Putin Wants War, Says Ukrainian Prime Minister -- Washington Times
Says Russian leader seeks to revise World War II outcomes
As the U.S. and its allies eye further action against Russia, Ukraine’s new prime minister Wednesday passionately accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of seeking to seize control of the Crimean Peninsula and fomenting all-out war in a bid to “revise the outcomes” of World War II.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk spoke minutes after an Oval Office meeting. President Obama underscored how strongly the U.S. is backing Ukraine’s new government by warning Mr. Putin that the outside world would never recognize the results of the Moscow-planned “slap dash” referendum on Crimean independence from Ukraine.
“We completely reject a referendum patched together in a few weeks with Russian military personnel basically taking over Crimea. We reject its legitimacy. … We will not recognize, certainly, any referendum that goes forward,” Mr. Obama said.
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My Comment: The answer is a definite no .... but Putin is someone who does draw red lines .... and he enforces them. If Russians are discriminated against/humiliated/ threatened/terrorized/in border states by (in Russia's eyes) an illegitimate government .... he will not hesitate to order the tanks in .... and his support within Russia to do this will be 90%.
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