The Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko’s attempted to shore up his approval rate for the upcoming election by provoking a military incident. It was a gamble and it failed. Three Ukrainian boats, a tug and two gun boats, attempted to sail from the Black Sea through the Kerch Strait into the Sea of Azov. The Kerch […]
Russia Blocks Ukrainian Navy from Entering the Sea of Azov. Captures Ships…
The Ukrainian government under the oligarch Petro Poroshenko is in election campaign mode. That is one reason why it is launching new provocations against Russia. Yesterday Ukrainian forces reportedly occupied a town within the neutral zone between the government controlled part and the rebel held Donetsk area. Today the Ukrainian navy sent a tug and […]
Disinformation? Maybe. Maybe Not: Was a Diver Deployable Device on One or Both of the Ukrainian Ships?
Ukraine Declares Martial Law…
Menendez Give Ukrainian Navy ‘Lethal Weapons Against Russia…
Treasury Sanctions More Than 30 People, Firms Involved in Russia’s Annexing of Crimea…
The Treasury Department on Friday targeted 21 individuals and nine entities with financial sanctions for their support of Russia’s occupation of the Crimea region of Ukraine. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which administers sanctions, banned more than a dozen Russian government officials, Russian business executives and Ukrainian separatist leaders involved with Russia’s occupation. […]
Tillerson: U.S. Sanctions Will Remain in Place Until Russia Returns Control of Crimea…
The T-Room here: It took less than 100 days for the neocons to wrestle control of U.S. foreign policy away from possibly more level-headed Trump appointees. Russia is never, ever, ever going to return Crimea because it is not hers to return. The Crimean’s are the only individuals responsible for making that decision not Washington […]
Dear President Trump: Russian Sovereignty Over Crimea ‘UNDISPUTED’…
Russia’s sovereignty over the Crimean peninsula is not up for discussion or dispute, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday. Ukrainian lawmaker Nadezhda Savchenko, who had been detained in Russia since mid-2014 until President Vladimir Putin pardoned her last May, said that Crimea would “have to be left out for some time” to resolve the Donbass […]
Trump Expects Putin To “Return” Crimea To Ukraine…Now We Know Why the NATO Buildup on Russia’s Borders…
“Crimea was always Russian!” France’s Marine Le Pen schools CNN…
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour didn’t look too happy while interviewing France’s presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen over the weekend. Amanpour interrupted Le Pen 5 times in a 3-minute segment and was clearly irritated by her objections to the fake news narrative on Ukraine and Crimea. Here is how the conversation went…