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TritonTaranis
Google doesn't use the best resolution sats, however
Phage
reply to post by Vovin
You know this how?
Russia did not just suddenly start placing its military in its own bases just because of Ukraine.
Empty site near Belgorod before current military buildup - 7 March 2014
Mechanized Infantry Brigade/Motorized Rifle Regiment after military buildup near Belogorod - 26 March 2014
Empty site near Yeysk before military buildup - 14 January 2014
After Russian Military buildup at Yeysk - 22 March 2014
www.aco.nato.int...
edit on 4/13/2014 by Phage because: (no reason given)
And how does this equate to an invasion force?
Were they? If so, the timing is interesting.
Were they not conducting wargames at the time that you claim they started building up?
Phage
reply to post by Vovin
And how does this equate to an invasion force?
Who is claiming that it does?
40,000 troops, warplanes, artillery? Nothing at all, right?
Were they? If so, the timing is interesting.
Were they not conducting wargames at the time that you claim they started building up?
edit on 4/13/2014 by Phage because: (no reason given)
If I were Russian, I would definitely see neo-Nazis using a second class military to crush a massive separatist movement in eastern Ukraine as a threat to national security.
Vovin
Phage
reply to post by Vovin
And how does this equate to an invasion force?
Who is claiming that it does?
40,000 troops, warplanes, artillery? Nothing at all, right?
Were they? If so, the timing is interesting.
Were they not conducting wargames at the time that you claim they started building up?
edit on 4/13/2014 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Again, contingency force.
In case you haven't noticed, Ukraine just entered civil war mode. Or at least that's what the Russians and separatists are saying.
VirusGuard
Our media has been caught before trying to fabricate this Russian buildup and it was based on pictures taken years ago and the locations were like 200 km away from where the media said it was so why should I trust a word they say now.
If Russia needs to use force to ensure that the people in the Ukraine can have a vote then I am all for it myself because that $5bn the USA spent on trying to take over from a distance didn't quite seem enough to buy everyone
Mons, BELGIUM - Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) defends the accuracy of the images (found below) that were released to media on Thursday, 10 April 2014. The dates of the images released by SHAPE were collected by the DigitalGlobe satellite 'Constellation' between late March and early April 2014. The images are unclassified and are commercially available in DigitalGlobe's public archive.
SHAPE did not alter or edit the images in any way prior to release.
Russian officials are quoted in various media sources claiming that these images were from August 2013, and that they depict an exercise conducted at that time.
SHAPE is releasing additional images alongside those that were released earlier, in order to clearly show that the claims of Russian officials are categorically false. These images, also taken from the DigitalGlobe satellite and commercially available, show the same areas of interest prior to any military build-up. The photographs, some dating from 2013, and others from early 2014, show that these areas were unoccupied prior to March 2014. There is no evidence of any military activity in these areas in 2013 or early 2014.
VirusGuard
why should Russia sit on its hands after the west paid criminals to overthrow the Ukraine government
America wants to stop the flow of gas to Europe so they can frack the USA to death and deliver over priced gas to Europe
TritonTaranis
VirusGuard
why should Russia sit on its hands after the west paid criminals to overthrow the Ukraine government
America wants to stop the flow of gas to Europe so they can frack the USA to death and deliver over priced gas to Europe
Sorry but these are NOT paid criminals
And neither is the Ukrainian government
The current Ukrainian president and government were approved by an overwhelming majority in the Ukrainian parliament (371 votes out of 417 registered) on 27 February 2014, including members of the Party of Regions
That parliament was elected on 28 October 2012. The Russian Foreign Ministry at the time declared that the elections were held “peacefully, without any excesses and in line with generally-accepted standards” and “confirmed Ukraine’s commitment to democracy and the rule of law.”
So the parliament which Russia called "legitimate" then can hardly be called "illegitimate" now right?
TritonTaranis
Vovin
Phage
reply to post by Vovin
And how does this equate to an invasion force?
Who is claiming that it does?
40,000 troops, warplanes, artillery? Nothing at all, right?
Were they? If so, the timing is interesting.
Were they not conducting wargames at the time that you claim they started building up?
edit on 4/13/2014 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Again, contingency force.
In case you haven't noticed, Ukraine just entered civil war mode. Or at least that's what the Russians and separatists are saying.
The ones that are too scared to leave the house are saying this tho
TritonTaranis
VirusGuard
why should Russia sit on its hands after the west paid criminals to overthrow the Ukraine government
America wants to stop the flow of gas to Europe so they can frack the USA to death and deliver over priced gas to Europe
Sorry but these are NOT paid criminals
And neither is the Ukrainian government
The current Ukrainian president and government were approved by an overwhelming majority in the Ukrainian parliament (371 votes out of 417 registered) on 27 February 2014, including members of the Party of Regions
That parliament was elected on 28 October 2012. The Russian Foreign Ministry at the time declared that the elections were held “peacefully, without any excesses and in line with generally-accepted standards” and “confirmed Ukraine’s commitment to democracy and the rule of law.”
So the parliament which Russia called "legitimate" then can hardly be called "illegitimate" now right?
TritonTaranis
Which is a fraction of the size of the pro EU demos across the country
Pro Russia movements in the east of Ukraine are all small armed Russian backed mobs armed to the teeth with Russian military issues
These are the facts
Not to mention when pro Ukraine & EU demonstrators have taken to the street in Crimea and in eastern Ukraine they have been brutally attacked on the streets by these violent mobs, to which Russia replies if they're tackled by the Ukrainian government Russia will yet again carry out an invasion followed by annexation..
It couldn't be anymore obviousedit on 14-4-2014 by TritonTaranis because: (no reason given)
On April 9, Kiev residents rallied near the National Bank building in support of their demands for economic stabilization. The bank’s president, Stepan Kubiv, came out to the demonstrators and said that one month was not enough and that he needed more time to get his bearings.
Meanwhile, Ukrainians are withdrawing cash from banks. In March, total individual deposits in Ukrainian banks shrunk by around 6 percent or 26 billion hryvnias (around 72.5 billion rubles) and total corporate deposits decreased by 3 percent.
Vovin
Maybe your source can explain why American Predator drones (a CIA toy) are flying over Dnipropetrovsk?
originally posted by: tommyjo
Vovin
Maybe your source can explain why American Predator drones (a CIA toy) are flying over Dnipropetrovsk?
That is really bad CG. Why do people fall for this type of crude production? As bad as that chap in the US who made the armed Predator drone spotted over his town video.
originally posted by: Vovin
I can't confirm if it's real or not but it is out there irregardless.