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International Crisis Looms as NATO to Hold Emergency Meeting with Ukraine
The government of Ukraine announced today that Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will visit NATO Headquarters tomorrow for an emergency session of the Ukraine-NATO Commission. Kuleba will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and possibly with the North Atlantic Council (consisting of the ambassadors of all thirty NATO member states) as well. Continue reading
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Russia in Ukraine: enemy or friend? By Eric Walberg
The eastern Ukrainians, mostly native Russians, centred in Donetsk and Lughansk, saw the coup as a surreal rerun of WWII, this time with Banderistas triumphant. They had no real plan, but panicked at the thought of what was to come, and seized government buildings and declared themselves mini-republics, calling on Russia to come and rescue… Continue reading
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The War in East Ukraine: US-NATO’s Paranoid Falsification of Reality By Carla Stea
More than twenty emergency United Nations Security Council meetings have been called since January, 2014, the majority of them currently demonizing Russian President Putin for destabilizing Eastern Ukraine. With the exception of China, the stark failure to acknowledge and confront the authors of the current tragic bloodshed and slaughter in Ukraine reveals paranoid ideation by… Continue reading
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Igor Strelkov and Militia Briefings, July 15-16, 2014 By Gleb BazovIgor Strelkov and Militia Briefings, July 15-16, 2014 By Gleb Bazov
Enormous columns of retreating Ukie forces are retreating across the dam in the area of Kozhevnya (south of Dmitrievka). They are attempting to escape the “cauldron.” There are tanks, SAU-Nonas, refueling trucks, transport columns – all mixed-up. This is bad. But, I hope, not all of them will have the chance to escape.?? Note: Kozhevnya… Continue reading
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Moscow threatens response after Ukraine forces shell Russian border town By Alex Lantier
Tensions flared over the weekend as Russian officials vowed to respond to the Ukrainian shelling of a Russian border town, amid the offensive by troops of the Western-backed Ukrainian regime in Kiev against pro-Russian militias defending the eastern Ukrainian cities of Donetsk and Luhansk. Continue reading
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Ukraine: Kiev’s Ticking Time Bomb By Tony Cartalucci
11 July 2014 — Land Destroyer A DISPATCH FROM NSNBCTony Cartalucci (LD)After a brief ceasefire, Kiev has resumed the bombardment of populated centers in the eastern breakaway provinces of Donetsk and Lugansk, both bordering with neighboring Russia. Continue reading
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Mobilisation starts in self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic
The city of Sloviansk (Ukraine’s Donetsk region) and adjoining settlements have again been subjected to intense artillery fire in which several [d]welling houses have been destroyed. The local people’s militia claim that an attack on a block post in the area of the Karlovka settlement (30 km from Donetsk towards Dnepropetrovsk) was repelled on Friday.… Continue reading
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Ukraine: The waiting game By Pepe Escobar
The referendums may have been a last-minute affair; organized in a rush; in the middle of a de facto civil war; and on top of it at gunpoint – supplied by the Kiev NATO neo-liberal neo-fascist junta, which even managed to kill some voters in Mariupol. An imperfect process? Yes. But absolutely perfect in terms… Continue reading
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Donetsk People’s Republic asks Moscow to consider its accession into Russia
Donetsk People’s Republic has proclaimed itself a sovereign state and has asked Moscow to consider its accession into Russia, the Republic’s council said. Continue reading
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Lugansk and Donetsk regions vote for self-determination
The referendum is in full swing in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Lugansk regions, seeking independence from the central government. Local self-defense forces boosted security, fearing that Kiev could stage provocations to disrupt the self-determination vote. Continue reading
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Boris Kagarlitsky: Fate of Donetsk is being decided in Kharkov
The preliminary outcome of the revolt in south-eastern Ukraine can be described as an unstable equilibrium. Attempting to crush the Donetsk republic with the help of their armed forces, the Kiev authorities have met with defeat. The army, as expected, has refused steadfastly to wage war on its own people, and the forces of the… Continue reading
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