Posted on 02/20/2014 8:58:56 AM PST by mandaladon
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Fearing that a call for a truce was a ruse, protesters tossed firebombs and advanced upon police lines Thursday in Ukraine's embattled capital. Government snipers shot back and the almost-medieval melee that ensued left at least 70 people dead and hundreds injured. Video footage on Ukrainian television showed shocking scenes Thursday of protesters being cut down by gunfire, lying on the pavement as comrades rushed to their aid. Trying to protect themselves with shields, teams of protesters carried bodies away on sheets of plastic or on planks of wood.
Protesters were also seen leading policemen with their hands held high around the sprawling protest camp in central Kiev. Ukraine's Interior ministry says 67 police were captured in all. It was not clear how they were taken. An opposition lawmaker said they were being held in Kiev's occupied city hall.
President Viktor Yanukovych and the opposition protesters who demand his resignation are locked in an epic battle over the identity of Ukraine, a nation of 46 million that has divided loyalties between Russia and the West. Parts of the country — mostly in its western cities — are in open revolt against Yanukovych's central government, while many in eastern Ukraine favor strong ties with Russia, their former Soviet ruler.
At least 99 people have died this week in the clashes in Kiev, a sharp reversal in three months of mostly peaceful protests. Now neither side appears willing to compromise, with the opposition insisting on Yanukovych's resignation and an early election and the president apparently prepared to fight until the end.
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Like it or not, The EU will do you know good. Russia is willing to support you for a time.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/19/opinion/ghitis-ukraine-sochi/
Fearing that a call for a truce was a ruse, protesters tossed firebombs and advanced upon police lines
There is definitely nothing we can do about the situation.
Lots of people here in the states emotionally screeching “WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING!” but if you ask them what we gotta do, they got nuthin.
so next we invade Ukraine?
Is every problem our problem?
I am not an isolationist but we sure get into a lot of civil wars that have no national interest. A whole lot of “broader humanitarian concerns.”
But I will admit ignorance on this one. Anybody have a brief synopsis on what this conflict is about?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvds2AIiWLA
That pos Øbamais learning about all this on the tv news just like you and me . . .
Here is a link that explains things well enough.
http://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/19/opinion/ghitis-ukraine-sochi/
Freedom isn't free, the people are making the first payments
Its not a Civil War when one side is being bankrolled by George Soros and the US/NATO. Its called subversion.
Thank you for the view from the Kremlin. It is much appreciated.
They are shooting protesters down in Caracas too, but the government has the media under control there with officials in every news room.
They won’t find freedom with the EU either but its all something they need to figure out for themselves.
You're welcome. Now prove me wrong.
That's about it.
Right after you give me a foot massage. /s
Damn that’s a mess.
Pray for these people. I have a friend who family is there. Wonder if Obama would give them asylum? Probably not, they are Christians.
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