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Obama To Sign Off On Lethal US Aid To Ukraine By End Of Week, Russian Response To Follow
As we reported over the weekend, in the tumult surrounding Citigroup's annexation of Congress with the passage of the theatrically dramatic $303 trillion derivative quid-pro-$1.1 trillion spending quo, what most missed is that Congress also unanimously passed the The Ukraine Freedom Support Act of 2014, which not only expands Russian sanctions (read the details here) but far more impotantly, provides "lethal assistance to Ukraine’s military." And as we explained, passage of this law is just the pretext some Russian legislators needed to push for a full-blown, preemptive military incursion in east-Ukraine.
“The decision of the US Senate is extremely dangerous. If it is supported by the House of Representatives and signed by their president, Russia must reply with adequate measures,” Mikhail Yemelyanov of the Fair Russia party told reporters on Friday.
"It is quite possible that we should return to the decision by our Upper House and give the Russian president an opportunity to use military force on Ukrainian territory preemptively. We should not wait until Ukraine is armed and becomes really dangerous,” the lawmaker stated.
Yemelyanov also noted that in his opinion the US Senate’s decision to arm Ukraine had revealed that Washington wasn’t interested in the de-escalation of the Ukrainian conflict. He then said that US actions gave him the impression they was seeking to turn Ukraine into some sort of an “international militant targeting the Russian Federation.”
“In a few years Ukraine will turn into a poor and hungry country with an anti-Russian government that will teach its population to hate Russia. They will be armed to the teeth and Ukraine and US reluctance to recognize the Russian Federation within its current borders would always provoke conflicts,” the MP said.
Furthermore, we asked if "this means that what was a lingering proxy cold civil war in east Ukraine between NATO-armed Ukraine troops and Russia-armed Separatists and local militias is about to escalate into a shooting precursor to something greater? There is still hope an all out escalation can be avoided" and we cited White House press secretary Joshn Earnest who last week said that "the administration hadn’t finished reviewing the language and isn’t ready to take a position on the legislation. He said the administration wants to ensure that the U.S. and its European allies are working together, that any sanctions are effective and that they minimize harm to U.S. and European companies. “This is delicate work,” Earnest said."
Apparently, not delicate enough, and moments ago we got confirmation that the epic collapse in the USDRUB is just a jovial preview of the main event. To wit:
- OBAMA DOES INTEND TO SIGN RUSSIAN SANCTIONS LEGISLATION:EARNEST
- OBAMA LIKELY TO SIGN SANCTIONS BILL BEFORE END OF WEEK: EARNEST
And with that, US "lethal aid" will shortly begin arriving in Kiev, which in turn will be just the pretext needed by Sergey Lavrov and the Kremlin to escalate the recent events in Russia as a direct attack by the West, and to demand retaliation against a US president who "does not reason" as the Russian media will appeal to the population in an attempt to "rally round the flag", and as a result Russian tanks may have no choice but to enter the separatist territories in East Ukraine.
What the western, and certainly NATO, response at that point will be, is far beyond our meager prediction skills.
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Ukramerica -- "We bombed some countries and stole some gold"
I'm amazed at how many stupid fucking Americans support these actions. We are going to be killed thanks to a retarded population.
Yep. People don't want to hear that their country may just be the bad guys in some of these events. Human nature I suppose.
To them, there is no difference between Russia and Soviet Union, a hot war is better than a cold war. Then, every country gets scared and buys weapons from them. Perfect circle of trade.
Americans will support anything as long as TVEE is not disturbed,beer is cold and available,and sports is on. Not capable of criticle thinking. Some must be purged at THEIR expense for their ignorance. Not mine or yours. Lay low,share nothing and watch this shit show blow.
"GOOD MORNING, UKRAINE" ......
A Merry Xmas to you and a Nuclear New Year!
More like "Bury Xmas and Happy Nuclear"
“This is delicate work,” Earnest said."
You are right about that mister press secretary. Too bad the people you work for are such ham fisted psychopaths.
Duck and cover people.
So this is what Obama meant when he said he would have more flexibilty after the election! Obama is one crazy F&*K...not crazy...but stupid beyond belief!
Bath House=Puppet.
This is when we will find out if Europe have the balls to stand up to the US, because the US will take Europe to war with Russia .
Wait, America - Russia war ?
Will we still have gas this winter ?
A coldblooded EU citizen.
You might want to invest in blankets while they are still cheap. Assuming any radioactivity doesn't warm you up, instead.
Wood stoves
BUY MORE STAWKS
Translation from the Wall Street and London Community to Russia!
"We can't breathe"!!!
It looks like either Russia will fold and won't intervene militarily after Kiev gets lethal aid from the U.S., or Putin will go for the whole Ukraine if they decide to send troops there. Lavrov has just confirmed that Russian Federation supports integrity of the Ukrainian territory (sans Crimea).
Same position they've had all along.
Nobody really wants Ukraine.Its a bag of shit, without the bag.
The US is 100% owned by the Masters of ZATO.
The puppet, Bath House, will cause a war!
I bet the "antiwar protestors" will be out in force!
fat chance.
I'm betting that a black guy getting offed in Ukeville is a pretty slim chance, so no street parties.
The loud 'anti-war' types are behind their Fuhrer.
Russia/Soviet Union lost 27 Million people only 70 years ago to Nazis. They are not going to let a US Ukrainian Nazi puppet regime wipe out Russians and pro-Russians (half the population) in South/East Ukraine. US has started a war that it cannot win, only lose. Psychopaths in power in US.
Might want to sharpen up your historical analysis there. The historical facts suggest that Russia is only too happy to sacrifice millions of her own people if it is deemed to be in the interests of the State.
Ever wonder where the term, "Crazy Ivan" came from?
Only loosers strut bucky . That's you .
ignorant post
"The State" was Soviet USSR
It was never a Russian construct
From 1917 thru Stalin was never Russians in control
Even Kruschev and Breznev were Ukraine nationals
and Gorby half Ukrainian
who is willing to sacrifice millions of her own people?
might think closer to home
Long plutonium
this is the real "GAMES OF THRONES"
let the games begin
"So this is what Obama meant when he said he would have more flexibilty after the election! Obama is one crazy F&*K...not crazy...but stupid beyond belief!"
You are calling him stupid, while you actually believe he is governing the US?
"Obama To Sign Off On Lethal US Aid To Ukraine"
One of the smartest things a Presidential candidate can do is select a Vice-Presidential running mate who would likely be even worse.
Otherwise, someone might buy him a nail gun.
when Russia delivered lethal aid to Israel's neighbor, Israel blew it up. The international community quietly accepted this appropriate action.
if US delivers lethal aid to Kiev, Russia should simply blow it up
make that: when US delivers lethal aid to Kiev
"Good news"
Jeb Bush is considering a running for president in 2016 !
The next president may be another Bush !
The link
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30503524
Wel you know what they say:
Two Bushes in the hand are worth one in the Pant Suit.
Who says America is a republic?
would far rather have Jeb Bush than Hillary...Jeb is not like GW..
of course, voters will not be given any choice of candidates--neither of these two will represent the American people.
It's a draughts game and Obuzzo will force Vladimiro to capture.
535 morons apparently don't know that a couple of massive EMP blasts will take out our grid with the result that 90% of the US will die in 365 days [Pentagon study] and if they're not Amish, that includes the 535 clueless, moronic fucks in DC ! How stupid can stupid BE? We just might soon find out...
This has nothing much to do with the Ukraine; the US is just trying to pick a fight - whether it can win it or not. When was the last time the US won a "proxy" war, anyway?
Unfortunately the aid will be more lethal to the Ukrainians than to the Seperatists / Russians.
I also don't think Putin will take the bait and "invade." The Ukrainian forces are pretty much a disaster and US guns and ammo aren't going to help them much against the locals who get pretty much what they need on the down low from Russia.
Lethal aid means US troops. ? US invasion. Why else do you think they moved the tanks into Poland and the baltic states?
HTH.
Reagan lifted the threat of nuclear annihilation from us and Obama has returned it. Thanks Dear Leader.
Wouldn't it make far more sense for Ukraine to give up on the lands they have lost, consolidate the territory they have left, and get their economic and political house in order?
If they did, and got their economy on good footing, it would't be a round month until Crimea and the Eastern provinces petition Ukraine to accept them back.
No blood shed, prosperity based solution and one that will result in the improvement of humanity's lot.
That is why it will never happen...
Ukraine is a small battle the US thinks it can win. Just misdirection from the real war in the gulf. Iraq is increasingly inflluenced by Iran, China and Russia. Failure of the guarantee of protection for oil in dollars is failing. SA Royal family is about to switch sides.
Because Obama would far rather we fight a war against Russia, than realize the real threat... his home boys ISIS and their ilk.
It is false to claim,
as the article does, that
the US authorization of money and arms to militarize Ukraine is
"just the pretext needed by Sergey Lavrov and the Kremlin to escalate the recent events in Russia as a direct attack by the West".
Instead. The recent actions by the USA are an escalation,
do escalate military threats to Russia,
and do essentially constitute a direct attack on Russia to effect "regime change".
Any implication that it is Russia seeking an excuse for escalation is wrong.
...
George Carlin - "We like war".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeZ3nCXyb_Q
We average a major war every 20 years in this country, so we are good at it!
And that is good thing we are, we are not very good in anything else anymore.
Can't built a decent car, can't make a TV set or VCR where the fuck.
Got no steel industry left, can't educate our young people
can't get health care for our old people,
but we can bomb the shit out of your country alright?!
Delete dupe.
I suspect that TPTB are dumb enough to think that Putin is dumb enough to think that this is all about Ukraine.
OBAMA IS DOING WHAT THE BANKS TELL HIM TO DO !
CENTRAL BANKS ARE ROOT OF ALL EVIL
GET READY TO FIGHT ANOTHER FAKE WAR !
High time for Russia to start arming freedom fighters, the Talibans! For too long have their contry been occupied by Anglozionist empire -- time to change that! Also, mass armament of Iran and Syria would be nice too!
// '; filtry.appendChild(div); }); })();]]>98% of the House and 100% of the Senate voted to arm Ukraine.
And 64% of the U.S. population is against an armed conflict with Russia.
I don't know what is more sad, Congress being 100% bought out and corrupt.
Or the American people who still think their vote matters.
Reading between the lines it's rather safe to say that Darth Soros whispered into well trained CIA President Secret Chimp's ear that they have their ultimatum.
If they "pull the plug" on the Western trading markets then they can expect the first shipment of lethal aid to be coming as a "special gift" before the close of the year! I concur with Russia's ministers. Time to take the gloves off and teach these pieces of shit a lesson!
At this point there isn't any room on the head of the pin left to dance on!
Sure hope those U.S. Navy, Air Force and Army boys that will be doing 95% of the fighting have their last will and testament(s) in order! I'd still like to believe that they are ready to pull the biggest of rugs out from underneath President Link's and Congress' feet by going AWOL, but I know how fucking delusional and stupid they all are! Corn fed!!!
FAST and FURIOUS was the U.S. attempt to beat Russian to it
Logistics always wins wars. It is 4867.9 miles from the White House to Kiev. It is 530 miles from Moscow to Kiev. The Russians need to take this to the UN and condemn the US as the aggressor - then threaten to 'respond in kind 100 times over' to any delivery of US military equipment to Ukraine. I would also get on the Red Phone to Obama and say -- are you ready for Russian missiles to be set up in Cuba -- again!
MPNET Fags jizzing all over their computer screens now.
Oh, here we go again. NOW Putin is going to do something!!! This Time He IS Going to ACT!! LOOK OUT!!! HE's MAD NOW!!!
From the article:
"Russian tanks may have no choice but to enter the separatist territories in East Ukraine."
OK, When? Endless propoganda about poking the bear, Putin chess player. So, if Putin does not roll tanks in two weeks can we admit he will not take any direct military action unless uniformed troops cross into Russia or missiles are shot into Russia?
Have we forgotten how Syria was the final front and how Putin would not allow the west to bomb Syria. How Putin would push button and shoot down planes and sink ships before Syria was bombed.
The US/Israel are taking these actions because they have lost their fear of Putin.
Porky regime apologists will keep blabbering . Azeri jews on roll .
..."they have lost their fear of Putin."
That might be the ultimate miscalculation.
Reminds of a story I heard in the army. The drill sargeant told the troops never to play on peoples' fears.
There was a soldier afraid of snakes. While out digging fox holes, one soldier found and threw a snake at the fearful soldier who ran away while everyone laughed. A week later the same thing happened but this time the fearful soldier buried his shovel in the snaker thrower's head.
This goose is going to sign an act of war. Go, go, sign... Nobel Prize of my boots.
Got to get the old kharzarian homeland re-established one way or another. DNA doesn't lie. I guess New York and Israel are getting over-crowded. I suppose the plan is to drag the Russians into war in East Ukraine and then push them back beyond the Caucases. The Chechnyians will be the new Palestinians. Do you think they will call their new homeland Kharzaria or New Israel?
"get ready in your mountain bunkers ollies, elitist media and even a few of your stooge banksters. it'll start w/emp attack then rain 80/100 megatoners. 200m dead in minutes in "hot" heap."
posted to CNBC
So here's a potshot from deep in the mushroom farm.
Stupid is as stupid does. I cannot see how escalating conflict with Russia serves the good of the people, any people. All the hideous and hideously done false flags to get opinion against Russia have failed. It is obvious that there was no provocation here. I would no sooner fight the Russians than I would Canadians or Ausis. One can only cocnclude that Western leaders have failed to behave like rational human beings and are putting at risk millions.
This feels like the worst kind of black cloud on the horizon. We need some adults to climb their bully pulpits and speak the truth to the world, call out the pyschopaths and open the door to investigating and punishing those who have trespassed against humanity.
This legislation is a fig leaf to cover the "lethal aid" that may have already been sent. According to Sputnik News, cargo planes are landing now at supposedly closed airports in Ukraine to unload serious weaponry. http://sputniknews.com/military/20141214/1015826048.html
The speculation got picked up by Russia Insider, too: http://russia-insider.com/en/2014/12/15/1897
earnest (just like carney and the other buffoon before him) / harf / psaki .... could be replaced by automatons like at disney hall of the presidents and let president valery jarrett speak via and manipulate the manequins.... jsut as she does obumbler..
the nobel peace prize droning war mongering idiot is putting a plate of shit on the table for the american people and next president to deal with.... obama does not know how to negotiate and telegraphs his moves plus negotiates with his trow down around his ankles and his cheeks spread and lubed... he will give iran the nuke and they will use it on dc and nyc.. this fucking asshole must be impeached the sooner the better and it should be amongst the first orders of business come jan...
the ussa started the ukraine conflict and russia has nothing to lose by rapidly escalating it... their only initial objective was the naval base and free access to it.. it would have been of no consequence if ukraine gave it and would have prevented the crimea situation entirely... and would have given the opportunity to cut it off when the west wanted to versus the cluster fuck we now have.
Long ago I said the USA was preparing the "end game" for Russia. The USA must eliminate Russia now, before China rises any higher. One enemy at a time. But, China is not blind, if they let Russia fall, then they are next. A hostile US controlled Russia would be CHina's most gigantic nightmare! Think about that a minute. Would China allow Russia to fall? This is the biggest question we need to answer, now that the USA has declared military and economic war on Russia.
Putin has little choice now but to declare war and put Russia on a war footing in every sense. Until the threat is pushed back, they must be on a total war footing. Otherwise they will quickly be defeated. I give Russia 6 months to either go all in, or surrender.
China is the enemey? They own 12% of the FED system. Sorry, they became part and parcel of Dollar, Inc decades ago.
China has a bone to pick with Russia over some Chinese territory stolen by Russia when China was weak. Russia is in the same position as Germany before the 2nd WW with a two front war looming over them.
Russia and China resolved their border dispute several years ago. That is not a problem.
I am afraid Russia has made it's own bed on this. Russia has turned it's back on every country aligned with it once the first shot was fired.
Iraq1, Iraq2, Libya, Syria, Serbia, Kosovo, Ukraine and others
All Russia would do is sell enough arms for Russia's friend to put up a fight and drain resources (debt) of the US. But it has not worked. Now they are ready to start on Russia, many of Russia best potential allies are destroyed due to Russia's inaction. And China sees how Putin operates and will not expose itself for Russia. Instead China may help Russia with resources to fight and hope Russia will drain the resources of the west. And China may have an eye on Russian lands once Russia falls. Russia has used the blood of friends, with total indifference, and may now suffer the same.
It absolutely amazes the learned observer in seeing these evil things from the zionutzyville hasbara here pretending to be something more than a pile of shit and doing all they can to spread their hate to instigate hard feelings between the Russian Folks, and the American People.
Typical dog-yard poop and ancient methodologies that are as outdated as the silly idiots here who waste not only their time and energy in this instigation of moar war for zionuttyness and the wickedness of profiting from war, chaos, and destruction, but also that of the fine contributors here. It is hard to fight a coward that hides behind the rothchild skirts teasing and taunting knowing daddy will defend them to the death. At this time in history it is a race to see who takes these asswipes out first. The defenders of righteousness, or their own master slavers that have given the world a pile of shat, and made everyone believe it smells like roses.
Hey arseholes, your day is coming. We are tracing and tracking your whereabouts and will expose you soon as the sewer rats and scum-lords you all are.
NOW HEAR THIS!
Everything under the sun has been co-opted by the rothchilian empire of dust. There is NO ONE else that is responsible for the things that are happening in the world of warcraft today. Here is a long list of the puppets in places like the cfr, bild, tri-lats, and positions of governmental power. The saudis, europe, england, and the usa are all owned by the progenitors and probagators of the money-god. Everything happens according to the long aged world domination plans of the money-god creators. Stop wasting time pointing fingers at the ZONK (zionutz of nonessential KooKooville) puppets and paid off butt licking mercenaries of the overlord masters. Or in other words, stop whacking at the branches and go for the roots of all evil itself.
Every sane person in EVERY NATION should stand up to the plate as one family, and tear these evil satanic/luciferian roots right out of the earthly ground they have infested for centuries too long. Not yesterday, but RIGHT NOW before they kill off every soul on earth. It's a race and who is winning it now? The money-god, and it's slave exchangers. Surly, there are many here with vast multitudes of Light/knowledge to share about how to end the support and patronage of these evil things that profit from death, and destruction?
Is the worldwide-brotherhood of Man going to continue to be the “useless idiots” for these assklowns, by continuing in the supporting and holding up the idols and banners of evil, or will they all unite WORLD-WIDE and just say, no moar! Enuff of the kow-towing to the destruction and death they have planed for everyone. Who lives, to pay for their own slow death? Not a single slave will escape the final solution if they are continually supported, financed, ignored as the world threat they are, and allowed to do it to the world's Peoples...one day at a time.
Mandate: Sir Tyler, you kicked so many of us off this site for speaking our truth about these evil things when they bitched and cried at you. How about cleaning them out of ZH so the rest of the good world folks here can share their truth without the distractions of these evil wicked horrid nasty money-god freak tribal slave shit flies.
So, where are all the Cindy Sheehans of the world these days? Is war/death/military popular now days?
She made her money and now she's enjoying it.
The Washington fascist regime (merger of monopoly corporations with government) has successfully launched their dual war offensive against the American People and Russia via the congressional “Christmas” session.
The fascist banksters transferred trillions in debt to the American People via their totally corrupted and criminal puppet Congress without much debate and no fight. American pensions and social services, which all fascist hate, are doomed and Congress has legally signed American People to be debt slaves to the fascist banksters FOREVER.
Amazing isn’t it how EMPIRE fascist work behind the curtain to corrupt democracy, but it is no mystery, their evil criminal methods are always the same, secrecy, militarization, torture, mass murder, extortion, bribery and terrorism. Our Founding Fathers had to deal with this same corporate monopoly bankster fascist group and recognized that fascist are the enemy to democracy and Free Enterprise System of capitalism economy that must be free from corporate monopoly.
The fascist bankster puppet Congress also passed a war with Russia recommendation based on contrived evidence of Russian aggression on the Ukrainian border, then the puppet Congress, passed another war resolution to escalate that war against Russia in the Ukraine.
By the actions of their puppet Congress, I would say that the banksters want world war so that they will never be brought to Justice; with war, a total totalitarian state can be declared and decenters can be rounded up and disappeared.
All exceptional and indispensable psychopath fascist dream of EMPIRE and ruling the world by grand tyranny.
Members of Congress are TRAITORS to all Americans and should be arrested and tried for Treason to the American People and our Constitution.
In the case of revolution, Congress critters are going to be on a deck of cards with a bounty on them; think about that Congressman!
Looking at everything in play right now, I can't help but to think someone wants another World War.
Why do the central banks want war? Is it so the government can have expenses against treasuries or what? I don't totally understand the dynamic.
You don't understand the dynamic because the dynamic is not as you postulated - the central bankers do not want war, it is destabilizing to their manipulation & control policies. The conspiracy wackos, especially those who see jews conspiring and controlling every government, bank and organization, and behind every action, are the mental defectives spouting this idiocy.
No, I am not a jew and I don't care one picogram about jews, just about sensible rational discussion, not persecution delusions.
btw, there are a lot of islamic cult worshipers, ie genetic jew haters, on this site
I think they both are trouble makers, but not responsible for EVERY problem.
Obama will be making a HUGE mistake signing this especially considering the recent developments in Russia... this is a declaration of outright WAR and will be dealt with as such by the Russians. I don't wish to advocate doom and gloom, but the situation is very serious and volatile so it can escalate very quickly in the most unexpected way...
what else is new?
Why would Russia risk the total destruction of it's country just because the Ruble has fallen? I mean, they wouldn't be able to use the Ruble after a nuclear war - so what is to be gained by going that direction. Their goals is to be able to use the Ruble again. What choices might facilitate that? That's where you should be looking.
This is not about nuclear. What I'm saying is that I've never seen a single major country being under such widescale coordinated assault from the West. Just the other day the USA was telling the rest of the world not to do business with Russia! FFS, they have not said something like this even about North Korea! So WTF is going on here? What horrible deeds have those nasty Russians done over these years one has to ask? I'm not defending Putin or Russian actions in Ukraine, but this started well before that (with the Magnitsky act in fact) and the response from the West in this particular case seems to be way disproportionate to what THEY say the Russians have done. I mean you have to think how this looks to the averge Russian (without all the propaganda they're getting on their state TV channels)... in fact it seems to me the West has alienated a very large portion of the Russian population for the next couple of decades...
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/World/WOR-01-011214.html
NATO clowns dreaming of a war on Russia would have to come up with an ironclad system to knock out the Iskanders. They don't have any. Additionally, they would have to face the S-400s, which the Russians can deploy all over the spectrum.
Think of a hefty batch of S-400s positioned at the enclave of Kaliningrad; that would turn NATO air operations deep inside Europe into an absolutely horrendous nightmare. On top of it, good ol' NATO fighter jets cost a fortune. Imagine the effect of hundreds of destroyed fighter jets on a European Union already financially devastated and austerity-plagued to death.
is Ukraine an official state still
.
or uh plucked chicken left to please the mongrels
Jesus H.Christ
Nah. It's not his time yet. He only gets involved when Russia attacks Israel.
"Nah, don't worry about it...If we get em scared enough we can put that 'soft' martial law on em and they'll beg us to do it. We can control this Ukraine thing and kill two birds with one stone. Putin would never dare to push back and then he's out on his ass and we're in. I'm telling you, it's a slam dunk."
"What's that? Fuck the EU."
This could be why obummer was elected by TPTB.
To set in motion some unspeakable plan.
Notice: All Goy report for fodder duty.
An American, not US subject.
They will finish with the fodder already in. But, BUT, that's where the newly arrived immigrants come into play. Of course expect PATRIOTISM banners,speeches of lies and full of shit blathering and so on. Sure some home grown citizens will no doubt fall for the bullshit and their youth will gladly follow.
"Pity the troops."
"Why sir, contrary to what you have heard, I have no gun-toting age children here. Maybe my neighbor?!"
An American, not Us subject.
"Parking for guillotines operators only."
Russia should move decisively and take over all of Ukraine
east of the Dnieper and declare it an autonomous independent Federation.....let the chips fall where they may.
It seems Obama is at wits end to find new ways to spill a little blood in Ukraine because if he doesn't move fast the problem could begin to resolve itself without major loss of life, As things stand Putin continues to rack up more points in the Ukraine as the conflict drags on. Things appear to have quieted down to many as the eyes of the world have moved to more pressing issues, but the war continues and Putin is playing the long game by grinding away at the resolve of both bankrupt Kiev and the EU.
A recently signed deal for gas supplies to Ukraine was a sign of hope to many, but it only highlights the devil of any agreement is in the details. The Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said any resumed supplies could be halted again on Jan. 1 if Ukraine doesn’t pay $3.1 billion in debt prepay for future deliveries. It appears this deal is tenuous and the guarantees of it being fulfilled are weak. Don't hold your breath for Putin to back-off or back-down, he has put down his marker and is now playing both Obama and Kerry for fools. If Putin doesn't get his way next week he will next month or next year at the latest. The article below delves into why this conflict won't be over until Putin says its over.
http://brucewilds.blogspot.com/2014/11/putin-scores-more-points-in-ukraine.html