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US To Send Drones, Humvees To Ukraine, Boost Russia Sanctions As Moscow May "Deploy Nuclear Weapons In Crimea"
So much for the second Minsk ceasefire. A few hours ago, the US returned to its strategy of escalating Russian "costs" when it placed sanctions on eight Ukrainian separatists and a Russian bank, warning that recent attacks by rebels armed by Russia violated a European-brokered ceasefire in the war-torn country.
"If Russia continues to support destabilizing activity in Ukraine and violate the Minsk agreements and implementation plan, the already substantial costs it faces will continue to rise," Adam Szubin, the Treasury Department's acting undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement announcing the sanctions.
As Reuters adds, "the sanctions signal Washington is ratcheting up pressure on Moscow a day after accusing Russia of sending tanks and heavy military equipment into Ukraine, which a top U.S. official also said breached the Minsk accord agreed on Feb. 12." What was not said is that this also comes a day after the US sent over 100 tanks and armors to Russia neighbor Latvia in a move that would, from the Kremlin's perspective, signal further NATO arms build up on its borders.
Among the more prominent individuals sanctioned was Roman Lyagin, who chairs an election commission in separatist territory. The U.S. Treasury accused him of preventing voting in Ukraine's May presidential election.
Lyagin said he was not a fighter and was playing a peaceful role in the separatists' activities.
"It's the opposite, I do my best to stop the bloodshed," he said.
The full list of sanctioned individuals, as well the Russian National Commercial Bank, can be found here.
The Russian response to the latest sanction pending, but the response may have been hinted at earlier today when an official from Russia's Foreign Ministery said the nation has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, however he added "he knew of no plans to do so."
"I don't know if there are nuclear weapons there now. I don't know about any plans, but in principle Russia can do it," said Mikhail Ulyanov, the head of the ministry's department on arms control, was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency.
And finally, indicating that the semi-hot escalation between the US and Russia is close to getting out of control, AP reported moments ago that Vice President Joe Biden told Ukraine's president Wednesday the U.S. will send more aid to the country, which U.S. officials said will include small drones and armored Humvees.
The White House said in a statement that Biden delivered the news in a call to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, while expressing concern that Russian-backed separatists are violating cease-fire agreements in eastern Ukraine and keeping out international monitors.
U.S. officials, speaking on a condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss the aid on the record, said the aid includes some small Raven drones systems, which can be launched by hand. The U.S. will also send 30 heavily armored Humvees and 200 other regular Humvees, as well as radios, counter-mortar radars and other equipment. All of the aid is nonlethal, and the drones are not armed.
AP adds that the drones and other equipment, not including the Humvees, are worth about $75 million. It's not clear how many drones would be sent or what the Humvees cost.
The good news: unlike US Humvees in Iraq, there are no ISIS soldiers in Ukraine who will "confiscate" this latest US taxpayer funded gift. At least not yet.
Finally, anyone curious why Joe Biden may have an extra special interest in preserving the Ukraine stats quo, here is a reminder:
R. Hunter Biden will be in charge of the Holdings’ legal unit and will provide support for the Company among international organizations. On his new appointment, he commented: “Burisma’s track record of innovations and industry leadership in the field of natural gas means that it can be a strong driver of a strong economy in Ukraine. As a new member of the Board, I believe that my assistance in consulting the Company on matters of transparency, corporate governance and responsibility, international expansion and other priorities will contribute to the economy and benefit the people of Ukraine.”
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Burisma Holdings, Mr. Alan Apter, noted: “The company’s strategy is aimed at the strongest concentration of professional staff and the introduction of best corporate practices, and we’re delighted that Mr. Biden is joining us to help us achieve these goals.”
R. Hunter Biden is a counsel to Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, a national law firm based in New York, USA, which served in cases including “Bush vs. Gore”, and “U.S. vs. Microsoft”. He is one of the co-founders and a managing partner of the investment advisory company Rosemont Seneca Partners, as well as chairman of the board of Rosemont Seneca Advisors. He is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University’s Masters Program in the School of Foreign Service.
Mr. Biden has experience in public service and foreign policy. He is a director for the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, The Center for National Policy, and the Chairman’s Advisory Board for the National Democratic Institute. Having served as a Senior Vice President at MBNA bank, former U.S. President Bill Clinton appointed him an Executive Director of E-Commerce Policy Coordination under Secretary of Commerce William Daley. Mr. Biden served as Honorary Co-Chair of the 2008 Obama-Biden Inaugural Committee.
Mr. Biden is a member of the bar in the State of Connecticut, and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Court of Federal Claims. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University, and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
R. Hunter Biden is also a well-known public figure. He is chairman of the Board of the World Food Programme U.S.A., together with the world’s largest humanitarian organization, the United Nations World Food Programme. In this capacity he offers assistance to the poor in developing countries, fighting hunger and poverty, and helping to provide food and education to 300 million malnourished children around the world.
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BRILLIANT!!
If we don't get ourselves vaporized this year we surely will do so next year after the elections. Another Busch baby or Mrs and Mr. Clinton will lead everyone to Armageddon. Russia is now talking about taking some of their nuclear weapons closer to the Ukraine and of course NATO is playing games with Russia.
Where will all this end? I believe a world reduction of the population is about to commense as designed by the half wits in the White house. The only people that can convince these two sides to stop this nonsense are the Europeans themselves. Nothing short of a total insurrection is required to convince the leadership. This insurrection will not take place in the United States. The people there have a warring mentality and are not yet war weary.
They will follow their leadership to deaths door and will for the first time in USA history suffer the consiquences of warfare in their own country. Many will perish as a result of a nuclear confrontation.
This need not happen but it will.
its the NeoCON artists that want the Earths population cut by 75%
Ukraine soldiers, when not deserting in droves to Russia, (and leaving behind costly weapons) are like the three stooges:
http://wtfrly.com/2015/03/11/send-american-weapons-to-ukraine-drunk-sold...
some real dimwit (ukranian enabler) said "Hey they were on the ball, and avoided hitting a car! good for them!" only an idiot would speed at 60 mph along a narrow road with a congested area full of stopped vehicles-thats why we have double the fines for idiots that speed thru construction zones on our highways and cause accidents
also see video of "How many Ukranians does it take to launch a mortar?"
and the YT vid of a Ukraine tank pulling into a store, driver gets out buys vodka, then while backing out, plows into the house behind them
woop woop woop woop! nyuk nyuk nyuk!
we are sending money and troops to THESE IDIOTS!?!?!? GAME OVER, MAN, GAME OVER!
Why do u want to kill us, US-citizens?
Because you are murders and nazis.
I am not Russian, but a simple Slav.
I do not live in RUssia or Ukraine.
But I feel threatened by you and your government.
I have the feeling, that it is necessary to kill all Americans and Jews, if the world has to be a peacefull planet.
Do you agree?
Yes, I really dream to kill everyone of you, if I see him here in Europe, or elswhere in the world.
Jano - The average American is clueless to what is unfolding. Their ignorance is unique in the world. They care more for their entertainment and junk food than for the well being of strange, anonymous people on the other side of the planet. Berate the American people for their ignorance, but not warmongering, which is limited to a powerful but mentally deranged minority who are largely responsible for the imbalances and lack of morality and vision that has brought us to the brink of catastrophe. True to historical form, that minority wants an enemy that can be marketed to the public as a smokescreen, a scapegoat and also a stimulus for the parts of the economy that they perceive as serving them best, the hell with the rest. They always fail to understand that parts cannot survive without the whole, and the whole requires recognition and nurture of the parts.
In other words, this war is not about nations or peoples. It is about the nature and form of government. We must strive not to be misled into thinking that the old ways of identifying an enemy and waging war will work going forward, because those easy, lazy ways of thinking are being cleverly twisted and manipulated to obscure the truth. The elites have searched for "A Common Enemy To Unite Us" without looking in a mirror. This world war is going to be unlike any other because it is a war for truth.
Political Ponerology: A Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes
"If the many managerial positions are assumed by individuals deprived of sufficient abilities to feel and understand the majority of other people, and who also exhibit deficiencies in technical imagination and practical skills - (faculties indispensable for governing economic and political matters) - this then results in an exceptionally serious crisis in all areas, both within the country in question and with regard to international relations. Within, the situation becomes unbearable even for those citizens who were able to feather their nest into a relatively comfortable modus vivendi. Outside, other societies start to feel the pathological quality of the phenomenon quite distinctly. Such a state of affairs cannot last long. One must then be prepared for ever more rapid changes, and also behave with great circumspection." (2nd. ed., p. 140)
Lore, I wish I could give this +1,000,000
Thanks. Wish we could reach more people. Most will be stunned by the chaos that's coming and readily accept the false narratives fed to them. We can only do our part by being prepared when people around us start asking the right questions. Some will never be reached. Truth is hard.
As the West begins the last stage of its death throes, the chaos mounts.
All across the world, the carnage wrought by the Anglo/US imperialists is evident in the Middle East, in Ukraine, in Africa, in Latin America, in Japan and now in Europe.
The reign of the banker barons is coming to a messy end. As people become more aware, so the power of the oligarchs wanes. More and more protests on the streets is evidence of a mass dissatisfaction with the status quo. As the saying goes, we are many, they are few. The few are now coming under scrutiny like never before.
No longer will the collective accept the West's war options. The MSM continues with the propaganda, but it is beginning to fall on deaf ears. The fast approaching financial collapse will cause many hardships, but will offer an opportunity for a fresh start, in a world clamouring for peace and prosperity for all. A new paradigm awaits.
It just goes to show how corrupt this administration is. Hunter Biden, son of the scumbag VP.
We are getting closer to midnight on the nuclear war clock. Our elected maggot imbeciles in Washington with underground nuclear bunkers must think they will survive getting hit with Russia's 11,000 nuclear warheads!!!