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Obama administration: Russia firing artillery at Ukraine military targets

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Obama administration: Russia firing artillery at Ukraine military targets | Fox News

Obama administration officials said Thursday that Russia is firing artillery from its own territory into Ukraine to hit Ukrainian military sites, pointing to escalating Russian involvement in the deadly conflict.

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf also claimed Moscow is boosting its military shipments to pro-Russian separatists.

"We have new evidence that the Russians intend to deliver heavier and more powerful multiple rocket launchers to separatist forces in Ukraine and have evidence that Russia is firing artillery from within Russian to attack Ukrainian military positions," Harf told reporters.

I have no idea how the Obama administration will respond to this.
 
Obama administration: Russia firing artillery at Ukraine military targets | Fox News



I have no idea how the Obama administration will respond to this.

That in combination with THIS...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/25/w...liament-takes-step-toward-elections.html?_r=0

KIEV, Ukraine — Prime Minister Arseniy P. Yatsenyuk, a pro-Western technocrat who has guided the Ukrainian government through the tumultuous months since the ouster of President Viktor F. Yanukovyvch, resigned abruptly on Thursday, after the governing coalition of Parliament collapsed.

...leads me to believe that there are rough seas ahead.
 
Why does Obama need to respond to a fight between Russia and Ukraine. Having started the fight to begin with, perhaps he should keep a low profile on this one.

He doesn't need to, but he will feel compelled to.
 
He doesn't need to, but he will feel compelled to.

Perhaps. But then that's the exact thing that's going to be our downfall someday. Always feeling compelled to jump in the middle of other people's fights.
 
Why does Obama need to respond to a fight between Russia and Ukraine. Having started the fight to begin with, perhaps he should keep a low profile on this one.

Obama started the fight between Ukraine and Russia? That's.... uhh... an interesting statement.
 
How would you respond if you were president, and why?

Oh I would definitely try to form a coalition of the willing, go before the UN and demand more sanctions and tell Russia if you cross this line, there will be consequences.


Oh wait....
 
I have no idea how the Obama administration will respond to this.

You just saw how the Obama administration responded.

The bigger question is, is it just another lie from the Obama administration ?

We know that once in a full moon the Obama administration has to tell the truth sometimes.
 
Obama started the fight between Ukraine and Russia? That's.... uhh... an interesting statement.

Assuming Obama is in control of his State Department.


It's not Russia that's pushed Ukraine to the brink of war
The attempt to lever Kiev into the western camp by ousting an elected leader made conflict certain. It could be a threat to us all.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/30/russia-ukraine-war-kiev-conflict


Washington's Man Yatsenyuk Setting Ukraine Up For Ruin

Ukraine’s interim prime minister, Arseniy “Yats” Yatsenyuk, may prove to be arsenic to the beleaguered nation.

“Recall the phone exchange between the Ukraine ambassador and Victoria Nuland (Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs) that got leaked out, where she basically said ‘we want Yats in there.’ They like him because he’s pro Western,” says Vladimir Signorelli, president of boutique investment research firm Bretton Woods Research LLC in New Jersey. “Yatsenyuk is the the kind of technocrat you want if you want austerity, with the veneer of professionalism,” Signorelli said. “He’s the type of guy who can hobnob with the European elite. A Mario Monti type: unelected and willing to do the IMFs bidding,” he said.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapo...ns-man-yatsenyuk-setting-ukraine-up-for-ruin/



Is “regime change” in Ukraine the bridge too far for the neoconservative “regime changers” of Official Washington and their sophomoric “responsibility-to-protect” (R2P) allies in the Obama administration? Have they dangerously over-reached by pushing the putsch that removed duly-elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given an unmistakable “yes” to those questions – in deeds, not words. His message is clear: “Back off our near-frontier!”
 
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