I had a similar thought, I doubt they'll do a false flag attack but I can see them using any interference on the convoy by the Ukrainian military as an excuse to send in the 45,000 troops they have massed on the border, and if I were the Ukrainian military fighting in eastern Ukraine I'd be very unhappy about a suspicious convoy from Russia being delivered to the rebels in Luhansk and Dontesk. It's the same tactics they used on Georgia in 2008 - provoke until the enemy responds then do what you like.
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I had a similar thought, I doubt they'll do a false flag attack but I can see them using any interference on the convoy by the Ukrainian military as an excuse to send in the 45,000 troops they have massed on the border, and if I were the Ukrainian military fighting in eastern Ukraine I'd be very unhappy about a suspicious convoy from Russia being delivered to the rebels in Luhansk and Dontesk. It's the same tactics they used on Georgia in 2008 - provoke until the enemy responds then do what you like.
Ukraine pretty much still uses Russian uniforms just with diff patches, when this all kicked off loads of people pointed out the striped "Russian" shirts a number of rebels had until it was pointed out it's standard ex-USSR kit which is very easy to come by and the pre-EU activists were wearing them too lol.
What, wait until the enemy invades a neighbour and then smack the crap out of them? May not work too well on Ukraine...
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Repeating the lie ad infinitum doesn't make it less of a lie - even the laughably one sided EU report couldn't ignore Russia's actions, and the actions of the pro-Russian separatists in Georgia prior to the crisis.
Quite a lot of the pro-russian elements were also spotted wearing kit with British and German markings - which is very common with surplus but has caused some whacky conspiracy theories lol.
Looks like it's on, like Donkey Kong:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...s-enter-ukraine-aid-convoy-stops-short-border
http://www.theguardian.com/world/20...s-enter-ukraine-aid-convoy-stops-short-border
This doesn't look like a full scale invasion to me, just looks like western journalists have finally witnessed what we already knew was happening - Russia was providing direct military aid to the rebels in eastern Ukraine.
Eastern Ukraine has had the **** bombed out of it by their government for weeks it's probably post apocalyptic right now, if any aid convoys go in they're going to need protection.
So the "humanitarian" mission isn't in conjunction with the ICRC then? Because the ICRC never distributes aid with military protection.
yeah, im sure that's the russian plan.
If it means an end to the violence then I think relief would be the right word. Sadly I don't think Putin is ready to give up on his dream of Novorossiya just yet.
most likely what Russia wanted if true, I bet the trucks have nothing but food and water etc russia just wanted it to look suspect so they have an excuse to fully invade crimea
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Something was always going to happen. Russia shot down the wrong plane, so now they attack their own convoy. Good enough excuse to attach Ukraine?
Well a lot of journalists have already confirmed they have seen Russian APCs heading into Ukraine
Sky news now reporting:
http://news.sky.com/story/1319354/ukraines-forces-engage-russian-armoured-convoy
http://news.sky.com/story/1319354/ukraines-forces-engage-russian-armoured-convoy
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the fact that lots of the trucks are empty just makes this whole convoy thing very strange
edit : distracting everyone with "aid convoy" while sending in the tanks somewhere else?
or sending in apc's / empty trucks to pull out people and gear?
edit : distracting everyone with "aid convoy" while sending in the tanks somewhere else?
or sending in apc's / empty trucks to pull out people and gear?
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