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DONETSK, October 23 (RIA Novosti) – Self-defense forces in eastern Ukraine are planning to retake cities of Slaviansk, Kramatorsk and Mariupol, said prime minister of self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Alexander Zakharchenko, Thursday.
"Periods of intense hostilities will follow. We will retake Slaviansk, Kramatorsk and Mariupol. Unfortunately, it was impossible to make peaceful settlement the focus of negotiations. We are the only ones who comply with the regime of silence," he stressed.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: BornAgainAlien
So the cease fire the rebels signed was nothing more than to secure a breather so they can rearm / re-equip and continue their fight against Ukraine.
gee... I called that one when it started.
originally posted by: victor7
Btw Porky, US/West has no love for you West Ukrainians. End of the day you all are Slavic, Orthodox and former Commies........all these variables are considered inferior in the western literature.
originally posted by: victor7
Too bad idiots like you have not understood this yet............
originally posted by: victor7
even after losing several thousands of young men. Have some empathy towards families who's sons you are sending for slaughter in return for overstock night vision goggles from the US.
originally posted by: Flatcoat
originally posted by: Xcathdra
a reply to: BornAgainAlien
So the cease fire the rebels signed was nothing more than to secure a breather so they can rearm / re-equip and continue their fight against Ukraine.
gee... I called that one when it started.
Well, at least the rebels did cease firing...pity the same can't be said for porky's bunch.
originally posted by: Xcathdra
originally posted by: victor7
Btw Porky, US/West has no love for you West Ukrainians. End of the day you all are Slavic, Orthodox and former Commies........all these variables are considered inferior in the western literature.
Nice racist ethnocentric rant... So when you cant refute facts you launch personal attacks. Are you ever going to post facts?
originally posted by: victor7
Too bad idiots like you have not understood this yet............
Refute the facts and stop the personal attacks.
originally posted by: victor7
even after losing several thousands of young men. Have some empathy towards families who's sons you are sending for slaughter in return for overstock night vision goggles from the US.
I do.. its one of the main reason I think the US / West / EU should help Ukraine militarily. The days of Russian land grabs are over with. Putin must be forced to understand his behavior is a century out of date. At the rate he is going he is going to turn Russia into a failed midnight robber.
Well, at least the rebels did cease firing...pity the same can't be said for porky's bunch.
Shelling and other clashes between government forces and Russian-backed separatists threw the ceasefire agreement in eastern Ukraine into deepening peril today, two days after it took hold. At least two houses hit by artillery fire blazed in the rural village of Spartak, which lies just north of the main rebel-held city of Donetsk and adjacent to the airport. A man whose house was struck by a shell says rebels had fired from a spot nearby, and that apparently provoked a retaliatory attack from Ukrainian government troops. A group of rebel fighters in the village danced and drank this morning in celebration after what they say was a successful assault on a Ukrainian military encampment in the area.
Land grabs? It is the US that has instituted land grabs. Ukraine had a democratically elected government that was overthrown by US backed NAZIs with an investment of $5 billion.
Russia has not grabbed any land. Crimea was semiautonomous under the legitimate Ukrainian government.
Under Ukrainian law, Crimea is considered an autonomous parliamentary republic within Ukraine,[5] which is governed by the Constitution of Crimea in accordance with the laws of Ukraine.
That was logical since 80% of the people living there are Russian speakers and love Russia.
Land grabs? It is the US that has instituted land grabs. Ukraine had a democratically elected government that was overthrown by US backed NAZIs with an investment of $5 billion.