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Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Invasion, Considers State Of Emergency After Masked Gunmen Occupy Two Crimean Airports
The bizarre events in the Crimea continued overnight, after unidentified masked men but dressed like those who took over the parliament in Simferopol yesterday, took over two airports by blockading one near the Russian naval base in Sevastopol and another in the capital of Simferopol. This prompted the Ukraine's interior minister Arsen Avakov, to accuse Moscow's military of blockading the airports, and in a Facebook post, he called the seizure of the Belbek international airport in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol a "military invasion and occupation." He added: "It is a breach of all international agreements and norms." As NBC reports, the Interfax news agency quoted Russian military sources as saying the incident at Belbek airport was intended to stop "fighters" flying in. However, Interfax later quoted a Russian official as saying that no units had approached the airport or blockaded it. In a nutshell, Russia continues to push with escalation ever further, and is testing just how far it can and will go without Ukraine responding.
2-3 dozen militiamen at Simferopol #Crimea airport quickly piled into a truck - with no plates - and are leaving. pic.twitter.com/wgcIjvE8jV
— Alexander Marquardt (@MarquardtA) February 28, 2014
Kyivpost has a more detailed account:
Two Crimean airports were taken over by Russian military troops, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on Facebook this morning. He said the situation in the autonomous republic has now escalated to “a military intervention” and called on the National Security Council to take urgent steps towards its regulation.
“My assessment of what's going on is that it's a military intervention and occupation in violation of all international agreements and norms,” he said in his statement. “This is a direct provocation of bloodshed on the territory of a sovereign state.”
Avakov said that Sevastopol's military airport Bilbek at night was blocked off by the military units of the Russian navy, which is based in Sevastopol. He said the airport is surrounded by camouflaged military troops with no identification and carrying guns. He said they do not hide their Russian affiliation.
Inside the airport there is a group of Ukrainian soldiers and border guards, and Ukrainian police troops have surrounded the outer perimeter of the airport. “There have been no armed clashes so far,” he said.
The navy base is Sevastopol is key for the Russian army. Under agreements signed between two countries in 2010, the Russian military can continue to use Sevastopol until 2042, with an option of extending the lease to 2047.
Some 70 kilometers away from the coast, in Crimean capital Simferopol, another airport was taken over by a group of about 100 plain-clothed men, who went inside the airport and onto the runway.
“The interior troops and police pushed these people first into the airport building, and then out of the territory. No weapons were used,” Avakov said.
He said that after the armed men left, a new group of camouflaged men arrived around 1:30 in the morning. They carried automatic weapons and had no markings. Avakov said they entered the building and stayed int he restaurant.
“They are not hiding their affiliation with the army of the Russian Federation,” Avakov said. “Told by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry workers that they are military men and have no right to be there, they answer curtly that they have no instructions to negotiate with you.”
Avakov said that so far there have been no clashes, but tension is growing as Ukrainian police troops continue to arrive. “The law enforcement organs cannot oppose the army,” Avakov concluded.
In the meantine, Ukraine is starting to realize that it may have bitten more than it can chew, and as Interfax reported:
- UKRAINE WEIGHS STATE OF EMERGENCY IN CRIMEA: INTERFAX
- RUSSIA BLACK SEA FLEET, HELICOPTERS BREAK UKRAINE ACCORDS: IFX
And the immediate re-escalation:
- RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET SETS UP BALACLAVA BLOCKADE: INTERFAX
Visually:
Coastguard and frigate at entrance to Balaclava bay pic.twitter.com/Yvb69jPtHM
— Christian Fraser (@ForeignCorresp) February 28, 2014
Yet none of this compares to today's main event when a t 5pm local time, in the Rostov-on-Don Technical University, deposed Ukraine president Yanukovich who is currently in Russia, is expected to hold a press conference. Missing since the beginning of the week, the ousted ukrainian president had fled the country to Russia in the latest days, either by car through the Donetsk region, either escorted by military planes, according to different reports.
We doubt anything he says will difuse the situation.
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But Johnny, they're masked and in camo.
Dont cha know the good guys wear Hawaiian print shirts, Ol la Kai flip flops, Tommy Bahama shorts and carry SCAR-H's?
Fuc him, Arsen Avakov is not a legitimate governemnet, and the new parliament denounced Russian as an official language in Ukraine, (So 50% of the population are no longer Ukrainian technically, but Russians living in Ukraine) if you follow that logic... so fuck him, i bet the ukrainian military will be with Russia anyway they won't follow his orders.
Using your logic on the language change, 30% of America is now mexican territory
Carnival in Crimea
By Pepe Escobar (Feb 28, '14)
The notion that Putin will order a military attack on the Ukraine should be billed to US corporate media's sub-zoological intellectual quotient. Vlad the Hammer just needs to watch the circus - as in the West squabbling about where to get those billions to be squandered in a (torn) basket case. Or the International Monetary Fund churning out yet another dreadful "structural adjustment" to send Ukraine's population back to the Paleolithic.
Crimea could even stage its own delayed carnival, voting not only for more autonomy but to leave the (torn) basket case altogether. In this case, Putin will even get Crimea for free - Krushchev-style. Not a bad deal. Thanks to that oh so strategic "F**k the EU" Russian "pivot".
..and Arsen Avakov should consider whether he wants to get his balls shot off for the cause of Bare-Asso, Murkle and "Skull-andBones"
Pepe should be required reading for ZHers.
The Ukranians should have consulted with the Georgians before relying on American advice and diplomatic expertise.
"CONSIDERING" a state of emergency??????????
PR is way over the top these days. What's it take to be considered an emergency, default, depression etc?
True signs of sociopaths everywhere lie lie lie lie lie.
It would be in Russia's best interests to take the country over or just be a weaker target later. Of course if Russia gets fully occupied in the Ukraine maybe the US will slip them the dick elsewhere. Hard telling but all these fuckers hell bent on ruling the world are certainly making life difficult for the rest of us. There's no escaping it, if the US were to drawdown then some other group of assholes like China will pop up trying to take it all. It's always been this way, it always will be. Only thing different now is the weaponry that could potentially destroy the planet. Of course that's debateable too according to some historians but we are the latest and greatest thing to ever grace this earth according to our overlords.
+1 then RS. I was thinking that beer looked pretty good but I am long since out again. Only 47 minutes until the quickie liquor-mart opens though. It's just been too damned cold to go outside but we have a rocking heat wave of only -5F here right now. If any of my cars start that means it's time to drink. If I can get a good buzz going maybe I will stir up the Russian woman for some actual facts.
-5 sucks. Were going to be 40 today but clouds and rain however this weekend we will be in the negatives as well.
I already have a fridge full of beer no offense lol.
Only thing that could make a few beers better would be a stout good looking russian gal with a foul mouth to spend the afternoon with.
You probably have me beat though its not even 9am I usually don't start before 11 (lol) unless it summertime.
I got the car started and ran a couple and stopped in at the boozehouse. I like the skinnier ladies so that's what I have in the kitchen here but there is nothing wrong with some bubble ass.(was that sexist?) Mr.s M is usually pretty careful with her tongue. You have to needle her to get her going and I haven't needled her since Monday so I'm overdue. In fairness, she slept in today and hasn't had a chance to read her e-mails yet so I have to give her a fair chance to start with.
We don't want to needle her too much if we want an honest assessment. I'll go ask politely for now.:-) I'll report back on whatever the most relevent Ukraine thread is.
... weaponry that could destroy the planet.
fixed, but all said, let's not try it, please.
News Flash:
Major Eastern European war erupts based on a negative facebook post, a tweet, cops at airports and assumptions.
Did obama 'un-like' Putin or was it vice-versa?
Quit poking me.
What's next. "I'm telling my mom!"
Hey there’s no doubt the previous leadership was corrupt but it’s up to Ukraine’s to handle that.
So the USSA UK, want a technocrate that will toe the line of the bank cartels. Who does Viktor Yanukovych work for? What, when and how is his wealth.
The USUK team had no problem fucking the people of Ukraine for their own good.
The stupid fucks just gave Putin a bigger naval base, land mass and blockade to the Ukraine from the south. Great move stupid fucks. There is no way to get it back with our serious war!
Next steps:
CIA civil war along the ethnic lines
Terrorism pops up everywhere
Viktor Yanukovych runs away
The hunt for Victoria Nuland begins
"Hey there’s no doubt the previous leadership was corrupt...."
We talking the Ukraine? Or US? Or UK? Or EU? Take your pick.
I think now would be a good time to invade Cuba and make it the 51st welfare state.
The Dems could use the votes in '14.
Masked men with no ID in trucks with no tags generously allowing themselves to be photographed and filmed are supposed to be Russian invaders.. Has anyone checked with the Screen Actors Guild to see who they really are?
And the Oscar for Best Drama Queen by a Third World Nation goes to....Ukraine!!!
Wow.
Imagine Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damm in a production that somebody might actually watch?
Its a very good point. They could be Ukrainian, for sure.
And while they could very well be Russian Fed, it's not the sort of thing one should just assume.
If it was something like a combat control op, not sure why, if Russian, they wouldn't fuck up the runways.
They sure liked being photographed by though.
Fwiw
http://rt.com/news/crimea-airport-terminal-capture-095/
They are bad actors sent by Putin's theater group - and they don't play.
Somebody asked about the Crimea. Most of the Crimea is pretty nice. Simferpool is a good city with Russian decendents, Ukrainian decendents and Tartars. Most of their labor is created fron their own resources and Russia. three quarters of them refer to themselve as Ukrainians first.
What is best for them is dependent on what the rest of the Ukraine wants. Too much dissention and Crimeans will vote go to Independence under Russia. This is a sphisticated European looking city and area. It is not backward and its people are well educated. They will select what's best for them.
Netanyahu is headed to the us next week to meet with obama, address AIPAC and tell the U.S. what its foreign policy will be.
What wonders a group of masked troops like this could do for world peace, the national interests of the U.S., and the victims of the war crimes the U.S. gov and corporate media always ignore.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/27/amnesty-international-israe...
Of course, what will happen is Bibi and the Jewish Lobby will insist American blood and treasure be expended to stop Iran from doing what it is already not doing, but which Israel has continued doing, subsidized by the U.S. taxpayer and one sided trade deals, some of which were negotiated by Stan "Israel First" Fischer, the next real head of the Fed.
Cute.
The U.S. government is Israeli Occupied Territory. And the American people won't do a thing about it. Bibi has all the NSA raw data on any dissenters in the government. AIPAC has more influence on foreign policy than the rest of the American people combined, and the fact Bibi lied about Iraq having nukes, and has cried wolf on Iran for 22 years won't prevent him and the Israeli 5th Column in the US media and gov and Fed from getting the next war against Israel's regional rivals.
Enjoy!
It's not the Jews, it's the left many of who happen to be of Jewish dissent.
I never did understand their affinity for the left when they have been victimized, repeatedly, by the leftists of the world.
AIPAC is not comprised of Jews? No one claims it is "the" Jews. And there are certainly tens of millions of Evangelical Christians who yearn for armageddon, think a deity wrote the Bible, and that Bib represents the "Israel" of the book of Daniel, etc.. they aren't left. And AIPAC isn't the left. It is the zionist right. It doesn't even represent most American Jews who tend to be liberal. In fact, liberal Jews are some of the most noteworthy advocates for peace and ending Israel's occupation/blockade.
So what are you talking about??
Good points. +1
The Zionist 'right' are not of the 'right' but they are crazy as are many of the Evangelical Christians.
The media identifies them as the 'right' like they identify Hitler as from the right, which he was not.
Being too far right or left only makes a person stupid.
The vast majority of media identifies groups to support their political communist agenda.
so did you find the true skull n bones of your Nemesis to be ?
Geronimo. He is coming back to haunt you by making you dance with the wolves (the neo-con type) ; all the while the bisons of US disappear over the Fukushima facing cliff.
Califorinia faces west, so its looking leftist to the rising sun.
What the Jews have to do with it--when they dissent or when they assent-- is anybody's guess.
They only look at the Wailing wall which faces west when they bang their heads to it.
If they bang it hard enuff they may end up in California dreaming !
Essential reading from Paul Craig Roberts:
Ukrainian Neo-Nazis Declare that Power Comes Out of the Barrels of their Guns
http://www.globalresearch.ca/ukrainian-neo-nazis-declare-that-power-come...
So they will not mind when the other side comes along with a bigger gun then. Or will they suddenly come up with "justice" and "ethics" rhetoric, while begging for US(LOL) and EU(LOLOLOLOL) help?
Nothing Bizarre here. At least Putin is a man who acts on what he says. Whereas the West says one thing and does the opposite (Syrian/Libyan/Iraq/Afghan boomeranging legacy and TBTF financialised runaway economy).
The Khruschev "put" of Crimean gift to Ukraine in 1954 is now considered a "call". Putin wants his Crimea back and he said he would.
Whereas the West backs the insurrection in Kiev and its leaders who had the gall to say Russian will no longer be second language; typical neo-ultranationalist anti-ruski (Fascist in Ruski eyes) knee jerk; Yanukovitch says to the world "I'm still elected President" and Putin says "Da Da!".
We are heading towards Crimean annexation pure and simple as Putin once again draws the line in the sand, like he did in Syria (and also on nuclear issue in Iran).
That guy delivers. Lets hope that the West does not pour oil on the divide line and has a PLAN B to stabilise Kiev and its gaping hole economy; without starting WW3.
Putin can live with the West (as he needs clients for Gazprom) but can the West pay for Ukrainian inclusion in a hobbling EU?
Behind the regional (Ukraine/Syria/Libya/Mali) proxy wars there is the TRUE financial/geopolitical war raging....between RM Resourceless/Tech resourceful West and RM/Cheap Labour Resourceful but technology less East.
The perennial asymmetric divide of Troy vs the Hellenes of old.
PS / Not saying I support Putin plays in his own country. He is a corrupt despot. But Pax Americana incompetence and war mongering in callous adventurism and nation destruction since 40 + years is making Putin LOOK like a world statesman on the geopolitical arena. The IRONY of it.
Russian troops protecting Russian military installation that they occupy under a treaty with the government of the Ukraine is in violations of all international treaties and norm. Hmmmm, has anyone ever heard about Guantanomo?
"Do not downsize your military while dancing with Russian bears" -- ancient Vulcan proverb
Like NSA, the military is coming to believe that it can do anything with a mouse.
SgtShaftoe asked an essential set of questions yesterday:
"It would be far easier for Putin to do a psyops against the US to much more conducive and desired effect by one or more of the following:
"1) The Russians could tell the whole truth about fukushima radiation exposure hazards, and the real amount of danger off the US west coast.
"2) The Russians could blow the lid off of the NATO stay-behind armies, and European false flag GLADIO operations against European citizens.
"3) The Russians could blow the lid on the 9/11 attacks with proof from the Russian intelligence services.
"4) The Russians could blow the lid on the gold and silver manipulation, markets, or just blow up the market.
"5) The Russians could initiate the impending loss of confidence in the dollar.
"6) The Russians could dump all the dirty laundry on US government leaders causing a loss of confidence in government ...
"There's a million ways Putin could destabilize, neuter, or misdirect the US into a quagmire of ineffectiveness without using kinetic action. My question is: WHY HAVEN'T THEY?"
My answer: it would be the nuclear option. I was missing the central point, which is that Russia's apparent strength is an illusion.
Yesterday's post - Ukrane, a Deep State Analysis - gives us the sobering reminder. Bringing down the world economy is not only the nuclear option, it's the "Samson option".
Economically, politically and militarily, Putin also is sitting on a powder keg, with divisions between an organized Fascist movement and a still well organized Communist Party, an economy that's a house of cards, dependence on energy trade that's coming apart, nationalist insurgencies in the Caucusus that will spin out of control if he pulls his best troops for Ukraine, a Deep State that will hold him responsible if he fails ... and the AngloAmerican Empire, its fifth column seeded throughout the Russian Federation, circled and ready to pounce.
But as we well know, that Empire is also struggling with the nightmare of imminent financial collapse, political disintegration and perhaps even revolution in their home bases - the US, Britain and Western Europe. It would not be surprising if they feel driven by a "use or lose it" imperative.
It's like a great Greek tragedy playing out. The one thing we can be clear about: we, everyone else, have nothing to gain and everything to lose from this war that's unfolding.
As to #3, someone might argue that the Russians have many potential allies in the US, because the American "deep state" has largely been hijacked, this theory goes, by agents of a foreign power [in additon to corporate interests]
to whit:
http://www.voltairenet.org/article179295.html
Who are you working for, Johnny?
Aww, Chuck, what did I do wrong? Just floating a theory that's in the ether {esp. in France and Germany}.
Was it this: http://www.voltairenet.org/article179295.html
did that offend you?
I guess that begs the question, Chuck. Who are you working for?
Ahhhhhhh ...
Disinformation at it's best.
Please tell us why it is disinformatio - and the bases for determining it as such.
Could you tackle this as well?:
http://www.israeli-connections-to-911.com/zim_shipping3.htm
Thanks.
Just say it. Global Communists in the 1920's knew a worker revolution was never going to succeed in overthrowing the US, so they took a different path. They became Democrats
Meanwhile,
Obama and Biden jog round the White House
And just in time for a conflict in the Russian bathtub known as the Black Sea, the EU cripples the Greek military through austerity, Obama sours our relationship with Turkey, Obama lifts sanctions against Iran so that their military can get much needed spare parts, Obama pisses off the Arab world by meddling in Egypt and Syria, and we broadcast to the world that we are cutting back our military...
Putin is Satan. He really wants to destroy the world by Nuclear War. It's time to Pray.
Check out as servants of Satan will be dislike my post.
Satan has better food, Quick. Can't blame a guy. I'm a real foodie, you know?
Putin is not Satan and does not want to destroy the world.
He wants to enjoy the power he has captured and the billions he has stolen from the Russian people.
Life is good when you are King.
He is Robin Hood compared to the oligarchs he disgorged and chased out of the country to Israel and the UK.
I agree but relativism for those living under tyranny hardly makes it any better.
Look for a nasty false flag.
decent forbes article re "Yats" - who I don;t know much about, but I would wager is a reprehensible cunt.
Setting Ukraine Up For RuinUkraine: Out of the Frying Pan
The Ukraine: Neo-Nazi criminal state looming in the centre of Europe---
ot/
- http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2014/02/27/the-worst-snowden-revelati...
....Boom Bust time. Erin Ade deserves a spanking.
No, Cass Sunstein wants the infiltrators steering online discourse in a more anti-government direction to identify dissidents in the US.
thats a part of it, but not the main part. Apart from poisoning the well tactics, the basic idea is to shift conversation away from criticism of the government. If you've actually read the guy's bullshit, that is the main point. It's also what the "deep state" wants...
Beware of the Honey Trap. Big Brother is watching, says Mr. Snowden.
Hey, Ukraine: "respond" by blowing up some Crimean pipelines. I bet that will get Russia's attention.
Now how would they know why those airports were closed, I mean those unmarked men are Ukrainians right??? Not affiliated with the Russian Military, right???
The Russian Apologists will have to bend over far to spin this one.
How is your view of spring out of your windows on Lubyanka? Warming up yet?