Ukraine 4

Why is Stephen Harper frequenting  Kiev?

"Stephen Harper focused on military support to the country. Ottawa claims that  they provide satellite maps of  East  Ukraine. A simple question arises: [u]if provided with such data, then  why is Kiev still  bombing houses and settlements in Donbass?"[/u]

Почему Стивен Харпер зачастил в Киев?

(not in English)

The question reminds me of the reported telephone call between the Canadian killed by Israeli artillery and the Israeli authorities.

Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener: (paraphrased) Stop the bombing at once! You're coming very close to my position!

Israeli authorities: What is your position?

Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener: (gives his location).

Israeli authorities: Thank you! (Corrects their shelling.)

Maj. Paeta Hess-von Kruedener: (dies).

If Canada is providing satellite maps of eastern Ukraine, then our country is likely helping the bombardment of the civilian population by a criminal regime. Isn't that a war crime?

The redacted version of the Canadian major's death.

Yes,  it's a war crime. And the provisioning of satellite targeting announced by Jason Kenney was reported in the mainstream media across Canada. Posted here. Who cares? Who notices? Who protests? The progressives here are prepared to vote for politicians whose parties are in full support, not only of this Nazi regime, but for having our soldiers train theirs how to kill even better than they do already. Have approved hundreds of millions in Canadians' tax dollars to this foul regime and their Yanqui war. Here's the latest prima facie evidence of their malevolent helping hands to Ukraine. Doesn't seem to bother them a bit. After all they're 'terrorists' and worse than that 'Russians'. Hard to find a citizenry more generally hard-hearted, cruel and indifferent to the suffering of others than Canada's.

'If the general public in Europe and North America knew what was happening they would never allow it.' (and vid)

http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/if-video-doesnt-end-war-ukraine-no...

I disagree. Canadians would.

Porky P's Peace Plan

https://youtu.be/y3ACTeLnZLw

'OUN' Nazi On LGBT Kiev Pride Parade

https://youtu.be/kcPzNa04ktI

"I personally came to punish. I don't support 'European values', I support this..."

CrossTalk: Maidan 3.0? (and vid)

http://rt.com/shows/crosstalk/266200-ukraine-crisis-military-stalemate/

"Facing a horrific economic crisis and a military stalemate in its eastern regions, the Kiev government has few attractive choices. Unable to solve the country's mounting problems, widespread disaffection could possibly see Maidan Square again play host to another regime change.

CrossTalking with Alexander Mercouris, Edward Lozansky and Daniel McAdams

Remarks the curious silence about the Right Sector Gay-bashing of the Kyiv Pride parade in the West.  Also 'Stephen Harper reminds me of  a poodle barking'. Excellent.

Quote:

The Ukrainian parliament has adopted amendments to state law allowing “admission of the armed forces of other states on the territory of Ukraine.” The possible hosting of foreign weapons of mass destruction is also mentioned in the documents.

Ukrainian Rada: Nuke 'em if you got 'em.

Follow up is here: Ukraine's border service confirms foreign military equipment crossing country's border

Let's see if the tame, bought-and-paid-for Western MSM will treat this with silence, just as they treat the million or more refugees into Russia with silence, just as they treat the civilians, killed by the brutal Ukrainian junta, with silence....

Quote:

KIEV, June 11. /TASS/. Ukraine’s State Border Service has confirmed on Thursday that foreign military equipment really entered Ukrainian territory.

Ukraine to Get New IMF Loans Despite Inability to Repay Private Lenders

http://rt.com/business/266920-ukraine-imf-debt-repayment/

"Despite the grievous state of the Ukraine economy, the IMF said it will continue to lend money to Ukraine, so Kiev can complete economic restructuring..."

The Saker Interviews Economist Michael Hudson

http://thesaker.is/the-saker-interviews-michael-hudson/

Robert Parry: US House Admits Nazi Role in Ukraine

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/30719-us-house-admits-naz...

"The US House of Representatives has admitted an ugly truth that the mainstream media has tried to hide from the American people - that the post-coup regime in Ukraine has relied on Nazi storm troopers to carry out its bloody war against ethnic Russians."

The Canadian Parliament, all parties, is still fully in support. As can be readily observed, Canadian 'progressives' fall back on their tried and true responses to such embarrassing realities - wilful indifference or outright denial. Especially if the NDP is exposed, as they are here - being some of Ukrainian fascism's strongest supporters.

'Human Rights' Imperialism in Ukraine  -  by Patrick Martin

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/06/12/pers-j12.html

"..Yatsenyuk told the Washington Post editors that Ukraine, while not a member of NATO had become NATO's front line against Russia. 'If we fail, this will be a failure of the entire free world,' he said."

Which 'free world' would that be Bunny?

Ukrainian Communists Announce the Creation of the 'United Left Opposition'

http://fortruss.blogspot.ca/2015/06/ukrainian-communists-announced-creat...

"The All Ukrainian movement of the left and center-left political parties and public organizations is the 'left opposition.'

'The course of domestic and foreign policy, especially after the February (2014) coup, leads our country to the loss of state sovereignty, division and fratricidal civil war, economic collapse, and social and ethnic genocide that threatens the collapse of Ukraine, and is being used by external forces to provoke WWIII.

[With] the signing of the Association Agreement with the European Union, and dutifully carrying out the draconian requirements of the International Monetary Fund, Ukraine has lost its economic and political independence. She is actually under external control. Internal and external policies are defined by the US and international financial oligarchy..."

15-06-2015 Crisis News: AFP Journo Wounded in Donetsk, Kiev to Provoke Russia-NATO Clash Over Transdniestra

http://thesaker.is/15-06-2015-crisis-news-afp-journalist-wounded-in-done...

Debt Commitment or 'Bribe'? Moscow, Kiev in War of Words Over $3Bn Loan

http://rt.com/business/267397-ukraine-russia-debt-talk/

"Moscow is expecting Kiev to clarify whether the latter is going to honor Ukraine's international commitments made by the previous authorities, including the $3B debt to Russia, after President Poroshenko dubbed it a 'bribe' to Viktor Yanukovich.

Natalie Jaresko said that Ukraine could stop repaying sovereign debts to its lenders within weeks if no deal is struck on debt restructuring soon. She added that creditors must make concessions..."

Two Kiev Officials Defect to Lugansk (and vid)

http://off-guardian.org/2015/06/15/two-kiev-officials-defect-to-fight-fo...

"Two brothers claiming to have worked for the Ukrainian state apparatus, one of them for the foreign intelligence service, and the other for the Foreign Ministry, held a press-conference in Lugansk on Monday, after switching sides to fight for the fledgling Lugansk People's Republic.."

Ukraine SITREP, June 16, 2015

http://thesaker.is/ukraine-sitrep-june-16th-by-raskolnikova/

"The contact group on conflict settlement in south-east Ukraine began discussion of the work of thematic subgroups, meetings of which were held in Minsk."

Developments in E Ukraine

http://tass.ru/en/developments-in-eastern-ukraine

-Russian humanitarian convoy sets off for Donbas

-Russia deputy FM, US Nuland call for Minsk implementation

-Kiev digs 100 kilometres of anti-tank defenses on Russian border

-Ukraine Security Service bans public transport from Donbass

-Ongoing blockade of Donbas counter to Minsk

"We Must Act Like Our Teachers of Democracy, the Americans"

http://fortruss.blogspot.ru/2015/06/founder-of-ukrainian-una-unso-we-mus...

Ukraine founder of UNA-UNSO: Donbas residential areas must be razed, 'made uninhabitable' like US did to Hiroshima. 'If we can't have it, nobody should.'

Russia Accuses US to Pushing Kiev to Continue Bloodshed in Kiev

http://sptnkne.ws/sT2

"The US is not only shifting away from any sort of efforts to settle the situation in Ukraine, but instead is pushing Kiev to continue the conflict, the Russian FM said in a statement."

Volunteer Battalion Revolts Against Kiev, Commander Arrested

http://off-guardian.org/2015/06/18/volunteer-battalion-revolts-against-k...

"...The commander and seven of his soldiers from the Interior Ministry's Tornado volunteer battalion were arrested on June 17 in different cities in what they allege is a conflict with their superior, Luhansk Oblast police chief Anatoly Naumenko, over smuggling.

Authorities accuse them of committing rape and torture, Deputy Prosecutor General Anatoly Matios said, adding that prosecutors had video footage of the alleged crimes.

Folly Policy? Prof Stephen Cohen on USA/Ukraine/Russia

https://youtu.be/ZaWtlgz3U2c

"US policies in Ukraine have failed to achieve their goals."

US Senate Approves Defense Policy Bill that Calls For Arming Ukraine Forces

https://youtu.be/0D3BBntFMYw

If US does, its dog Canada will too.

UKraine SITREP, June 19, 2015

http://thesaker.is/ukraine-sitrep-june-19th-2015-by-raskolnikova/

Poroshenko denounced as Moscow puppet, purges Security chief

US Decision on Lethal Weapons for Kiev Undermines Minsk Accords

http://sptnkne.ws/uRX

"On Thursday, the US Congress passed the $612 B National Defense Authorization Act to fund the US armed forces. According to the document, the Pentagon in coordination with the US State Department can spend up to $300 M on training, military equipment and logistics support for the Ukrainian military.

The decision undermines the fundamental principles of the Minsk accords,' Russian lawmaker Leonid Slutsky told journalists Friday."

Protest in Kiev

https://youtu.be/sEQ1vjpDDeM

"Poroshenko, leave willingly or we will overthrow you.!'

John McCain Arrives in Dnepropetrovsk

http://novorossia.today/john-sidney-mccain-arrived-in-dnepropetrovsk-2/

"John MCain arrived in Dnepropetrovsk to support his comrades-in-arms - the members of the neo-Nazi 'territorial defense battalion' DNIPRO. It is no longer a secret, even to American [and Canadian] lawmakers, that ALL volunteer battalions in Ukraine were formed with the single purpose of carrying out punitive operations in the territory of Donbass."

Enemy At the Gates / War in Ukraine

https://youtu.be/Wkbsoxzfssk

"And you let your real enemy into your house and gave him power over you. Wake up from this bad dream...

Ukraine."

Lithuania becomes first country to approve sending arms to Ukraine:

http://uatoday.tv/politics/lithuania-to-become-first-country-to-arm-ukra...

"There's No Nazis in Ukraine!"

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8e1_1435027655

So if I'm getting the timeline right according to Smith, first it was the invasion of Ukraine by the little green men, then the coup as a logical response to that, then the attacks on Kiev's righteous new authority from Putin's eastern Ukraine henchmen.  No wonder the EU and the US are up in arms.  It's to save us all.

EU Urges Kiev to Give Permanent Special Status to Donbas

http://sptnkne.ws/vK2

"EU representatives urge Kiev to provide Donbas with a special status on a continuing basis, not for three years, according to 'Ukraine Truth'. European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn expressed the opinion during his visit to Ukraine."

Cold War Relics: Attempts to Make Russia and Ukraine Bitter Enemies Doomed

http://sptnkne.ws/tyM

"While the West is pouring money into Ukraine, Kiev escalates tensions with Moscow and shows no enthusiasm for implementing the Minsk accords, however it is foolish to assume that Ukraine and Russia will live as enemies, S Nihal Singh noted..."

NYT's Orwellian View of Ukraine  -  by Robert Parry

https://consortiumnews.com/2015/06/22/nyts-orwellian-view-of-ukraine/

"In the up-is-down Orwellian world that is the NYT's editorial page, there was no coup in Ukraine in 2014, no US-driven 'regime-change', no provocation on Russia's borders, just Moscow's aggression - a sign of how propaganda has taken over mainstream [Canadian and] US media, writes Robert Parry.."

Nuland Confirms US Not Interested in Further Escalation in Ukraine

http://sptnkne.ws/vpM

"When someone so ultimately hawkish as Victoria Nuland starts talking differently with Russian partners - it makes a certain change in the atmosphere.

'And she made clear that the US will support Russia in efforts of holding fire in Donetsk and Lugansk. That is what she emphasized over and over again. But on the other hand there's talk of John McCain and sending weapons to Ukraine, so it seems as if we have a good cop and a bad cop."

Farewell To Arms: Over 10,000 Soldiers Desert Ukrainian Army

http://sptnkne.ws/vhS

"Desertions galore. Ukrainian men understand the absurdity of the war their government is waging. More than 10,000 cases of destertion have been registered in the Ukrainian Army since the outbreak of the Donbass War in April 2014, Almost 1.3 million Ukrainian draftees live in Russia."

Will the conflict be 'frozen' to be thawed at West's convenience? Will Banderite Nazis consent or transition to this? We will see..

From Slavyansk to Minsk  -  by Rostislav Ishchenko

http://newcoldwar.org/essay-from-slavyansk-to-minsk/

"The global war of destruction between Russia and the US is not about Kiev and Donbass. It's about the future of humanity. Including our future. It's a global conflict, systemic conflict.

If we look at the situation from that position, we'll see that the US was preparing a classic trap for Russia in Ukraine...

In other words, everything suggests that in spite of a certain de-escalation accompanying the negotiations, a big war in Ukraine is unavoidable and a provocation aimed at launching it has already been worked out by the US...."

Opposition Bloc in Ukraine Parliament Wants Hague Tribunal for Those Guilty of Blockade in East

http://newcoldwar.org/opposition-bloc-in-ukraine-parliament-wants-hague-...

"Ukraine's parliamentary Opposition Bloc faction on Wednesday expressed support for the efforts of Russian, German, French and Ukrainian foreign ministers to achieve full implementation of ceasefire agreements reached in February and called on Kiev authorities to start carrying out its obligations under the deal signed in the  Belarus capital of Minsk.

'We have no choice - either Ukraine puts an end to war or war will put an end to Ukraine,' the Opposition Bloc said in a statement. 'Leaders of the 'War Coalition' will be held accountable - to the extent of facing trial at the Hague tribunal - for sustaining the blockade of the Donbass region and stalling on the Minsk deal, which brings Ukraine new human losses everyday.'

'Starting today, the points of the Minsk agreements should be at the top of the agenda for all government bodies,' according to the statement..."

Canada is presently aligned with the hawks and ultranationalists still committed to advancing pro-NATO, anti-Russian provocations and belligerence. Despite lip-service to Minsk, all these understand that the US-backed regime depends on continuing militarization and war for its political survival. 

Insistence on adherence to Minsk must be the message impressed upon Canadian pols, all of which presently support the Ukrainian war-party.

Why is Peggy Nash supporting Right Sector Nazis rather than Ukraine's official Opposition Bloc peace party?

Printing Press: Kiev's Last Hope

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2015/06/13/printing-press-kiev-las...

Yulia Timoshenko did not miss the opportunity to criticize the government for the currency fail. According to her, the reason was monetary emission without any back-up and the Ukraine National Bank's uncontrolled refinancing of commercial banks.

According to the forecast of the IMF made public at the beginning of the year, the inflation in 2015 could equal 46% to exceed the record high 39.7% in 1996. Prices have risen by 40% this year."

Goldman Sachs Predicts Solvency Crisis, Default in Ukraine

http://sptnkne.ws/wg6

"Goldman Sachs Group has warned that Ukraine is facing a solvency and liquidity crisis, will likely miss its bond coupon payment next month and will enter into default.

'Ukraine will not make the July 24 coupon payment and, as a result, will enter into default at that point,' Bloomberg quotes Goldman Sachs analyst Andrew Matheny as written in his research note on Ukraine."

Black Earth and The Struggle For Ukraine's Future  -  by Andriy Panevin

http://slavyangrad.org/2015/06/25/black-earth-and-the-struggle-for-ukrai...

"The Ukrainian crisis can be viewed as being composed of several interconnected factors, from the civil war to rampant corruption, and the wider geopolitical ramifications of American confrontations with Russia. Another - relatively overlooked factor is the ongoing conflict over Ukraine's natural resources. Of particular interest to transnational corporations and their puppet local oligarchs is the 'black earth' of Ukraine.

Ukraine is at a national crossroads and if the example of its increasing corporate annexation is anything to go by, it will have neither the money nor the resources to rebuild itself in the face of its political and cultural self-destruction. The West-supported preoccupation with 'Russian invaders' has left the oligarchy free to sell Ukraine's political processes and natural resources to the highest bidder..."