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Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn’t been one to back down in response to sanctions against his country and attacks on his economy. Rather, he has stepped up not only his rhetoric, but his military activities as well. His latest move is yet another show of force to let the West know Russia is prepared to do whatever is necessary to protect its interests. The U.K.’s Royal Air Force scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after a pair of nuclear-capable Russian bombers flew across a busy civilian air traffic corridor above the English Channel. The bombers had their transponders turned off, British...

2014 UKRAINE CRISIS - THE UKRAINE FIGTS BACK (5/2/2014) Part I - Ukrainian Maidan Revolt (February 2014)Part II - Russia takes the Crimea (March 2014) In the report, click on any picture for a higher resolution version) INTRODUCTION: As documented in Part I and Part II (see the above links) of the Ukrainian Crisis of 2014, the Ukrainian people overthrew their President in February of 2014 and he was forced to flee Kiev and was then impeached by the Ukrinian Parliament. He was moving the Ukraine back towrds Russian influence and had been close to Valdimir Putin, the presidnet of...