Sunday 15 June 2014

Ukraine civil war update - 06/14/2014

Russian Embassy in Kiev under attack - possible chemical attack in the East tonight - situation in Iraq



14 June, 2014

Juan just emailed me to let me know that the Russian Embassy in Kiev is under attack by neo-Nazi rioters.  The attack is streamed live here:



Also, there is a 90% probability the gaz attack in Novorossiya will be tonight during the seizing and burning of the Russian Embassy in Kiev as "The World's" attention is focused on Kiev.  

I would add that my "beloved" BBC only reports Poroshenko's threats following the downing of the Ukie Il-76 by the NDF.

Also,



While I do not have the energy to follow the events in both locations, what is taking place in Iraq is nothing short of amazing.  Think of it - when Uncle Sam attacked Iraq, al-Qaeda basically did not exist there (except in Saddam's jails).   Now, after a decade of "US-style nation building" the local franchise of al-Qaeda is in full control of Mosul, Falludjah, Tikrit, Ramadi and many other.  And now, years after Dubya's "mission accomplished"  we have Barak "no we can't" Obama having to decide whether to bring back the "official" US military in (the "private" or "unofficial" never left) or whether to provide air cover for the Iranian Pasdaran.  Or maybe attack them too?  Who knows what kind of idiotic plan Obombya and his advisers can come up with?  What is certain is that this is a total disgrace for a country which fancies itself as a superpower.  Think of it:


Lebanon: US wanted a new Middle-East.  Fail.
Iraq: US wanted to built a client-state.  Fail.
Afghanistan: US wanted to eliminate the Taliban.  Fail.
Pakistan: US wanted to eliminate the Taliban. Fail.
Syria: US wanted to regime-change Assad. Fail.
Egypt: US wanted to create a client state. Fail.
Libya: US wanted to create a client state. Fail.
Chechnia: US wanted to subvert Russia and control the Caucaus. Fail.
Georgia: US wanted to subvert Russia and control the Caucasus. Fail.
KSA: US wanted an alliance with KSA over Syria. Fail
Qatar: US wanted Qatari support over oil prices and Russia. Fail.
Yemen: US wanted to destroy al-Qaeda. Fail.
Somalia: 20 years ago the US wanted to take Somalia under control. Fail.


And the list goes on and on and one all around the planet.  Remember when Obama said that Russia was a "regional power"?  I wonder whether he said that with envy as the US is not even capable of dealing with Mexico, nevermind the middle east.

These examples also show how weak in impotent the US military has become.  It is just powerful enough to make a bloody mess out of a small country, but if we accept that warfare is the pursuit of other means, than the US military is basically useless as it has failed to secure a US political objectives since a long while already, no less than 20 years or even many more...

It will be interesting to see what happens in Iraq.  What is certain is that Iran will eventually have to fix that mess.  That, in turn, will have a direct impact on the war against Syria which, in turn, will strengthen Hezbollah which, in turn, will strengthen the position of Iraq.  There is a American expression for the US foreign policy.  It is called  a "clusterf..." and that is exactly what it is.

Which makes me wonder how a single European can seriously believe that handing over the entire Ukrainian crisis to the US is a smart idea?

What would it take to wake up these comatose EU politicians?

As for the central Europeans a la Poland, Lithuania, Romania or Bulgaria - they picked Uncle Sam as their patron and sold their souls to him for pennies (talk about betting on the wrong horse!).  And for that they will always be treated with contempt by their neighbors, both from the East and from the West.  Oh yes, there will be hell to pay for those who sold out for so cheap and, frankly, I cannot honestly say that I feel sorry for them.  As the Russian saying goes "they got what they fought for".

The Saker



Windows of embassy smashed as protestors throw missiles from the street




A maternity hospital was also bombarded by Ukrainian artillery

Ukrainian army shells Slavyansk hospitals, one nurse killed

A nurse died in the city of Slavyansk after a Ukrainian military shell hit a local hospital on Saturday. Meanwhile, a Ruptly journalist came under fire while visiting a shelled maternity hospital in the eastern Ukrainian city.





RT,
15 June, 2014,

The Ukrainian army resumed the shelling of Slavyansk on Saturday afternoon, causing more damage to the city and igniting fires, the local administration told RIA Novosti. 

“In the afternoon the Ukrainian army shelled the center of Slavyansk, apparently trying to hit the self-defense forces. One of the shells hit the hospital. Two people were injured. One of them – a seriously injured nurse – passed away,” the source said. 


All the patients and staff of the hospital took shelter in the basement when the shelling began. 

In another incident, 10 journalists came under artillery fire while visiting a shelled maternity hospital in Slavyansk. They were forced to hide in the hospital’s basement for about 20 minutes before coming out, but the shelling started again once they attempted to leave the building. The maternity hospital was evacuated a week ago.
One of the journalists caught in the gunfire, Andrey Krasnoschekov, described the situation to RT.

When we, a group of journalists, got information that a maternity hospital in the town center has been damaged we headed there, started recording interviews in the hospital’s yard, then entered the building and at that moment the new attack started,” he said.
We ran into the basement and stayed there for 20 minutes. Then we left the building, but heard new shelling quite close and had to hide again. The building is quite seriously damaged, nearly all the windows are broken,” he added.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said the Ukrainian army had launched a counter-offensive for the first time. 


“You should know that today the Ukrainian army for the first time launched a counter-offensive. Our troops started to press terrorists,” the president said. “I tasked the armed forces of Ukraine to take control of Ukraine’s state border through which terrorists get weapons, equipment, support, and money," he said. 


Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military has cracked down on self-defense forces in Kramatorsk, killing more than 50 people and injuring 150 others in an airstrike, military operation spokesperson Vladislav Seleznev said on his Facebook page. 


Two self-defense checkpoints around Lugansk were also destroyed on Saturday. 
Poroshenko also announced that the national army gained control of 11 residential areas in southeastern Ukraine which were previously under the control of self-defense forces.


Ukrainian airstrike kills over 50 self-defense fighters in Kramatorsk, injures 150



RT,
14 June, 2014

The Ukrainian army has cracked down on self-defense forces in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, killing over 50 people and injuring 150 others in an airstrike, military operation spokesperson Vladislav Seleznev said on his Facebook page.

Kiev’s forces also destroyed an ammunition depot belonging to self-defense troops during the raid.

Total destruction” awaits the anti-Kiev forces, Seleznev warned in the post.

The Ukrainian army launched a counter-offensive for the first time, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Saturday.

You should know that today the Ukrainian army for the first time launched a counter-offensive. Our troops started to press terrorists,” the president said. “I tasked the armed forces of Ukraine to take control of Ukraine’s state border through which terrorists get weapons, equipment, support, and money," he said.

Two self-defense checkpoints around Lugansk were destroyed during the day, according to Seleznev. Meanwhile, the military resumed the shelling of Slavyansk, causing more damage to the city and starting fires, the local administration told RIA Novosti.

Poroshenko announced earlier on Saturday that the national army gained control over 11 residential areas in southeastern Ukraine which were previously under the control of self-defense forces.

Also on Saturday Ukraine's General Prosecutor’s office confirmed that 49 Ukrainian troops were killed when their military Il-76 transport jet was taken down by local militia forces just before it started its descent toward Lugansk Airport.


US saw 3 Russian tanks crossing into Ukraine. US did NOT see convoys of thousands of ISIS terrorists going into Iraq

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