Russia declares war on Ukraine. Live updates from inside Ukraine

a reply to: Xcathdra

I know, I remember the first 650 people who got sentenced where trialed where in fact members of the muslim brotherhood. And they did commit horrible crimes. ( not worth the dead penalty, but each to his own i guess ).

but this recent wave of death penalty people where trialed because the " supported " Mursi, so because they got the death penalty because they had an opinion in favor of Mursi. That's just ***d up.

And I also find that very strange not to here more about this from the international community.

Article in The Guardian about pro-Russian trolls, posting comments attacking anyone speaking against Russia and Putin, on Ukraine related articles. Sound familiar ?!

www.theguardian.com...

originally posted by: AnIntellectualRedneck
Barack Obama: US, EU continue working on sectoral sanctions

Not really much else to say, as the article is pretty short. Seems like they're already working on sanctions against entire Russian economic sectors.

Not a good sign...

The insinuation its a multi party response is also not good.

a reply to: ProfessorT

Why do we have to mark people in such a black and white manner? Why does it have to be because you disagree with one side you Have to agree with the other?

Most people are more in the grey area, but that's just me/

originally posted by: [post=17884011]MessageforAll


And I also find that very strange not to here more about this from the international community.

Has there been a change in media laws since the change over?

Absent that global affairs are heating up all over so its possible there is either not enough reporters to go around to cover them all or there is just not enough time in the day for media to give reports on them.

More info on the Sloviansk firefights:

tyzhden.ua...

On the outskirts of Slavonic Donetsk region from the Kharkiv region is a battle, is wounded on both sides. This was announced by Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Arseniy Avakov.

"On the morning of ATO revealed ambush squad - fighting terrorist groups. They used serious weapons firing large-caliber weapons used mortars and other equipment," - told reporters at the entrance Avakov in Slavic.

According to the minister, is wounded on both sides, the number of victims of the Ukrainian side - up to 8 people.

Avakov also said that the fight started at about 10.45. According to him, Ukrainian law enforcement officers opposed to about 800.

Interior Minister also said that the problem of anti-terrorist operation is complicated by the desire not to harm civilians.

Earlier povidomllyaosya that armed militants attacked a police station Slavyanoserbsky in Luhansk. Currently being nego

a reply to: ProfessorT

Unconfirmed sources usual from twitter just like on Syria.


Just BREAKING NEWS Assad Has Being Shot.

Goes to the point I've been talking about with Ukraine's upcoming elections.

www.bloomberg.com... ukraine-s-vote-seen-at-risk-as-violence-flares-up-in-east.html

Ukraine’s presidential election is driving another rift between Russia, the European Union and the U.S. as Vladimir Putin’s government questions the legitimacy of the vote.

Hours after Ukraine’s deadliest day since President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted in February, Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, pointed to the violence as proof that proceeding with the vote planned for May 25 is “absurd.” U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the success of the election will decide whether the U.S. and the European Union impose further sanctions on Russia for its actions in Ukraine.

Discord over the election is pushing the sides further apart. A failed ballot would highlight the central government’s difficulties in asserting control as unrest spreads from the easternmost regions to the south.

“There is little doubt that the legitimacy of the elections on May 25 will be questioned and most probably not accepted by Moscow and many ethnic Russians in eastern and southern Ukraine,” Lilit Gevorgyan, senior economist at IHS Global Insight in London, said by e-mail. “Ukraine is entering a critical phase in the crisis, where chances of so-called humanitarian intervention by Russia are increasingly high.”

Click link for remainder of article.

a reply to: Xcathdra

I expect the last, and also MSM is big business, Ukraine is the flavor of the month, within a few weeks it might be Syria again...

originally posted by: Agent_USA_Supporter
a reply to: ProfessorT

Unconfirmed sources usual from twitter just like on Syria.


Just BREAKING NEWS Assad Has Being Shot.

Believe it or not it's actually from an RT Correspondent and a freelance journalist who has been featured on RT quite a lot in recent weeks. Stick that in your pipe.

Pilot of downed Ukrainian chopper, captured by separatists, was freed:

interfax.com.ua...

Pilot Mi-24 helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Captain Eugene Krasnokutsk that on the night of May 2 by air patrols in the area of ​​Slavic and was shot down by separatists , released from captivity , the press service of the Ministry of Defence.

" At the moment there is an officer in the Military Medical Clinical Centre of the Northern region . His health doctors described as satisfactory " , - the report says .

Also at the Military Medical Clinical Centre of the Northern region of the body are five pilots killed in helicopter fire fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine , three of them are identification.

The Defense Ministry recalled that on the night of May 2 in area Sloviansk were down two Mi-24 helicopters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine , by air patrols . Combat vehicles were shot down by unknown persons using portable air defense systems (MANPADS) . The bombardment of several members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed and one wounded.

In addition, shots of small arms was damaged Mi-8 helicopter of Army Aviation Armed Forces of Ukraine , one soldier wounded .

" The fact that the use of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against MANPADS clearly showed that against the military in the Donetsk region are far from " peaceful protesters "and the well-trained and professional armed subversive groups that by committing acts of terrorism and sabotage are trying to destabilize the situation " , - stressed in the Ministry of Defense .

The department also indicate that such behavior is inherent in the military or another country, acting against the enemy , their specific management or experienced mercenaries who are ready to act against any fee .

a reply to: Agent_USA_Supporter

Probably nothing, I hope not or this would disastrous on the whole current world events.

English EuroMaidan ‏@EuroMaidanEN · 5m
"There are Russian saboteurs in Ukraine," says Russian State Duma Deputy fb.me...

“There are Russian saboteurs in Ukraine,” says Russian State Duma Deputy

Russian State Duma Deputy Ilya Ponomarev has accused the Kremlin of creating a prologue to civil war, on a territory where civilians do not seek to be part of Russia.

The only deputy of the Russian State Duma who voted against the accession of Crimea to Russia, Ilya Ponomarev, has declared that there are Russian saboteurs present in Ukraine. The deputy wrote about this after visiting Ukraine, in his blog in “Echo Moskvy”.

“There is no large-scale intervention, but there are special forces (of the Main Intelligence Directorate?) and subversive groups that are carrying out the task of directing and organizing the forces of the so-called ‘self-defence’,” said Ilya Ponomarev.

Click link for remainder of article.

This is the Russian politician who voted against Russian actions in Crimea.

I would think we will be seeing actions taken against him if true.


ETA - Primary source - news.liga.net (Im not familiar with this media source).
In Ukraine there are Russian saboteurs-MP
Llya Ponomarev blog site

Very interesting, SBU seized 1.5 kg of radioactive material smuggled from Transnistria into E Ukraine:

www.bbc.co.uk...

Counterintelligence Security Service seized 1.5 kilograms of radioactive substances, which were taken from Transnistria in eastern Ukraine .

This was during a briefing at the ministry spokesman said SBU Marina Ostapenko , reports Click UNN.

According to her, in the Chernivtsi region have detained nine people - according to preliminary data , one Russian citizen and eight Ukrainian . They drove a car with foreign numbers one and a half kilograms of a radioactive substance in a container craftsmanship .

" It is possible that this substance were brought to the eastern region to create a so -called" dirty "bomb and use it during mass events . According to this fact a criminal proceeding, the investigation continues ," - added the spokesman SBU.

a reply to: Xcathdra

Check your source.
English EuroMaidan ‏@EuroMaidanEN · 5m

This is the same EuroMaidan ‏ source that has defended the burning of those 48 whom were killed by your fascists.

Odessa: Euromaidan's fascists have killed Vitaly Chudka, one of the anti-Kiev protesters released ydy from city police department. #Ukraine.

originally posted by: Agent_USA_Supporter

originally posted by: ProfessorT

originally posted by: Agent_USA_Supporter
a reply to: ProfessorT

Unconfirmed sources usual from twitter just like on Syria.


Just BREAKING NEWS Assad Has Being Shot.

Believe it or not it's actually from an RT Correspondent and a freelance journalist who has been featured on RT quite a lot in recent weeks. Stick that in your pipe.

Nope nice try. But i have being following Syria since 2011 Ironic you haven't anything on those threads but are justt now on Ukraine strange indeed.

I'm sorry to have embarrassed you like that. I can post screen prints if you like?

@dougf24: Two likely #Ukraine army helicopters flying very low over highway between Volnovakha and #Mariupol, towards #Donetsk.