Ukraine Announces Full-Scale Army Operation on Pro-Russian Militants in Seized Buildings; Verge of C

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In what some call "crunch time" others a worst case scenario, Ukraine Announces Full-Scale Army Operation on Pro-Russian Militants in Seized Buildings.

Ukraine's president says a full-scale operation involving the army will be launched in the east after pro-Russian militants seized government buildings.

Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov said he would not allow a repetition of what happened in Crimea which was annexed by Russia last month.

His live televised address from parliament came after pro-Russian forces targeted half a dozen cities.

An urgent meeting of the UN Security Council will be held in New York.

The meeting, at 20:00 New York time (midnight GMT), was called for by Moscow, which has strongly criticised Kiev's plan to use its armed forces in eastern Ukraine.

Responding to Mr Turchynov's address, a Russian foreign ministry spokesman said the plan to use the armed forces was "criminal" and caused "particular indignation".

Ukraine was, the spokesman said, "waging war against its own people".

Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen's statement on Sunday drew parallels with some aspects of last month's seizure of Crimea.

He said the "reappearance of men with specialised Russian weapons and identical uniforms without insignia, as previously worn by Russian troops during Russia's illegal and illegitimate seizure of Crimea, is a grave development".

On Saturday, armed men took over police stations and official buildings in Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka.

Similar accounts emerged of armed men dressed in camouflage arriving in buses in Sloviansk and Kramatorsk and storming the police stations.

BBC reporters in Sloviansk said the gunmen were well-organised and quickly established control throughout the town. Checkpoints had been set up on the main roads into the town.
Troubled Areas



Crunch Time

Bloomberg reports ‘Crunch Time’ for U.S., EU as Pro-Russians Battle Ukraine Forces
U.S. and European leaders trying to stop the further destabilization of Ukraine have reached “crunch time” as pro-Russian separatists and security forces shoot at each other in the town of Slovyansk, analysts said.

Envoys from Ukraine, Russia, the U.S. and European Union are due to sit down in Geneva on April 17 to look for ways to end the crisis touched off by Russia’s takeover of Ukraine’s Crimean region last month. Agreement may have become a more distant prospect today as camouflaged gunmen fired on government forces near Slovyansk, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) from the Russian frontier in eastern Ukraine. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk described the situation as a “worst-case scenario.”

“This is crunch time for the West’s response to Russia’s attempts to assert its influence over eastern Ukraine,” said Nicholas Spiro, founder of Spiro Sovereign Strategy. “This is supposed to be the trigger for more meaningful economic and trade sanctions against Russia. We’re now going to see the extent to which the West is unified in its willingness to face down Russia.”
Russia Calls for Emergency UN Meeting

In response to the violence and threats of further violence Russia Seeks UN Meeting.
Russia called for an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council tonight after Ukrainian security forces battled pro-Russian gunmen in the eastern town of Slovyansk.

The Security Council session was scheduled for 8 p.m. in New York as the U.S. and Russia’s allies traded accusations over who was behind the violence.

Camouflaged gunmen fired on units deployed by the government in Kiev in an anti-terror operation near Slovyansk, about 240 kilometers (150 miles) from the Russian frontier, Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said today on Facebook. One serviceman was killed and five were wounded, with an unknown number of dead on the separatist side, he said.  

‘Worst-Case Scenario’

“Over the past few hours we’ve witnessed the worst-case scenario playing out in Ukraine,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who has advocated a strong response to Russia, said in an interview with Radio Zet in Warsaw.

One person was killed and nine were wounded in Slovyansk, news service Interfax reported, citing Donetsk regional Governor Serhiy Taruta. It didn’t give details on who the casualties were.

Russian state-run Rossiya 24 TV said Ukrainian pro-Russian “self-defense” forces led by an Afghan War veteran had spread across Slovyansk and troops allied to the government in Kiev arrived in armored personnel carriers and by helicopter.
Verge of Civil War

Unfortunately, evidence suggests Ukraine is on the verge of a civil war.

Mike "Mish" Shedlock
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Wow!!
Maybe the coup leaders might wanna cut down on eating all those bowls of dumb-ass made by the Obama-McCain collective and served by Victoria Nuland.

Entering the Octagon, the tag team of Obama and McCain versus the Cock of the Caucasus, Vladimir Putin.
Obama's supporters are trying to beat down Vlad's resolve with a massive left cross of rhetoric.
Although attempting to distance himself from Obama, McCain launches into a full-scale assault against common sense and demands arming the as-yet unaccepted coup leadership as well as moving missiles close enough to cause damage to innocent people.
But, those who paid for front row seats escape the damage as rows 9 through 17 get vaporized in the first three waves of conflict.
People MUST die for the sins of the politicians. But not rows 1-8. Like rank, wealth has it's privileges.

Obama via Victoria Nuland has made the US position clear. What might happen?
1. A pro-western Ukraine will poke the old KGB boss in the chest.
2. A pro-western Ukraine will allow the USA to move missiles closer to the former USSR.
3. Communism nee communitarianism will always beat out capitalism.
4. All of this is for your own good.
5. Trust us, we know what is best.
6. Will Vlad the Impaler shove a Louisville Slugger up Obama's posterior? Tune in tomorrow.

I can forgive someone for electing an idiot. But when you do it twice, you prove just who is the idiot.
Ukraine will poke the old KGB boss in the chest.
And Vlad the Impaler will use his Louisville Slugger.
No problem, the community organizer will save the world. Hasn't he always?

Damn, Alaska is awful close to Russia.
I'd better stock up on Vaseline®.
Sins of the fathers will be visited upon the fools.
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The backlash against the newly installed IMF puppets was anticipated - it was coming sooner or later. Introducing austerity by cutting pension funds by as much as 50%, to facilitate an IMF loan, tends to act as a catalyst for unrest - which leads me to think the process was deliberate. Europe can't afford the bail-out nor can it afford to not purchase Russian gas. The whole situation places enormous pressure on Europe, particularly Germany. They could always buy Russian gas from China but at what price ? China will never place sanctions on Russia so how can sanctions hurt a friend of China that is also large enough to have 12 time zones ?
The whole Western backed plan for regime change in Ukraine is a complete disaster, and clearly, the worst is yet to come.
Perhaps more sanctions will force Russia ( with China's support ) to drop the golden hammer on the fiat ponzi scheme - that way the uneducated majority will have a scapegoat for the collapse of the financial system as we know it. Military involvement might see you lose your Raspberry wine stash. Unthinkable. Even rows 1-8 might not be as safe as anticipated if such an escalation was to occur. We can only hope cooler heads prevail, however unlikely that may seem at the present moment.
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Cameron Waugh - 4/14/2014 at 11:45 AM GMT
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