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By Dave Lindorff
The US corporate media are awash in fevered articles and news stories about a Russian “invasion” of Ukraine, as though it was 1938, with German troops marching into Sedetenland and Austria. But let’s step back and look at what’s going on, calmly and rationally.
Russia’s Version of the Navy SEALs May Be Fighting in Ukraine (PHOTOS) - bellingcat
Analysts Confirm Presence of Russian Army Tanks in Ukraine (VIDEO) - Interpreter_Mag
VIDEO: Ukraine releases video of purported Russian tank in Novoazovsk - YouTube
VIDEO: Ukrainian army captured tank T 72 with Russian documents - YouTube
VIDEO: Russian Military Convoy Reported Heading Toward Lugansk - Interpreter_Mag
Defense official says Pentagon has evidence Russia firing missiles inside Ukraine - Fox News
Russians call for probe of soldiers' deaths near Ukraine - usatoday.com
Russian village's graves may tie Kremlin to fighting in Ukraine - Reuters
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Russian-Backed Separatists Enter Novoazovsk In Southeastern Ukraine - huffingtonpost
Ukraine rebel leader says targeting strategic port of Mariupol - Reuters
Ukraine crisis: All eyes turn to Mariupol as separatist showdown looms - The Independent
Ukraine: is Mariupol the new front in separatist war? - Alex Thomson's View
Demonstration in Kharkiv Against Russian Invasion - Interpreter_Mag
Four Hundred Ukrainian Soldiers Desert Battlefield - Interpreter_Mag
As Pro-Russia Forces Gain Ground Ukraine’s Volunteer Battalions Decry Kiev Leaders - VICE News
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VIDEO: Obama: No US Military Action in Ukraine - YouTube
VIDEO: Full Press Conference of President Obama on the Economy, Iraq, and Ukraine - YouTube
US warns of more sanctions against Russia over Ukraine - Yahoo News
Merkel says EU to discuss further Russia sanctions - Yahoo News
VIDEO (German): Merkel warns Russia to expect more sanctions from Europe - YouTube
Russia Wants Say in EU-Ukraine Association Deal, Propose Three Amendments - The Moscow Times
Merkel Tells Putin She Supports Three-Way Talks on Ukraine’s EU Association: Kremlin - RIA Novosti
Russian, Ukrainian experts to analyze Ukraine-EU deal: minister - ITAR-TASS
Ukrainian parliament to consider ratification of EU association agreement September 16 - ITAR-TASS
Poroshenko signs decree banning exports of military, dual-use items to Russia - ITAR-TASS
Ukraine's Bonds Fall Most in Four Months as Fighting Intensifies - moneynews.com
German Economy 2014: GDP Stumbles On Lower Sentiment Surrounding Ukraine Crisis - ibtimes.com
Wall Street loses ground on Ukraine worry - Reuters
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WASHINGTON, August 28 (RIA Novosti), Lyudmila Chernova – The deployment of NATO forces to new bases in Eastern Europe opens new possibilities for endless war and hostilities, New York director of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) Alice Slater told RIA Novosti.
The disturbing saber rattling from NATO chief Anders Rasmussen announcing that NATO will deploy troops for the first time in Eastern Europe since the Cold War ended, build a “readiness action plan,” boost Ukraine’s military capacity so that “in the future you will see a more visible NATO presence in the east,” while withdrawing Russia’s invitation to an upcoming NATO meeting in Wales, “opens new possibilities for endless war and hostilities,” Slater said.
The NATO secretary-general told European journalists that the alliance was to deploy its forces in Eastern Europe in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and to counter the threat posed by Russia to the former Soviet Baltic republics.
"It is ironic, that at this moment in history when so many people and nations around the world are acknowledging the 100th anniversary of our planet’s hapless stumble into World War I, great powers and their allies are once again provoking new dangers where governments appear to be sleepwalking towards a restoration of old Cold War battles,” Slater said.
"A barrage of conflicting information is broadcast in the various national and nationalistic media with alternative versions of reality that provoke and stoke new enmities and rivalries across national borders," the expert added.
The nongovernmental organization director noted that with the United States and Russia in possession of more than 15,000 of the world’s 16,400 nuclear weapons, humanity can ill-afford to stand by and permit such conflicting views of history and that opposing assessments of the facts on the ground can lead to a 21st century military confrontation between the great powers and their allies.
"While sadly acknowledging the trauma suffered by the countries of Eastern Europe from years of Soviet occupation, and understanding their desire for the protection of the NATO military alliance, we must remember that the Russian people lost 20 million people during World War II to the Nazi onslaught and are understandably wary of NATO expansion to their borders in a hostile environment," she explained.
"This, despite a promise to Gorbachev when the wall came down peacefully and the Soviet Union ended its post WWII occupation of Eastern Europe, that NATO would not be expanded eastward, beyond the incorporation of East Germany into that rusty Cold War alliance," Slater added.
"Russia has lost the protection of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which the US abandoned in 2001, and warily observes missile bases metastasizing ever closer to its borders in new NATO member states, while the US rejects repeated Russian efforts for negotiations on a treaty to ban weapons in space, or Russia’s prior application for membership in NATO," Slater concluded.
Germany’s Der Spiegel reported Sunday that Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia felt threatened by Russia's intervention in Ukraine and feared of what they described as Russian aggression.
NATO members are scheduled to meet in Wales to discuss the alliance's response to Russia, which it accuses of interfering in Ukrainian affairs.
Ahead of the NATO summit at the end of next week, the four countries have urged the military bloc to mention Moscow as a potential aggressor in its summit communique.
Russia’s Permanent Mission to NATO told RIA Novosti on Monday that Moscow has no plans to participate in any activities during the NATO summit in Wales.
VIDEO (English subtitles): Vladimir Putin's Full Speech in Belarus - YouTube
TRANSCRIPT (English): Putin’s full speech in Belarus - kremlin.ru
Ukraine keen on further dialogue with EU, Eurasian Troika: Poroshenko - interfax.com
Poroshenko & Putin discuss implementation of Ukraine’s association agreement with EU - ITAR-TASS
VIDEO (Slavic): Poroshenko and Lukashenko statements in Belarus - YouTube
Draft Final Document of Ukraine-Customs Union-EU Meeting Ready: Belarusian Leader - RIA Novosti
Belarus hosts Ukraine talks, strikes neutral position between Moscow and Kyiv - DW.DE
Merkel: Ukraine can go to Eurasian Union - EUobserver
Eurasian Economic Union: host of Minsk talks - WBP Online
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VIDEO: Ukraine says video shows Russian soldiers detained in east Ukraine - Reuters
TRANSCRIPT: Transcript of Interrogation of Russian Paratrooper Captured in Ukraine - Interpreter_Mag
Ukraine Doesn't Believe Russian Troops Captured Across The Border Were ‘Lost’ - Interpreter_Mag
Heavily Armed 'Men In Green' with Russian Accent Enter East Ukrainian Villages - huffingtonpost.com
VIDEO: Weapons Convoys Seen Rolling in Eastern Ukraine - AP
VIDEOS, PHOTOS: Russian T-72s spotted in Torez - Ukraine@war
As Peace Talks Approach, Rebels Humiliate Prisoners in Ukraine - NYTimes.com
Ukrainian POWS captured, tortured and probably dead by now? (VIDEO, PHOTOS) - Ukraine@war
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The Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergey Ivanovich Kislyak, spoke at the University of Virginia on Tuesday evening, in an event organized by the Center for Politics, which no doubt has video of the proceedings. Kislyak was once ambassador to Belgium and to NATO.
Kislyak spoke to a packed auditorium and took, I think, well over an hour of questions. He spoke frankly, and the questions he was asked by students, professors, and other participants were polite and for the most part far more intelligent than he would have been asked on, for example, Meet the Press.
He told the audience that Russia had known there were no WMDs in Iraq, and had known that attacking Iraq would bring "great difficulties" to that country. "And look what is happening today," he said. He made the same comment about Libya. He spoke of the U.S. and Russia working together to successfully remove chemical weapons from the Syrian government. But he warned against attacking Syria now.
There will be no new Cold War, Kislyak said, but there is now a greater divide in some ways than during the Cold War. Back then, he said, the U.S. Congress sent delegations over to meet with legislators, and the Supreme Court likewise. Now there is no contact. It's easy in the U.S. to be anti-Russian, he said, and hard to defend Russia. He complained about U.S. economic sanctions against Russia intended to "suffocate" Russian agriculture.
Asked about "annexing" Crimea, Kislyak rejected that characterization, pointed to the armed overthrow of the Ukrainian government, and insisted that Kiev must stop bombing its own people and instead talk about federalism within Ukraine.
There were remarkably few questions put to the ambassador that seemed informed by U.S. television "news." One was from a politics professor who insisted that Kislyak assign blame to Russia over Ukraine. Kislyak didn't.
I always sit in the back, thinking I might leave, but Kislyak was only taking questions from the front. So I moved up and was finally called on for the last question of the evening. For an hour and a half, Kislyak had addressed war and peace and Russian-U.S. relations, but he'd never blamed the U.S. for anything in Ukraine any more than Russia. No one had uttered the word "NATO."
So I pointed out the upcoming NATO protests. I recalled the history of Russia being told that NATO would not expand eastward. I asked Kislyak whether NATO ought to be disbanded.
The ambassador said that he had been the first Russian to "present his credentials" to NATO, and that he had "overestimated" NATO's ability to work with Russia. He'd been disappointed by NATO actions in Serbia, he said, and Libya, by the expansion eastward, by NATO pressure on Ukraine and Poland, and by the pretense that Russia might be about to attack Poland.
"We were promised," Kislyak said, that NATO would not expand eastward at all upon the reunification of Germany. "And now look." NATO has declared that Ukraine and Georgia will join NATO, Kislyak pointed out, and NATO says this even while a majority of the people in Ukraine say they're opposed.
The ambassador used the word "disappointed" a few times.
"We'll have to take measures to assure our defense," he said, "but we would have preferred to build on a situation with decreased presence and decreased readiness."
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Russia’s Humanitarian ‘Invasion’
Editor Note: Official Washington’s war-hysteria machine is running at full speed again after Russia unilaterally dispatched a convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian supplies to the blockaded Ukrainian city of Luhansk.
By Ray McGovern
Before dawn broke in Washington on Saturday, “Ukrainian pro-Russian separatists” – more accurately described as federalists of southeast Ukraine who oppose last February’s coup in Kiev – unloaded desperately needed provisions from some 280 Russian trucks in Luhansk, Ukraine. The West accused those trucks of “invading” Ukraine on Friday, but it was a record short invasion; after delivering their loads of humanitarian supplies, the trucks promptly returned to Russia.
By Dave Lindorff
With the US continuing to push its submissive European “allies” towards an ever more confrontational stance towards Russia over the crisis in Ukraine (a crisis initially provoked by the US itself through CIA and State Department actions that led to the overthrow of Ukraine’s elected government), the world appears headed towards a dangerous renewed Cold War between the world’s two nuclear superpowers.
Ukrainian forces press attacks on rebel-held Donetsk and Lugansk - Kentucky.com
Over 2,100 people killed in Ukraine violence, and 340,000 displaced - TheJournal.ie
VIDEO: Ukrainian army enters Luhansk in heavy fighting - YouTube
VIDEO: The shelling of the Central Market in Lugansk - YouTube
VIDEO: Urban warfare as Ukraine forces move in on rebel strongholds - euronews
VIDEO: Locals collect bodies after heavy shelling in Makeevka, Donetsk region - YouTube
VIDEO: Donetsk Ukraine residents record alleged phosphorus shelling - Dinar Chronicles
Ukrainian Flag Raised Over Ilovaisk - Interpreter_Mag
Ukraine bans Russian TV channels for airing war 'propaganda' - Reuters
Ukrainian Businesses Look for Alternatives to Russia - VOA
Ukrainian government to privatize all enterprises except strategic - ITAR-TASS
Ukraine asks Switzerland to hand over frozen assets of Ukraine’s Yanukovych associates - ITAR-TASS
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Ukraine military: 17 dead, 6 injured after refugee convoy attack - Q13 FOX News
VIDEO: Video purporting to show survivors of Ukraine refugee convoy shelling released - Telegraph
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Putin, Poroshenko to meet for talks on Ukraine - usatoday.com
Armored Convoy Geolocated Headed From Russia to Lugansk (PHOTOS) - Interpreter_Mag
Russian Military Vehicles Seen On Move Just Inside Ukraine (VIDEOS, PHOTOS) - Interpreter_Mag
Russian Military Trucks Reportedly Spotted Returning From Ukraine (PHOTOS) - Interpreter_Mag
Ukraine Claims More Than 30 Incidents Of Shelling From Russia In Last Week - Interpreter_Mag
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Donetsk Separatists Introduce the Death Penalty for Treason, Desertion, Aggraveted Murder - Reuters
VIDEO: Rebel leader in Ukraine says forces bolstered by '1,200 troops trained in Russia' - Telegraph
Ukraine Separatists Hail Arrival of Serb Volunteers - Balkan Insight
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Ukraine crisis: Impasse over Russian aid convoy - BBC News
VIDEO: Ukraine crisis: Russian aid convoy halts near border - BBC News
VIDEO: Dispatch: Inside Russia's aid lorries bound for Ukraine - Telegraph
Western media inspect Russia's Ukraine aid trucks and find… aid (PHOTOS) - RT News
Russia Calls for Ceasefire in East Ukraine to Facilitate Humanitarian Effort - RIA Novosti
Russian military vehicles seen enterering Ukraine as aid convoy stops short of border - The Guardian
Putin strikes conciliatory note on Ukraine, signaling desire to de-escalate crisis - Fox News
US State Dep urges Ukraine to show 'restraint' in rebel region - THE DAILY STAR
US Hired NATO-linked Military Contractor to Train Armed Personnel in Ukraine - RIA Novosti
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Ukraine cuts off rebel-held Lugansk from Russian border: army - Channel NewsAsia
Lugansk authorities report casualties due to shelling - nrcu
Lugansk: Ukraine City Under Siege, ‘Just Terrified of the Bombing’ - NYTimes.com
Heavy shelling hits centre of rebel-held Donetsk - France 24
Igor Strelkov: mysterious Russian who led Ukraine rebels - Yahoo News
Serbian mercenaries fighting side by side with pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine - DW.DE
OSCE Monitors Reiterate Concerns Over Abductions by Ukraine’s Volunteer Battalion - RIA Novosti
In the line of fire: Journalists killed and abducted in Eastern Ukraine - RT News
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Ukraine approves law on sanctions against Russia - Reuters
Ukrainian parliament backs bill to open gas pipelines to EU, U.S. firms - Reuters
Slovak gas pipeline to Ukraine to start tests on Aug 16 - Yahoo News
Putin’s Pipeline Bypassing Ukraine Is at Risk Amid Conflict - Bloomberg
Emerging Stocks Advance as Putin’s Remarks Ease Ukraine Concern - Bloomberg
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The United States and European Union created a horror show for millions by enabling acts in support of the extremist government of Ukraine. The horror comes in the form of Ukraine government attacks on towns and cities in the southeastern regions, attacks initiated by the central government in Kiev. After months of these war crimes, the Kiev government now threatens to stall a massive shipment of urgent humanitarian aid for devastated metropolitan areas of nearly two million people including the large cities of Donetsk (1.0 million) and Lugansk (.5 million). (Image: Russian aid convoy, RT)
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) identified the emerging humanitarian crisis in mid July and called for immediate aid. ICRC executive Laurent Corbaz said:
Editor Note: The U.S. State Department’s obsession with “information warfare” as a strategic weapon has made U.S. credibility one more casualty of the Ukraine crisis, along with any remaining trust in the mainstream U.S. media. It was not always thus.
By Ray McGovern
World leaders OK plan for Russia humanitarian aid delivery to eastern Ukraine - LA Times
Relief Aid Convoy Leaves Russia for East Ukraine - RIA Novosti
Statement of the Rec Cross regarding aid delivery to Eastern Ukraine - ICRC
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VIDEO: Ukraine Says Its Forces Close to Taking Rebel-Held Donetsk - Reuters
Ukraine's most dangerous prisoners escape as shell hits Donetsk jail (PHOTOS) - Mail Online
VIDEO: Prisoners escape jail, some plea to fight for Donetsk - YouTube
Avakov: Air Drone Squadron Established As Part Of National Guard - Ukranian News
Ukrainian Paramilitaries Battle Separatists Near Donetsk - rferl.org
Ukraine crisis: the neo-Nazi brigade fighting pro-Russian separatists - Telegraph
VIDEO: Ukrainian Paramilitaries Battle Separatists Near Donetsk - LiveLeak.com
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New Ukrainian rebel leader Zakharchenko asks for aid, seeks cease-fire - AP
Ukraine rebel leader Zakharchenko says mulls counter attack - GlobalPost
Ukraine military: No Cease-Fire With Pro-Russia Rebels Until 'White Flags' Fly - NBC News
Poroshenko declares readiness for international discussion on Donbas peace settlement - ITAR-TASS
Russian-Backed Rebels Put a Local Man Out Front, But Still Look Divided - atlanticcouncil.org
Prisoners of separatist Bezler aka 'Demon' in war-torn Ukraine - BBC News
Russia Must Recognize Ukraine Rebels' Human Rights Abuses - Human Rights Watch
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By John Grant
All we are saying is give peace a chance
-John Lennon
By Dave Lindorff
There’s an old adage that goes: “You can judge a man by the company he keeps.”
If that’s the case, then applying it to nations, the world has to judge the US to be a truly wretched and repugnant country, and should be steering clear of it.
Russia, US clash at the UN Security Council on east Ukraine - AFP
VIDEO: UNHCR: 730,000 have Left Ukraine for Russia Due to Conflict - ibtimes.co.uk
Ukraine fighting reaches rebel-held Donetsk - AP
Driving Down East Ukraine's Dangerous 'Humanitarian Corridor' - NDTV
VIDEO: Ukraine’s civilians fleeing rebel held Donetsk - Al Jazeera
VIDEO: Humanitarian corridor opened for citizens fleeing Donetsk - YouTube
Lugansk residents leave amid battles in eastern Ukraine - Yahoo News
VIDEO: Humanitarian Crisis: No water, power, comms in Lugansk, E. Ukraine - YouTube
Poroshenko Claims East Ukraine War Zone Shrinks by 75% - RIA Novosti
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U.S. 'deeply concerned' about Russian military exercise - LA Times
Buildup Makes Russia Battle-Ready for Ukraine - NYTimes.com
Ukrainian soldiers in limbo after crossing into Russia - GlobalPost
Ukraine Tensions Depress an Already Falling Market - NYTimes.com
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Ukraine closes in on rebel stronghold Donetsk, urges civilians to flee - AFP
Eastern Ukraine town Donetsk suffers from deadly war-time shelling - CNN
East Ukraine city Lugansk dying under siege - AP
Ukrainian army shelling Gorlovka city in east Ukraine - ITAR-TASS
Ukrainian Army Amasses Ballistic Missiles, MLRS Near Donetsk: Russian Foreign Ministry - RIA Novosti
Russia to Conduct Military Exercises Near Ukraine Border - Yahoo News UK
Total of 180 Ukrainian servicemen sent back from Russia to Ukraine - interfax.com
VIDEO: Hundreds of Ukranian troops retreat across border to Russia - YouTube
VIDEO (Russian): Ukrainian soldiers talk to the press in Russia - YouTube
Last month US Spy Plane Brushed With Russian Military, Crossed Sweden in Escape - ABC News
Germany Blocks the Delivery Of Military Parts to Russia - NYTimes.com
Belarus says ready to supply Ukraine with oil products - Reuters
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Ukraine rebel chief Igor Bezler threatens to execute interviewer - The Guardian
Roots of Ukraine Separatist Leaders in Russian Ultranationalist Groups - The Interpreter
Another photo of the MH17 BUK transport leads to the truck company (PHOTO) - Ukraine@war
Buk In Russia Has Similar Markings as Rebel Buk, Different from Ukraine's (PHOTO) - Interpreter_Mag
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Obama Should Release Ukraine Evidence
Editor Note: With the July 17 shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine turning a local civil war into a U.S. confrontation with Russia, former U.S. intelligence veterans urge President Obama to release what evidence he has about the tragedy and silence the hyperbole.
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President
FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS)
SUBJECT: Intelligence on Shoot-Down of Malaysian Plane
Executive Summary
VIDEO (Russian): Khodakovsky dismisses the Reuters interview - LifeNews
CONFIRMED the BUK that shot down MH17 has indeed been in Donetsk (PHOTO) - Ukraine@war
EXACT location pinpointed of MH17 missile launch site (VIDEO, PHOTOS) - Ukraine@war
More on the launch location detected of missile that brought down MH17 (VIDEO, PHOTOS) - Ukraine@war
Satellite images reveal how the BUK has been driving near the launch location (PHOTOS) - Ukraine@war
Russian transport of BUK into Ukraine on July 17 (VIDEO, PHOTO) - Ukraine@war
Transport of BUK that shot down MH17 OUT of Ukraine after the crash (VIDEO, PHOTOS) - Ukraine@war
Igor Strelkov: Russian War Reenactor Fights Real War in Ukraine - New Republic
Malofeev: the Russian billionaire linking Moscow to the rebels - FT.com
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Russian soldiers VK-page shows Russia is shelling Ukraine with heavy artillery - Ukraine@war
Obama orders Pentagon advisers to Ukraine - Washington Times
Exclusive: Ukraine Asked U.S. for Tech to Counter Russia's Jet-Killers - The Daily Beast
Pentagon confirms 2 Ukrainian fighter jets shot down near Russia border - Fox News
VIDEO: Separatists Release Video of Su-25 Crash Site - Interpreter_Mag
Putin calls an emergency State Duma session regarding Ukraine - EUROMAIDAN PRESS
Ukrainian prime minister quits, parties force new election - Reuters
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by R. Teichmann, this was first published on News-Beacon-Ireland.info
Russia Shares MH17 Boeing Radar Data - Aviation Week
Su-25 fighter detected in close approach to MH17 before crash: Moscow (VIDEO) - RT News
10 more questions Russian military pose to Ukraine, US over MH17 crash - RT News
Jet Wreckage Bears Signs of Impact by Supersonic Missile, Analysis Shows - NYTimes.com
MH17 and Moscow’s Magical Mystery Jets - The Interpreter
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U.S. believes Ukrainian separatists shot down plane by mistake - LA Times
U.S. to release intelligence on Malaysian plane downing: State Department - Reuters
VIDEO: President Obama Remarks On Ukraine - C-SPAN.org
U.N. Security Council unanimously approves probe of crash in Ukraine - LA Times
Ukraine separatists apparently cut up, looted parts of Malaysia jet - chicagotribune.com
MH17: Black Boxes on Malaysia Air Offer Limited Value in Ukraine Probe - Businessweek
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The last time major war loomed on the near horizon, Secretary of State John Kerry played fast and loose with the facts. On Aug. 30, 2013 he solemnly claimed, no fewer than 35 times, "We know" the government of Bashar al-Assad was responsible for chemical attacks outside Damascus on August 21.
Russia may have trained Ukraine separatists to use Buk missiles, U.S. says - LA Times
Geolocating The Video Of The 'Buk Headed Toward Russia’ (VIDEO) - Interpreter_Mag
High-tech spy satellites tracked missile's path to Malaysia Airlines jet - LA Times
The Kremlin man Kurginyan confirms separatists possess a Buk system - news.pn
VIDEO (Russian): Kremlin man Kurginyan confirm separatists having Buk missile - YouTube
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Integrity of jet wreckage site in Ukraine compromised, Malaysia says - LA Times
MH17: Ukraine accuses rebels of interfering with evidence at crash site - The Globe and Mail
Lavrov, Kerry agree on ICAO's leading role in MH17 crash probe - CCTV News
Rebels to give Malaysia Airlines black boxes to the ICAO - FOXdfw.com
VIDEO: Separatists says black boxes from Ukraine crash site under their control - Mail Online
AUDIO: Separatists Recorded Trying To Get The Black Boxes To Moscow - Interpreter_Mag
VIDEO: First video to show "black box" at Ukraine crash site - YouTube
VIDEO: Video showing the free fall of Malaysia Airlines MH17 after being hit - YouTube
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Who was separatist Igor Bezler before he allegedly shot down MH-17? - Linux Beach
MH17: Rebel leader Bezler was sacked from job as undertaker for stealing - Telegraph
ARCHIVE: Alleged executions by rebel Igor Bezler - niqnaq
ARCHIVE: Some executions of hostages by Igor Bezler proved to be staged - stopfake.org
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By Dave Lindorff
If the best the US can do to pin the blame for the Malaysia Flight 17 downing on Russia is to have Secretary of State John Kerry say that “circumstantial evidence” points to Moscow being behind it, we can be pretty certain it was not Russia at all.
Facts Needed on Malaysian Plane Shoot-Down
Editor Note: As usual, the mainstream U.S. media is rushing to judgment over the crash of a Malaysian airliner in war-torn eastern Ukraine, but the history of U.S. government’s deceptions might be reason to pause and let a careful investigation uncover the facts.
By Ray McGovern
It will likely take some time to determine who downed the Malaysia Airlines Boeing-777 over eastern Ukraine on Thursday, killing all 298 people onboard. Initial speculation is that someone with a missile battery mistook the plane as a military aircraft, but the precise motive may be even harder to discern.
Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shot down over Ukraine, 295 dead - Fox News
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By Ray McGovern
July 16, 2014
Obama administration lapdog, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, threatened the Eastern Ukraine resistance with harsh punishment for defending themselves against his government's military assault on their towns and cities. Reuters reported the following promise of reprisal:
"For every soldier's life, the militants will pay with scores and hundreds of their own. Not a single terrorist will avoid responsibility; each will get what they deserve." Petro Poroshenko, President, Ukraine, Reuters, July 11
Poroshenko and his comrades were reacting to a major resistance victory against Ukraine's regular army. Somewhere between 20 and 40 Ukrainian troops were killed in an attack by resistance forces under the command of Igor Strelkov. Poroshenko failed to note that the missiles he claimed were used against Ukraine regulars are the same types of weapons the Kiev government used against cities and towns in the contested, densely populated Donbass region under attack.
By Dave Lindorff
Munich -- You have to wonder how much more the German public will take of the country’s ongoing humiliation by the United States and its extensive program of secretly spying on what nominally is one of America’s most reliable allies.
Ukraine field troops prepare for assault on Donetsk - AFP
Ukraine's Army Now Holds Two-Thirds of Donbas, Senior Security Official Says - atlanticcouncil.org
Ukraine rebel commander says will not pull out of Donetsk - Reuters
VIDEO: Pro-Russia separatists not giving up fight in Donetsk - The Washington Post
Separatists plan to evacuate Donetsk as Ukraine army nears - FT.com
VIDEO: Families begin to leave Donetsk - BBC
Ukraine Crisis: Fighting Breaks Out Near Donetsk Airport, Train Station - ibtimes.com
Russia arrests female Ukrainian aviator over journalists' deaths - AFP
Ukraine accuses Russia of abducting female military pilot - Los Angeles Times
Meet The Tough-As-Nails Ukrainian Pilot That Russia Wants To Try For Murder - rferl.orr
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Ukraine rebels face drop in morale: ‘What’s the point of fighting?’ - Toronto Star
Donetsk rebel governor losing hope of Russia intervention - AP
Patchwork Makeup of Rebels Fighting Ukraine Makes Peace Talks Elusive - NYTimes.com
Part of the Vostok Batallion went under Girkin's Command - Censor.NET
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Human rights group sees growing proof of abductions, torture by both sides in Ukraine - Reuters
Alleged executions by rebel Igor Bezler - niqnaq
Some executions of hostages by Igor Bezler proved to de staged - stopfake.org
The story of rebel Igor Bezler extorting money from Ukrainian businessmen - Free Ukraine
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Ukraine Lays Plan to Besiege Rebels in Eastern City - WSJ
Mayor: Poroshenko promises not to use aircraft, artillery in Donetsk - interfax.com
Ukraine Tycoon Akhmetov pleads with the government not to bomb Donetsk - The Jakarta Globe
VIDEO: Ukrainian Forces Re-Take Eastern City of Artemivsk - Boston.com
Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council report: July 8 - EUROMAIDAN PRESS
Ukraine Justice Ministry Moves to Ban Communist Party - The Moscow Times
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Ukraine army still far from victory over rebels in east - BBC News
After Slaviansk's fall, splits open in Ukraine rebel ranks - Reuters
Thousands cheer pro-Russian rebels at Donetsk rally - The Washington Post
VIDEO: Pro-Russian rebels of Vostok battalion await Ukrainian forces in Donetsk - YouTube
VIDEO: Train suspended over motorway as bridge blown up by E. Ukraine separatists - RT In motion
Separatist military commander Strelkov latest blog posting - The Vineyard of the Saker
‘Strelkov’ apologizes for Donetsk looting - EUROMAIDAN PRESS
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Russia lawmakers unlikely to vote again on Ukraine action: speaker - AFP
Russia speaks for immediate ceasefire in Ukraine - ITAR-TASS
VIDEO: Ukraine in the State Department Daily Press Briefing - YouTube
NATO Chief Warns of Duplicity by Putin on Ukraine - NYTimes.com
NATO, Russia Launch Black Sea Drills - rferl.org
NATO Sets Record By Sending Nine Ships Into Black Sea - RIA Novosti
Ukraine Really Wants Its Militarized Dolphins Back from Russia - VICE News
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