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It Begins: Ukraine Army Given Power To Use Weapons On Civilians - Live Feed
Just as we warned earlier, the stealing of the weapons cache and labeling of the break-away region as having undertaken "terrorist acts" has led to the military getting involved:
- *UKRAINE ARMY GIVEN POWER TO CHECK CIVILIAN VEHICLES
- *UKRAINE ARMY GIVEN POWER TO USE WEAPONS ON UKRAINIANS: MINISTRY
Under the "anti-terrorist" operation, Ukraine is a close to civil war as it has been so far. As Martin Armstrong concludes: "there is no peaceful resolution" no matter how many sanctions and condemnations the West makes.
Live Feed:
Below is the Google-translated Government Statement which was posted on the Ministry of Defense website moments ago:
In connection with the decision to commence in Ukraine antiterrorist operation Ministry of Defense of Ukraine official statement:
According to Article 5 of the Law of Ukraine "On combating terrorism" Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, bodies of military management, formations and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to protect against terrorist attacks facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, firearms, ammunition, explosives and poisonous substances that are in the army or stored in designated areas.
Under section 15 of the Act, in the area of ??counter-terrorist operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have the right to:
- use in accordance with the laws of Ukraine weapons and special means;
- apprehend and deliver to the internal affairs of persons who commit or committing an offense or other action;
- check of the citizens and officials of documents , identification, and in the absence of documents - to detain them for identification;
- to carry out in the area of counter-terrorism operation personal care nationals review things that are in them, vehicles and things that they carried;
- Provisionally restrict or prohibit the movement of vehicles and pedestrians on streets and roads.
Measures provided for in this Article shall comply with the applicable law and terminate immediately after the anti-terrorist operation.
Coordination of activities of entities involved in the fight against terrorism has antiterrorist center of the Security Service of Ukraine.Those involved in the fight against terrorism, are under state protection.
Disobedience or resistance to lawful demands of military officials who take part in anti-terrorist operations, incur liability as provided by law.
The main purpose of the anti-terrorist operation - stop extremism and illegal actions of radical groups that threaten the lives of millions of Ukrainian, to protect civilians, prevent civil war in Ukraine.
And as a reminder from Martin Armstrong - There Is No Peaceful Resolution
Russia wants to portray this as a coup organized by the USA, Europe wants to portray this as Ukraine wanted them, and the USA media spins this as US against RUSSIA.
This began as a movement against CORRUPTION and not a Europe v Russia confrontation. The more it has played out, then this has also developed into a fight for freedom. The Russian side of Ukraine is the East and south and they speak Russian. The West speak Ukrainian so there are even two languages spoken.
The Russian side has very strong RIGHT WING elements and they are anti-gay and want 7 years in prison for a girl who gets an abortion. So there is now a religious fever being thrown into the fire.
BY ABSOLUTELY NO MEANS did this begin merely over the refusal to join Europe. The corruption in Ukraine is massive. Much of the bureaucracy is buried still in communism with no rational explanation. Under communism, the state-owned everything. Therefore, your “papers” were a form of domestic passport not good for international travel. Inside that passport you had to have your PERMANENT address assigned to you by government since you were not allowed to move. To this day, although communism collapsed and you can move, your passport must still have your “official” address. If you want to move, it will take months to get a new passport and you have to pay a bribe to get it expedited that may still be 2 months. The law forced you to return to change any document. You cannot do anything on-line.
The bureaucracy has never been reformed. There is no law saying you need an address anymore, yet nobody can change anything because it is as if there is nobody really in charge. It is a chaotic mess. The police were extorting people like the Mafia, so this began as all other protests – against corruption. Simple as that. The mainstream media is playing to the propaganda on both sides.
It appears that civil war will erupt for the younger generation want their freedom. Russia will not allow that to happen for this is a strategic former possession that was once part of Russia and Kiev was the former capital of Russia before Moscow. This is likely to fester and grow. There is no peaceful resolution.
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You want Democracy, you have to fight for it...
Fuck democracy. I want a republic.
In the eighties, they blamed Russians in Afghanistan for gold going over 800.
BY ABSOLUTELY NO MEANS did this begin merely over the refusal to join Europe.
Absolutely.
But Putin has the receipt in the form of an unencrypted phone conversation that proves otherwise!
Martin Armstrong’s contention that this is a grassroots’ quest for “freedom” is highly suspect.
A Dangerous Game, or Why is the West Criticizing the Sochi Games, Bashing Vladimir Putin?
By Israel Shamir
Global Research, February 18, 2014
svpressa.ru and Oriental Review (translated from Russian)
There is a Russian proverb very similar to “Pride Goeth Before a Fall.” Russians are not easily offended, as opposed to, for example, my Israeli compatriots, who are hypervigilant to conspiracies and anti-Semitism. Russians just aren’t like that, and even the manufactured word “Russophobia” never really caught on, except within the select audiences of the blogosphere.
It started with the campaign by same-sex activists to boycott the Olympics. That was launched by the comedian Stephen Fry, “as a Jew and a homosexual,” in a reference to the Holocaust. But his joke fell flat because shortly before that incident Fry had caused an outcry in the Jewish world when he stated on television that Jews had stored up more misery for mankind than any other group of people. The topic of gay rights continues to rankle – the Americans sent a delegation to Sochi consisting entirely of supporters of same-sex relationships, hoping to “troll” Putin – but nothing has ignited, despite their efforts. The only demonstration on this issue in Sochi was staged by some American guests who were upset about the legalization of same-sex marriage in many US states.
Then came the horror stories about “Sochi – the city of double toilets.” Despite the fact that the photos and legends were debunked as fast as they appeared – they had their effect. An Austrian journalist photographed a bad road in Vienna and tweeted it with the hashtag SochiFails. CNN acquired the photo and it was retweeted 477 times. Then the journalist admitted he had pulled a fast one – but that confession was only retweeted four times, which proves that this was truly an organized campaign to discredit both Sochi and the Games.
The opening ceremony saw some surprising and deliberate incidents: although spectators in the stadium and television viewers in Russia could see the president of Ukraine,Viktor Yanukovych (see image right), in his sky box, standing with a flag as the Ukrainian athletes entered the stadium, viewers overseas saw only an empty spot. American television viewers did not see some of the section of the presentation that depicted the Soviet period, which was most likely cut because it did not include the gulags.
And finally, in conclusion there appeared a series of detailed articles. The “bloody slander” by Dominic Sandbrook is an excellent example. This was a fatwa, a call for murder and war from the lips of a respected British professor from Oxford and Cambridge. Here’s another example: “The Stench of Sochi,” in which Putin is described as a bloody dictator and the games as an act of collusion. [1]
One could debate each point of the charges listed and either agree with them or take offense. I’ve spent the greater part of the last three years in Russia. It’s not the most comfortable place in the world. The weather is oppressive. We have ice and snow on a level unimaginable to Scandinavians or Canadians. Beelzebub himself designed Moscow’s traffic. I assure you it’s a country where the bureaucracy exhausts new arrivals and which begets a profusion of unnecessary hardships, all of which have helped to forge the indomitable Russian spirit. You’ll get no argument from me! But only someone who has lost all touch with reality could brand the lenient rule of the liberal-conservative Putin as the “murderous and corrupt regime” of a gangster, when he has never executed anyone, holds an electoral mandate, and has yet to break up a single legal demonstration.
This widespread campaign leaves one no choice but to believe without a shadow of a doubt that what we have here is a deliberately fabricated, orchestrated, and organized campaign to target Russia and its president. Why is this? If athletic competitions in Israel were being written about in this manner we would conclude that the instigators of the campaign were vile anti-Semites. We could use the formula of President George W. Bush, who suggested “they hate our freedoms” as a motive for 9/11. But there’s an even better explanation.
The unified Western propaganda machine is able to demonize its potential victims much better than the antediluvian mechanism used by Goebbels – if for no other reason than because it penetrates every corner of the globe. It is centered in London and New York, and its branches operate in France, Germany, and even Russia. It is fully integrated into the social networks. If you (justifiably) do not trust the mainstream media and turn to the Internet – there you will find the same message, copied and retweeted by thousands of obedient robots.
This machine moves in when its owners want something from their victim. For example, Muammar Gaddafi was the best friend of Paris, London, and Washington. But he took exception once, and that was when Goldman Sachs lost 98% of Libya’s investments. He paid dearly for his complaints. He was utterly demonized and then NATO bombed Libya and destroyed that flourishing country. Fifty billion dollars went missing – Libya’s sovereign wealth funds that had been invested in Western banks.
This is why the campaign against Sochi is so troubling. What do the owners of the international mainstream media want from Russia and Putin? For him to marry President Obama? For him to abandon the Stabilization Fund in favor of Goldman Sachs? For him to sell oil and gas to Western companies in exchange for US Treasury bonds? Or – in regard to more compelling matters – for him to hand over Ukraine to neo-Nazis and Syria to Al-Qaeda? In any event, this has nothing to do with sports. This is a different, and far more dangerous game.
[1] (OR Note) The reason why the Western sponsored media were so anxious about Russian resources being invested into the development of the national infrastructure projects and its soft power of the global reach, is pretty transparent. Since 2010 Russia has been gradually reducing its share in the US Treasury holdings (from around USD 176 billion in October 2010 to less than USD 140 billion in November 2013) and plans for more. Exactly this tribute, routinely pumped into greedy abyss of the Wall Street deposits for years, has been eventually spent for the national development and advance in Sochi. A gloomy mixture of envy, disrespect, panic and malice motivates those who hire the likes of Dominic Sandbrook, Alex Berenson, Alexander Gentelev, Regis Gente, Michael Weiss, etc to condemn “Putin’s Games”. The outstanding success of the ongoing Olympic Games is the powerful and compelling response to these scribblers.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/a-dangerous-game-or-why-is-the-west-criticizing-the-sochi-games-bashing-vladimir-putin/5369338
Precisley! Which is why this read is such a contradiction and spin.
You can blame "both sides" all you want but the evidence was made clear last week when the Pyatt/Nuland conversation hit the newstand which has resulted in the deaths of dozens and injured in the hundreds not to leave out the destruction of a sovereign nation's property and the only justice the World received was a "shrug" from Washington.
This began as a movement against CORRUPTION and not a Europe v Russia confrontation.
Liar, liar. This was fomented by the USA, from the very start.
It seems to be a metric of success for neocon foreign policy whenever it can provoke a government into shooting its own people. It is very sad that those poor folks can't get some reform without having a neocon witch filling out the boxes in their "reform government" org chart.
fuck u martin Armstrong, Ukraine + Russia + Belarus = Rus'!!!! Those people aren't fighting for their freedom they are Slavs who forgot their own history because they were brainwashed by the devil worshiping western elite!!!
Another load of trash article making it onto ZH.
"And as a reminder from Martin Armstrong - There Is No Peaceful Resolution
Russia wants to portray this as a coup organized by the USA, Europe wants to portray this as Ukraine wanted them, and the USA media spins this as US against RUSSIA.
This began as a movement against CORRUPTION and not a Europe v Russia confrontation. The more it has played out, then this has also developed into a fight for freedom."
Actually, it is a fight between ukrainian people designed to make their country weaker and easier to incorporate.
Actually, it's a battle between Ukrainians that want to stay close to Russia (mostly in the East and slav speaking -vs- those who want to move closer to the EU debt-ridden gravytrain (mostly in the West).
Both sides are quietly funded and supported by outside powers. The eastern lot by Russia, the western lot by the EU and US.
I see nothing in any ZH article that contradicts this, so I cannot understand your comment.
What we now see is the incumbent President (pro-Russia) cooking up excuses to bring in the army to quell his opposition.
To divide and rule. some division has to be created. Any existing will be used.
The same trick has been used so many times even monkeys should be able to recognise it.
Western lviv and area is poles, not Ukrainian blood..this is the troubles. Even there ordinary citizens are against this radical violence.
Otherwise, what excuses to bring in forces? No one cooking up anything...
The radicals started the burning, to provoke the milita and deserve all blame....
Real Ukrainians oppose the violence and know from where it is enabled.
johny2
Don't ya know that "Tyler" does it as "Devil's Advocate", for the purpose of timely debate?
What you love most about this site is what I do and that's in the comment(s) that follow.
Your guess about Tylers motive may be right.
I like about ZH the case that often someone with more or different knowledge than me will write something and I will learn something.
In case of Revolution in Ukraine, it is such an old game, so it is hard to believe it still works, and so well.
Your a fucking idiot
Usually person saying things like that is the one that needs to think much more. And practice more self discipline.
Da? And your little ad hominem attack is sign of intelligence?
"But what's Putin going to do to us in return?"
He'll send Mexican nationals into the southern US so they can vote for democrats?
We start tapering QE and the whole world falls apart. We need to double QE immediately!
Ukrainians, protect your brethren. Outside influences are currying your favor, asking for your support. Those outsiders are tying to divide and conquer you. Do not join them. Mr. Yanukovich is no good but you can remove him through a democratic process rather than through use of force. I have watched the video at Freedom Square. The police are very restrained and I hope to god they continue that stance. Give them credit, they are your brethren. Even though you may hate Mr. Yanukovich you do not have to accept Mr. Klitschko, he has plans that you may not agree with. As a nation all Ukranians can move beyond this dispute but everyone needs to stand down. Mr. Putin, if you have any influence in this matter please utilize such to diffuse this conflict. May God bless you all.
I read that the Police are lead by many Ukrainians of Russian ethnicity. And I understand that Victor Yanukovich is not an ethnic Ukrainian. (I'm not either)
Now, does that influence your position and words of hope?
If the police and leadership feel an ethnic loyalty to Russia, how should the people of Ukraine proceed?
Yanukovich came into office on the back of a pack of lies and then proceeded to dismantle the constitutional checks and balances on his power. He then insert loyalists into positions of authority and seems to have amassed a treasure trove of the peoples wealth within his pockets and his cronies pockets. What now for the people of Ukraine? Wait for an election that will most certainly be rigged by his well placed supporters?
This president has only one "right choice" to make: Hold immediate elections and face the results. The people have stated their NO-CONFIDENCE and it must be respected.
Of course, Yanukovich has many "wrong choice" options and he seems to prefer these.
anybody else notice the erie similarities between how this is playing out and Syria?
almost as if somebody is playing off the exact same script yeah?
we all know Washington is waist deep in Syria and has at least as much Syrian blood on it's hands as the Assad regime does, maybe even more.
we also know the US state department is very much involved in trying to pick the winners in the Ukraine, it's been recorded and put on you tube for the whole world to hear.
"fuck the EU" right?
this is absolutely US vs Russia and Washington and Moscow are the not so invisible hands guiding the factions now at war in yet another country of great strategic importance to both sides.
the only important question now is how far are both sides willing to go to achieve their goals, how much of and who's blood are they willing to shed?
obviously Ukrainian or Syrian lives mean nothing to the PTBs, they will happily spend as many as are needed to get the job done all while mouthing empty, hollow words of peace, freedom, diplomacy and restraint and issuing endless lies from there forked tongues.
but where does this end?
who's blood will they spill when they run out of rebels, moderates, terrorists, extremists, radicals and freedom fighters and yet still remain in a stalemate, with their goals yet unfulfilled? as is happening right now in Syria.
are American or Russian lives worth more to these wana be masters of the universe than Syrian, Iraqi, Libyan or Ukrainian ones?
I wouldn't bet on it.
our world is run by lairs, thieves, murders and psychopaths who lust in their delusions of grandeur for more power, more control, more dominance, more wealth. they command vast armies, vast propaganda networks and nuclear arsenals.
as Kiev burns and Syria is slowly destroyed I can't help but wonder...
is it two minutes to midnight on the doomsday clock?
Outline in bullet format what you think are signs of this pattern and then we can respond.
Most likely, what you are seeing are the patterns of the history of tyrants. It requires a historical perspective to recognize these for what they are.
How many of you ZH readers saw the firefighters in the aerial ladders attempting to extinguish the blaze in the building to the east of the square last night. Those firefighters, perched above the fire lines were either incredibly stupid or they were willing to fight for the good of Ukraine. I'll guess the latter because if Ukraine burns, as many seem to want, life as they knew it is over. Those firefighters had nothing to lose and fought for a cause worthy of effort. The police and the protesters should have lent support to the effort; maybe they did! The scenes last night reminded me of the 300 at the hot gates. I am siding with the police as the Spartans in this fight. Let us all hope all of those protesters run out the hatred that fuels the fires. They can solve this they just need to stand down. And, with a limited and surgical effort the law enforcement should go after the individuals and groups inciting violence. Guns should not be involved in this fight. This may seem contrary to fight club rules but the standoff in Kiev is a fight that should be handled differently. Go ahead folks give me the arrows to show your support or dislike for these stances.
Dunno what to say, up or down.
The revolution is not a tea party ... which is perhaps bad news for our US tea party, unless they can prove the old saying wrong. You want a tea party Ukraine?
the only way to stop usa aggression is to kill all adherents to the neocon ideals and participants in their meglomaniac goals no matter how brainwashed they are to believe in their cause. fucking around with putin was the wrong strategy.
God be with the Ukrainians!
Film on the news this morning show people using a crowbar to loosen the (arty) paving stones in the square, presumably to use as ammunition and not in an effort to make potholes. Also picnic tables set up in some public place with all sorts of bottles being filled as molotov cocktails. Street theater, or real?
Bonus march times 1,000.
Why doesn't the Ukraine have a Homeland Security Dept?
At least they knew where the arms were stored...do you?...Putin won't do anything further until after the Olympics but could he send in tanks...wouldn't surprise me.
I smell the stench of Mossad.
<<The Russian side has very strong RIGHT WING elements>> - this one is complete BS. Actually the Western Part of Ukraine is known for their Ultra Right (Nazi) position. Bandera even supported nazis in WW2. Actually all neo-nazi organizations are supporting the Maidan terrorist opposition.
Is this the East or the West they have LIVE? Anyone know what they are saying?
Ukraine is game to you!?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzLtF_PxbYw