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Confirmed: Joe Biden extensively "counsels" Poroshenko; his visits mean Donbass escalation
“Biden
boasts that he keeps control over Ukraine in his hands: ‘I talk
more with Poroshenko than my wife’”
The
current visit of the vise president of the US, Joseph Biden is the
fourth since the coup in Ukraine.
Biden
shared some words on this in Kiev today at a joint meeting and
briefing with Petro Poroshenko.
According
to Biden, besides 4 visits, he has additionally had more than 1000
hours of direct phone consultations with the Ukrainian president.
“I
probably talk with your president more than with my own wife,”
Biden said, speaking to Ukrainian journalists.
In
turn, Poroshenko noted that Biden’s visits to Ukraine have always
been “very timely and extremely symbolic.”
We
recall that observers have noted an interesting coincidence. Just
before each visit of Biden, an escalation of the armed conflict in
Donbass is observed and blood is spilled during and after his
visit.
Petro
Poroshenko himself confirmed these observations when he noted that
over the past day 8 fighters of the UAF had been wounded.
Biden Calls for 'Illegal' Russian Occupation of Crimea to End
The
US stands firmly with the people of Ukraine in the face of continued
-- I emphasise continued -- aggression from Russia and Russian-backed
separatists," he told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko
"The invasion by Russia of Crimea will not be accepted by us or by the international community. This attempted annexation is contrary to international law, is wrong, and will not be accepted in any circumstance," he said.
"If they do not meet their obligations, (one must) increase the price Russia has to pay for its illegal actions internationally."
From RT
Basurin:
Kiev has amassed 238 tanks, 101 ceasefire violations over the past
week (Video)
With
Joe Biden and Victoria Nuland visiting Ukraine this week, it would
seem they have brought some gifts with them - death and destruction.
Towns such as Gorlovka are a 24/7 hot spot of action, with Pisky,
Spartak and the New airport Terminal also receiving a daily barrage.
The concern is that the UAF has regrouped since the Minsk II
ceasefire agreement and has many new recruits and new toys from
Washington. The map below shows how the UAF are approaching the
contact line:
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Maps
courtesy of DONi News
Agency
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Crimea
to pull through energy crisis and blockade; "blackmail"
attempt turns against Kiev
December
7, 2015
“Different
aspects of the truth of the energy-blockade of Crimea”
The
energy-blockade of Crimea has been breached, and I would like to
congratulate the residents of Crimea and Sevastopol on this. For
the huge peninsula, ten days without light was less than ideal,
unlike how some journalists portrayed it, but this time has
nonetheless yielded a strictly opposite effect than the one
expected by our enemies. So how has it been? And what now?
The
TASS report was music to the ears of every Crimean, and a favorite
music. The agency quoted the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin:
“Now
we are launching the first circuit, and there is a lot of new
equipment that is being used, therefore we still need to adjust
things. And we should warn consumers, the residents of Crimea, that
some glitches are still possible. But overall, the first circuit
should work properly, that is 200 MW...I hope that before December
20, or even a bit earlier, at least by the 15th, that the second
circuit will be launched, and this will be more than 400 MW...I
would like to request that this be done as soon as possible so
that, maybe, even before preparations for the summer season, there
will be yet another 400MW in May. In doing so we will have fully
replaced the supply of electricity from Ukraine.”
What
does this mean in practice?
In
mid November, Crimea will generate around 350 MW on its own. The
consumption of the peninsula during the warmer period is about 800
(that is, 450 MW is not enough). During a harsh frost, consumption
can rise to up to 1200-1300 MW.
As
of November 30, with all of the additional capacity brought in from
the mainland, the peninsula generated 550 MW. However, it must be
confessed that this was only with difficulty. But it generated it.
Now, two more large energy connections are on their way. When they
will arrive in Crimea from the Far East, they will give an
additional 50 M. The total will be 600.
If
to these 600 we add 400 MW from the first part of the power bridge
(which Crimea will receive around December 15), then this will
already be 1000 MW. This suggests that Crimeans will only have
serious problems with electricity after the New Year during the
frost. But from May 2016, any problems with electricity will be
taken care of. In any case, that which happened from November 22 to
December 2, 2015 can be forgotten like a terrible dream.
And
there is something to forget about. Some media even wrote that
Crimeans rejoiced over the disconnection, that they relaxed,
socialized with fiends, and grilled kebab. In fact, of course, this
is not the case. A significant number of enterprises on the
peninsula stopped working. And if people working for the state
could afford to look at what happened philosophically, then those
working “for themselves” could not. They were “guilty of
nothing” but were “punished in terms of rubles.” Those who
are engaged in the production and trade of perishable products had
an especially hard time. Those from this category are not far from
bankruptcy. A huge amount of food deteriorated in warehouses and
stores. Almost everyone had to throw out food products. Rarely did
a family not have to throw out spoiled food products from idle
refrigerators.
Others
were just as “lucky.” The life of owners of electric cookers
and boilers was trashed. They were left without any of the
blessings of civilization (central heating was off, and boilers
didn’t work for the majority of people for obvious reasons).
Moreover,
in Kerch and also some other cities and towns in the north of the
peninsula, there was essentially no light for 5-7 days.
In
other cities, electricity was parceled out to the population at
first for 3 -6 hours. Then from 2 - 6 hours. Then from 5 hours per
day (in two servings). You can imagine how “joyful” things
were. If, for example, in Sevastopol mobile communications worked
intermittently at best, but nonetheless worked, than in the north
of Crimea they almost disappeared in some places.
In
general, entire cities were without light, without the possibility
of storing and preparing food, and without heat and energy all at
the same time. On the peninsula, accidents at non-working traffic
lights and streets without lighting, which ultimately cost human
lives, increased. Muggings became more frequent.
A
narrow but very quirky layer of entrepreneurs who profited from the
sale of generators, lanterns,and candles quickly formed. 1000-1500
rubles were being asked for Chinese flashlights and candles for 100
rubles or more. And people bought them because there simply was no
other choice.
So
there were problems but, nonetheless, the actions of Ukraine
yielded, as mentioned above, the opposite effect of what
“pseudo-activists” hoped for.
Why
are we writing “the actions of Ukraine”, you ask? After all,
the power lines were officially felled by “independent”
extremists. But does anyone really believe that a few hundred drunk
and insane people in an open field, without the approval of the
state, could commit such a “whole package” of serious crimes?
The
blockade included blocking highways, the destruction of property,
terrorism, and sabotage. And, most importantly, an attempt at
genocide. After all, the organizers of the blockade do not even
hide that they want to starve millions of people with hunger and
cold.
Whey
then, despite the apparent illegality of the actions of the
“activists” on the border with Crimea, did the police only
“cuff them” once? Why did they not disperse them with equipment
and water cannons? I’m not even talking about why in this case
Kiev doesn’t act against real socially dangerous criminals and
terrorists with the same methods that it uses in Donbass.
Instead,
Kiev has buzied itself since September with the purchases of
Russian gas from Slovakia and in October it disconnected itself
from the Russian grid. The only conclusion is that Kiev did
everything on purpose and thoroughly prepared for this. There is
every reason to believe that the Kiev regime bore responsibility
for these crimes just like all those who support the regime in
principle and the blockade in particular.
So
what did they want to achieve? Who organized the blockade? Did they
want Crimeans to suddenly become disappointed with Russia, give up
on building a power bridge, and throw themselves into the arms of
Ukraine which left them without light? Only an insane person could
count on this. On the contrary, it is fully expectable that a huge
number of Crimeans changed their attitude towards Ukraine from
irony to well-deserved, outright hatred...
The
energy-infrastructure attack on Crimea coincided, firstly, with
attempts by Kiev to refuse to pay 3 billion in debt and, secondly,
attempts to beg “chocolate” conditions for energy purchases,
and, thirdly, with Turkish-American provocations against Russia in
the Middle East.
How
has it in fact turned out?
No
one forgave Kiev for its 3 billion. Moreover, Moscow put its
“Western partners” in a very awkward situation, no one of whom
gave formal guarantees for payments. And the IMF, out of fear,
officially recognized the sovereign debt of Ukraine and refused the
next loan to Kiev.
The
DPR already ceased coal shipments to Ukraine. According to media
reports, Russia has already or will soon follow. And after Kiev
defiantly refused to prepay for gas, instead of negotiations, the
valve was simply turned off.
Ukraine
has already lost hundreds of millions which it received for
supplying Crimea with electricity and billions which Ukrainian
enterprises made in food, building materials, and furniture. And no
alternative markets have been found. European consumers are not
interested in Ukrainian goods and, despite a free trade zone, are
buying even less of them.
But
this is not even the main point. About a week ago, Yatsenyuk
sounded the alarm and stated that Ukraine does not have enough coal
for the winter. And then the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine let out
a cry. Its officials have let everyone know that the situation is
even worse than Yatsenyuk suggested.
The
point is that, due to the damage of the power lines, Kiev was
forced to drastically reduce production at its power plants, and
now it can’t compensate for this....If Russia does not forgive
Ukraine for its antics, then Ukraine itself will learn what an
energy blockade, only on a much larger scale, means. The only
difference is that the Crimeans had someone to help them, but help
for Ukrainians will come from nowhere.
Rather,
they can help themselves. The secret to success is simple: regain
sanity, abandon Nazism, and, once and for all, take one’s tongue
off of Europe and America’s boots. I would love for the
compassionate Russian government to not make the same mistake as
last year, when out of the goodness of its heart and for the sake
of ordinary Ukrainians it extended the existence of the
cannibalistic Nazi regime. It’s time to face the issue head on.
The
misfortune of Crimeans in the dark is the best proof that Ukraine
does not appreciate the kindness of Russia. So it’s time to make
them feel the real contrast. Some diseases are best treated with
shock therapy. It would be desirable that this be felt not by the
residents of the South-East practically occupied by Kiev, but the
center and west of Ukraine, where the majority of the population
supports the war in Donbass and the blockade of Crimea...
P.S.
Still, I would like to finish on an optimistic note. A comrade from
Sevastopol has shared a funny observation. On the second or third
day of the energy-blockade, he drew attention to the fact that a
flock of ten-year old boys played outside with toy guns. He had
never seen them before. Where did so many come from? What happened?
And then he realized that their opportunity to play computer games
disappeared along with the electricity! So the kids are discovering
how to play in real life. Maybe they like it more? At lease there
is some benefit from the blockade...
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