Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

BREAKING: Russia 'forced' to launch military drills at border in response to Ukraine op - Moscow
RT ^ | 4-24-2014 | RT

Posted on 04/24/2014 6:26:03 AM PDT by tcrlaf

Russia has begun extensive military exercises on its Ukrainian border following the escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine.

“The order to use force against civilians has already been given, and if this military machine is not stopped, the amount of casualties will only grow,” Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said during an official meeting in Moscow.

“We are forced to react to the situation.”

Shoigu said that the drills involve march and deployment exercises by forces in the southern and western military districts, and separate Air Force maneuvers.

DETAILS TO FOLLOW


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: civilwar; coup; drills; exercises; russia; ukraine
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 last
To: 1rudeboy

If you want to start picking it apart that would be great.

So far, I’ve only seen you dismiss it out of hand.

You’ve posted ad naseum that RT is propaganda and that’s about all you’ve said, that’s been the extent of your analysis that I found so far.


61 posted on 04/24/2014 12:12:10 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: Toddsterpatriot

The post was meant for all. If you received it as a ping, I made a mistake. You were just the closest reply link on the page. I was not replying to your thoughts. As for the fable, I guess it can mean different things to different folks. Like for me it’s like greedy bears get stung. :-)


62 posted on 04/24/2014 12:16:36 PM PDT by No One Special
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 54 | View Replies]

To: tcrlaf
Russian MFA Lavrov tweets: They say the situation in Ukraine depends entirely on us. We’re flattered, but surely a “regional power” cannot achieve that much?


63 posted on 04/24/2014 12:17:20 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Genoa

Openly dissing our POTUS!


64 posted on 04/24/2014 12:23:42 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 63 | View Replies]

To: Genoa

Looking for allies among Americans but he is not our friend.


65 posted on 04/24/2014 12:27:41 PM PDT by No One Special
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 64 | View Replies]

To: No One Special

You don’t think they just despise POTUS?


66 posted on 04/24/2014 12:30:32 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 65 | View Replies]

To: Genoa

That’s how it works.

Our US State Dept “Russia” page was all smiles and giggles for years.

When this situation heated up, they started putting out a stream of press releases openly calling Putin a liar.

The press release things are on the right of the US DOS main “Russia” page...

http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/rs/


67 posted on 04/24/2014 12:31:30 PM PDT by PieterCasparzen (We have to fix things ourselves)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 64 | View Replies]

To: Genoa

You don’t think they consider him an ally?


68 posted on 04/24/2014 1:10:02 PM PDT by No One Special
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 66 | View Replies]

To: No One Special

To them he’s a useful idiot.


69 posted on 04/24/2014 1:19:46 PM PDT by Genoa (Starve the beast.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 68 | View Replies]

To: Genoa

That’s an ally by their definition but I wouldn’t underrate either him or them if you want to defeat them.


70 posted on 04/24/2014 1:23:06 PM PDT by No One Special
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 69 | View Replies]

To: tcrlaf
Some guy keep tweeting this. War with Russia ‏@ReshetnikovM 1m #OSCE #UN #US #EU #NATO!#Russia+#Belarus troops crossed border #Poland #Ukraine!Tank attack #Berlin!#Nuclear #London!http://m-v-reshetnikov.livejournal.com
71 posted on 04/24/2014 1:29:28 PM PDT by McGruff (Clinton had his Kosovo, Obama has his Ukraine.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-71 last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson