"Ukrainian forces moved in and killed at least two pro-Russia insurgents in the country's tumultuous east Thursday, an escalation that prompted new threats from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"In an immediate reaction, Russia's defence minister said troops massed near Ukraine's border were starting new military exercises.
"The statements by Putin and Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu sharpened anxiety over the prospect of a Russian military incursion into Ukraine. Russia's foreign minister warned a day earlier that any attack on Russian citizens or interests in eastern Ukraine would bring a strong response."
Ukraine clashes kill 2 as Russia ramps up military exercises - World - CBC News
Why, Comrade George, since the title of this thread refers to the Jews in the Ukraine, I would believe that you would think it was important enough to tell everyone about what happened to a synagogue there. I guess when something bad happens to your favorite scapegoats, you don't think it is worthwhile mentioning.
Ukraine Synagogue Firebombed Just Days After Distribution of Anti-Semitic Flyers | Israel Video Network
What do Rwanda, Yugoslavia, and Ukraine have in common with Iraq, Syria, and Yemen?
Plunder and NATO.
"The question is where this revisionism will take the planet?
"Is the West really ready to face Russia and China, two major powers, just to secure fully its dictatorial role over the world?
"Is its greed, is its insane Protestant desire to control and rule, truly so overwhelming?
"It is all resembling, increasingly, gangsterism, not an international consensus.
"Christopher Black, a leading international criminal lawyer based in Toronto, clearly defines the possible endgame, for this report: 'The Ukraine is the latest theatre of operations in the world war that erupted with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the drive thereafter by the West to dominate world resources and markets.
"'The first theaters of operation in this global war were Africa and Yugoslavia.
"'In Africa, America ejected France from Central Africa and turned Rwanda into a military state used to maintain a state of deadly chaos in the Great Lakes region of Africa.'
"The destruction of Yugoslavia during the same period culminated in the final brutal NATO attack of 1999 and the overthrow of Milosevic in 2001...
"In rapid succession the NATO states attacked Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, then Libya and Syria.
"The ultimate target of these wars is, of course, Russia and its vast resources, and those countries such as China, Iran, and of Latin America that insist on maintaining their independence and sovereignty.
“But these wars cannot be conducted without propaganda, and as the wars themselves are total wars - that is, wars targeting civilians as well as military forces - so the propaganda techniques used are total, using every aspect of communication and penetrating all levels of society.
"Important elements of this propaganda are the various war crimes tribunals whose primary function is the dissemination of false histories of the wars concerned, and criminalization of those who resist..."
?Intellectuals standing ground on Ukrainian issue ? RT Op-Edge
