Monday, February 6, 2017

Kiev Wants A Military Solution To The War



Isaac Webb, Foreign Policy: Kiev Is Fueling the War in Eastern Ukraine, Too

A muted White House isn't just emboldening the Kremlin -- it's inciting the politics of war throughout Ukraine.

KIEV, Ukraine — Less than two weeks after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, full-blown war returned to eastern Ukraine.

Beginning Jan. 29, rockets rained down on residential and military positions along the front line, killing civilians and soldiers alike. One 60-year-old woman was killed in separatist shelling as she walked from her home to a nearby market; a 24-year-old medic was killed when a shell exploded next to the ambulance she was driving. The fighting decimated local water and electricity infrastructure, spawning a renewed humanitarian crisis in the region that could affect hundreds of thousands of people as temperatures dip below 0 degrees Fahrenheit.

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WNU Editor: Bottom line .... no one in Kiev wants peace. This is my must read post for today.

2 comments:

Jay Farquharson said...

Gotta love self inflicted wounds, one of the cornerstones of physical comedy.

fazman said...

So if mexico was a super power and annexed Texas youd expect the u.s to grin and bare it?