspecting people who had the misfortune to walk past. Both soldiers were so drunk, they could hardly stand on their feet. The driver, 23 (born 1991), is from Lvov – the city in western Ukraine, which is a hotbed of ukro-nazism. It has been reported that in their drunken stupor they decided to drag race on the busy road full of civilians and located in the city center.

As angry crowd started gathering at the scene, the commander arrived almost immediately and whisked the two drunk soldiers away.

The crowd started throwing rocks at the car as it sped away. Later at night, angry citizens, who were demanding justice, burned tires and set on fire the army barracks, demanding Kiev troops leave the city and calling them occupiers. In response, Kiev gave order to shoot at the crowd and sent 300 ukro-nazis from the ‘right sector,’ who would have no qualms following this order.

[galdur]

The Russian Army drops another subtle hint.

3/20/2015

By J.Hawk

The Russian Armed Forces recently underwent a series of readiness exercises. One of the units involved was the 15th Guards Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, normally stationed in Samara in the Central Military District. Except that, on the photographs from the readiness drills held by that unit published by Russian blogger nortwolf_sam, it is evident that many of the soldiers are wearing patches signifying they are...peacekeeping troops. That's what the patch on the soldier's sleeve on the photo above shows, and what the Cyrillic letters "MC" on the helmet below stand for. Given that Poroshenko has been insistent "peacekeeping troops" are sent to the Donbass, I'd say somebody is clearly volunteering for the task...

http://fortruss.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-russian-army-drops-another-subtle.html

[galdur]

RE: Mob double standards. Massive NATO military drills near Russian border underway

US troops have arrived in Estonia for extensive war games which the US and several European countries are conducting near the Russian border. The US believes that the large-scale military exercises do not raise tensions in the region...but when Russia holds drills on its own territory, Washington slams it for destabilizing the situation in Ukraine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsbpZYf0Eo0