Ukraine and Russia event discussion

[PLEASEHELP1991]

http://www.cnn.com/video/world/2014/08/05/isis-allied-chechen-jihadists-hijack-malaysian-airliner-en-route-to-ukraine.html

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/islamic-state-to-putin-we-are-on-our-way-to-russia/506366.html

nice

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://thespeaker.co/russian-populations-support-annexation-crimea-dropping-rising-poll/

Huh.

[Kalahari Inkantation]

also,

http://www.france24.com/en/20140903-france-suspends-plans-deliver-first-mistral-helicopter-carrier-russia/

proud of u, frants

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/03/us-ukraine-crisis-obama-idUSKBN0GY1IP20140903

Words with some backbone coming from our limp-wristed western """leaders"""?

NATO must make concrete commitments to help Ukraine modernize and strengthen its security forces. We must do more to help other NATO partners, including Georgia and Moldova, strengthen their defenses as well.

whoa

pinch me, i'm dreaming

Obama also called on European states to increase their defense spending.

agreed

dirty freeloaders

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Obama also called on European states to increase their defense spending.

agreed

dirty freeloaders

for reference:

nato members have a contractual obligation to invest a minimum of 2% of their gdp in defense

[ME##]

Obama also called on European states to increase their defense spending.

agreed

dirty freeloaders

for reference:

nato members have a contractual obligation to invest a minimum of 2% of their gdp in defense

nice to see germany footing the bill for greece to meet its obligation

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/russia-military-exercise_n_5762292.html

jesus christ

nice to see germany footing the bill for greece to meet its obligation

lol

[YPrrrr]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/03/russia-military-exercise_n_5762292.html

jesus christ

I wonder if that will accidentally cross the border too

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/04/uk-ukraine-crisis-lavrov-idUKKBN0GZ0SP20140904

as if ukraine will ever even be invited

Russia's foreign minister [...] told the United States not to try to impose its will on [Ukraine].

lol

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://en.tengrinews.kz/politics_sub/Kazakhstan-may-leave-EEU-if-its-interests-are-infringed-Nazarbayev-255722/

I have said this before and I am saying this again. Kazakhstan will not be part of organizations that pose a threat to our independence. Our independence is our dearest treasure, which our grandfathers fought for. First of all, we will never surrender it to someone, and secondly, we will do our best to protect it.

Huh.

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/69771

Kazland...

[spoiler]

of course, i might take this with a grain of salt

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headlines[/spoiler]

[spoiler=also, context][/spoiler]

http://azeridaily.com/news/669/russia-concentrates-troops-on kazakh-border

okay, i lol'd

say goodbye to kazland once nazarbayev is dead

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://en.europeonline-magazine.eu/extranato-allies-to-supply-ukraine-with-lethal-military-equipment_353815.html

Progress, I guess.

nederland and australia have already pledged to assist

[spoiler=though i have to say]

In addition, the alliance has pledged 15 million euros (20 million dollars) in defence aid to Kiev, says NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

What exactly can an army even do with â,¬15m?  Purchase a rusty WWII-era tank and some stale marshmallows to fire out of the cannon? [/spoiler]

[silvertone]

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/russian-state-tv-airs-video-game-poster-claims-it-s-u-s-propaganda/506398.html

[Kalahari Inkantation]

i give estolitvia a week

oh my god lol

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ukraine-crisis-estonia-intelligence-officer-kidnapped-gunpoint-taken-russia-1464196

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraines-fragile-cease-fire-threatened-by-mariupol-shelling.html

what a surprise

[Kalahari Inkantation]

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russian-general-calls-for-preemptive-nuclear-strike-doctrine-against-nato/506370.html

I'm beginning to wish we had gone through with Operation Unthinkable.