Showing posts with label Psaki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psaki. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

More Psaki-isms

'Kiev has right to use airstrikes against civilians to defend sovereignty' - Psaki

US State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday that the Ukrainian government using airstrikes that kill civilians to defend its own territory. 

Responding to RT's Gayane Chichakyan question about civilian deaths after Ukrainian army's airstrikes, Jen Psaki said that Kiev has right to do that as any sovereign state in the world.




Statement by the Press Secretary on Ukraine

February 20, 2014

We are outraged by the images of Ukrainian security forces firing automatic weapons on their own people. We urge President Yanukovych to immediately withdraw his security forces from downtown Kyiv and to respect the right of peaceful protest, and we urge protesters to express themselves peacefully. We urge the Ukrainian military not to get involved in a conflict that can and should be resolved by political means. The use of force will not resolve the crisis -- clear steps must be taken to stop the violence and initiate meaningful dialogue that reduces tension and addresses the grievances of the Ukrainian people. The United States will work with our European allies to hold those responsible for violence accountable and to help the Ukrainian people get a unified and independent Ukraine back on the path to a better future.


And while we are on the subject of the White House and its consistency...

Breaking: John Kerry Minister of Foreign Affairs in USA says Russia has the right to attack Ukraine ... actually, no ... John Kerry actually said that Israel has the right to attack Gaza (and anyone else in the region).

---Vladimir Suchan ( via Facebbok)


Sunday, 29 June 2014

Ukraine: The humanitarian situation

110,000 people – all gone to visit their relatives in Russia - lol

UN says 110,000 have fled to Russia from Ukraine



Geneva. Some 110,000 people have fled to Russia from Ukraine while more than 54,000 have been displaced inside the conflict-torn country, the UN said Friday, AFP reported.

"Since the start of 2014, 110,000 Ukrainians have arrived in Russia," said Melissa Fleming, spokeswoman for the UN's refugee agency, adding that most were thought to be from the east of the country.

"Of those 110,000, only 9,500 have requested asylum. Most people are seeking other forms of legal stay, often because they're concerned about complications involving seeking asylum or since there might be reprisals if they return to Ukraine," she said, without elaborating.



The world according to Jen Psaki