Be prepared to have groups firing squads ready to finish these traitors
off. Meanwhile has the Russian tri-color flag come down over the Kharkiv
ODA or is it still flying?
PI
On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Stefan Lemieszewski <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>
> "*You just don't in the 21st-Century behave in 19th-Century fashion *
> *by invading another country on completely trumped-up pretext*"
>
> --- spoken on the CBS program *Face the Nation* today by John Kerry,
> the Secretary of State of the country that invaded Iraq in the 21st
> century
> on a trumped-up pretext of non-existent "weapons of mass destruction"
>
> --
>
> I guess John has done his bit once again and can go back to
> preparing to watch the Red Carpet for the Oscars.
>
> Stefan Lemieszewski
>
>
> ==================
>
> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-26410431
> 2Mar2014
> *New head of Ukraine's navy defects in Crimea*
>
> [PICS - VIDEOS - Maps ]
>
> The newly appointed head of Ukraine's navy has sworn allegiance to the
> Crimea region, in the presence of its unrecognised pro-Russian leader.
>
> Rear Admiral Denys Berezovsky was only made head of the navy on Saturday,
> as the government in Kiev reacted to the threat of Russian invasion.
>
> Russia's troops have been consolidating their hold on Crimea, which is
> home to its Black Sea Fleet.
>
> Nato's chief has asked Russia to withdraw its forces to its bases.
>
> "We call on Russia to de-escalate tensions... to withdraw its forces to
> its bases and to refrain from any interference elsewhere in Ukraine,"
> Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, speaking in Brussels.
>
> Ukraine was a "valued partner" for Nato and should be allowed to determine
> its own future, he said.
>
> The US has warned Moscow may be ejected from the G8 for its actions.
>
> US President Barack Obama called Russian troop deployments a "violation of
> Ukrainian sovereignty".
> 'Brink of disaster'
>
> Ukraine has ordered a full military mobilisation in response to Russia's
> build-up of its forces on the Crimean peninsula. Prime Minister Arseniy
> Yatsenyuk has warned the country is "on the brink of disaster".
>
> In Crimea, Ukrainian soldiers faced off with Russian soldiers surrounding
> their bases on Sunday while the Russian army was said to be digging
> trenches on the border with mainland Ukraine.
>
> The UK has joined the US, France and Canada in suspending preparations for
> a summit of the G8 in Russia in June. Nato, of which Ukraine is not a
> member, is conducting emergency talks.
>
> Admiral Berezovsky appeared in Sevastopol before cameras alongside Sergiy
> Aksyonov, the pro-Russian politician elected by Crimea's regional
> parliament as local prime minister.
>
> Mr Aksyonov announced he had given orders to Ukrainian naval forces on the
> peninsula to disregard any orders from the "self-proclaimed" authorities in
> Kiev.
>
> Sunday, he said, would go down in history as the birthday of the "navy of
> the autonomous republic of Crimea".
>
> The admiral then pledged to "strictly obey the orders of the supreme
> commander of the autonomous republic of Crimea" and "defend the lives and
> freedom" of Crimea's people.
>
> Admiral Berezovsky was later sacked by interim Ukrainian Defence Minister
> Ihor Tenyukh and a treason case launched against him.
>
> Ukraine's Ukrainska Pravda newspaper reports that the admiral was speaking
> before the "numerous cameras of predominantly Russian TV channels".
>
> Earlier, Ukrainian naval officers found their headquarters in Sevastopol
> occupied by Russian troops and were unable to go to work.
>
> Admiral Yuriy Ilyn, who was until recently commander of the Ukrainian navy
> and served briefly as head of Ukraine's armed forces under ousted President
> Viktor Yanukovych, told the BBC's Christian Fraser at the scene that the
> armed forces were "hostages of the situation".
>
> Separately, Ukraine withdrew coast guard vessels from two ports in Crimea
> and moved them to other bases in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov on Sunday.
>
> Several Ukrainian army bases were surrounded by Russian troops on Sunday
> but there were no reports of clashes despite the refusal of Ukrainian
> soldiers to open their gates.
>
> John Kerry told US media Russia might "not even remain in the G8" and
> Russian President Vladimir Putin might "find himself with asset freezes".
>
> "You just don't in the 21st-Century behave in 19th-Century fashion by
> invading another country on completely trumped-up pretext," Mr Kerry told
> the CBS program Face the Nation.
>
> The Russian parliament authorised Mr Putin on Saturday to deploy troops in
> Ukraine to protect the lives of Russian citizens there.
>
> Moscow has not recognised the government which took power in Kiev last
> month after overthrowing the elected pro-Russian President, Viktor
> Yanukovych.
>
> Mr Yanukovych's decision in November to abandon closer ties with the EU in
> favour of Russia sparked massive protests in Kiev, which ended in a
> bloodbath, as dozens of protesters were shot dead in clashes with police.
>
> ====================
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Apr 01 2014 - 00:56:52 EST