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Ukraine looks to Europe for gas as Russia ups pressure

Ukraine said on Friday it would turn to Europe for gas and won a promise of help from Brussels after Russia warned it could cut supplies over Kiev’s refusal to pay Moscow’s “political, uneconomic price” for supplies. Presenting a united front a day … Continue reading

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Crimea 2.0 or World War III?

Russia Tells Ukrainians: ‘Referendum’ Or We Can’t Protect You As Ukraine Proposes State Of Emegency The relative calm of the last two weeks as US talking-heads proclaim Ukraine ‘fixed’, Russia ‘under control’, and Europe ‘recovering’ is being obliterated this morning. The storming … Continue reading

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Crimea 2.0: Donetsk Activists Declare Kiev Independence, Request “Temporary Peacekeeping” Support From Putin

Update with Ukraine’s take: SEPARATIST ACTION IN EAST UKRAINE SHOWS “SECOND STAGE OF RUSSIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS AGAINST UKRAINE” IS UNDERWAY-UKRAINIAN ACTING PRESIDENT – RTRS Less than a month after the Crimean referendum which pulled the region away from Ukraine and ceded … Continue reading

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Kiev: 100K Russian Troops Near Ukraine Borders

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RUSSIAN TROOP MOVEMENTS NEAR EASTERN UKRAINE TRIGGER FEARS OF IMMINENT INVASION

by Bill Gertz U.S. intelligence agencies warned Congress late Wednesday that Russian military forces are massing near Ukraine’s borders and appear ready to launch an invasion with little or no warning. According to defense and intelligence officials, Russian military forces … Continue reading

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Breaking: U.S. intel assessement shows a greater likelihood Russia will enter eastern Ukraine

A new classified intelligence assessment concludes it is more likely than previously thought that Russian forces will enter eastern Ukraine, CNN has learned. Two administration officials described the assessment but declined to be identified due to the sensitive nature of … Continue reading

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Russian Troops on the Move?

The tanks reported near the border north of Kiev are not just on trains, either. Take this video (which we are still working to verify) reportedly showing Russian tanks on the ground and on the move near Novozybkov, which is … Continue reading

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Ukrainian Leader In New Leaked Recording: 8 Million Russians In Ukraine “Must Be Killed With Nuclear Weapons”

While the NSA is busy justifying its spying of every American its existence thanks to famous Moscow resident Edward Snowden, its Russian counterparts have been busy intercepting even more phone Ukrainian conversations. After a month ago a leaked phone call between US assistant secretary … Continue reading

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Russian forces storm Ukraine naval headquarters in Crimea

Russian troops backed by unarmed volunteers stormed Ukraine’s naval headquarters in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Wednesday and raised the Russian flag, as Moscow tightened its control of the Black Sea peninsula. The dramatic seizure came as Russia and … Continue reading

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Russia media say Crimea votes 93 percent to quit Ukraine

Russian state media said Crimeans voted overwhelmingly to break with Ukraine and join Russia on Sunday, as Kiev accused Moscow of pouring forces into the peninsula and warned separatist leaders “the ground will burn under their feet”. RIA news agency … Continue reading

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Ukraine’s Military Mobilizes, Prepares For Combat: Trucks, APCs, SAMs, Howitzers, Tanks Rolling Out

Did somebody say de-escalation? Earlier today, photos were distributed showing the latest military convoy reinforcements heading into the Crimea, accompanies by a police car demonstrating Moscow license plate numbers, most likely providing further support to the pro-Russian forces in the … Continue reading

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Obama And Putin Are Trapped In A Macho Game Of “Chicken” And The Whole World Could Pay The Price

by Michael Snyder The U.S. government and the Russian government have both been forced into positions where neither one of them can afford to back down.  If Barack Obama backs down, he will be greatly criticized for being “weak” and … Continue reading

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Putin rebuffs Obama as Ukraine crisis escalates

President Vladimir Putin rebuffed a warning from U.S. President Barack Obama over Moscow’s military intervention in Crimea, saying on Friday that Russia could not ignore calls for help from Russian speakers in Ukraine. After an hour-long telephone call, Putin said in a statement that … Continue reading

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Crimea votes to join Russia, Obama orders sanctions

Crimea’s parliament voted on Thursday to join Russia, and its Moscow-backed government set a referendum in 10 days, in a dramatic escalation of the crisis over the Ukrainian region that drew a sharp riposte from U.S. President Barack Obama. Obama ordered sanctions … Continue reading

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Bill Gertz: Ukraine on the Brink

Russian military forces continued massing within six miles of Ukraine’s eastern border regions as tensions increased over Moscow’s so far bloodless attempt to take control of the country by force under the pretext of protecting ethnic Russians. In Kiev, Ukrainian … Continue reading

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