While most of Ukraine’s military’s major operations against the east have come in the northern part of Donetsk Oblast, today’s attacks focused on the south, and the key port city of Mariupol, where at least 20 people have been reported killed, and massive numbers wounded.
Interior Ministry troops, backed by tanks and APCs, are trying to retake the protester-held Interior Ministry building in town, while arresting local police who refused to side with them against the population.
Retaking the ministry building seems to be job one, but instead of worrying about that with a protester-held police station, the troops simply blew it up with rocket-propelled grenades, leveling the building, killing seven within, and wounding dozens.
Though the government dubbed all those killed “terrorists,” many of the people shot in the streets seem to have been unarmed civilian protesters. RT’s cameraman for the city, taking pictures of the chaos, was also shot in the chest, and despite wearing a bulletproof vest was badly wounded.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov demanded the civilian population immediately endorse the invasion,. saying the situation was “black and white” and that foes could expect “only one answer from the Ukrainian state – annihilation.”
The Kiev junta is only making themselves look worse. Why would the families of those they dubbed "terrorist" want to be under their rule?
avakov can only expect annilation
What an absolute disgrace.. this junta has alot of nerve calling itself Ukrainian after installing itself through murder and foreign funding…they should know there will be repercussions…similar to what has happened In Syria where the foreign funded terrorist groups have only brought the civilian population 100percent behind Assad…they seem to be following tactics similar to the early Soviet regime; forgetting that ultimately they were ousted from power in that system, too…also, they won't t be able to hide their crimes anywhere near like they used to..no matter how hard Reuters, AP, etc try..
If "blowing up" a police station with civilians in it is not a "terrorist" activity – what is?
The Kiev NAZI ILLEGAL JUNTA supported by the Western warmongers are the ones who should be "liquidated" NOT the pro Russian demonstrators.
Vital to try to distinguish between the "old" Ukrainian army and the "National Guard", made up of veterans of the street protesters. The "National Guard" are likely to be fanatics, willing to shoot, while the old army is "unreliable". The thing to look for will be troops whose uniforms don't fit very well, who seem unfamiliar with their equipment.
This attack in Mariopol, where they seem to have just flat-out decided to kill the police, is a dramatic escalation. It will be interesting to see if "the West" follows the Kiev party line and says that all the victims, police, bystanders, journalists, and obviously unarmed, were all "terrorists".
The hope would be that there won't be very many of them.
Fascists and Nazis will be Fascists and Nazis, just the kind of people the US supports.
The Nazis is supported by the US because US is exceptional Nazi state.Russia experiences now what experienced in 1941.Then the Russian flag was stuck on the Reichstag, we will will see where it will be stuck after this Nazi coup d'etat.
Well, they are TELLING THE TRUTH, but noboty in the West wants to hear it. Two of the leading parties, Yatsenyuk's Fahterland, and his boss, Yulia Timoshenko, have advocated killing — actually annihilating, "Russians", that is Russian and Ukrainian population that does not support the coup. Timosheko was recorded in a telephone conversation with a former official — BEFORE the coup, answering his question about what to do with this population, does she intend to make them second class citizens, replied, Nuke them, nuke them all. In fact, Russian TV only once played the entire message, but then shortened it to the part where she "only" wanted to nuke Russia, explaining now she will pull all her connections to do that. Even RTV thought that too scary to rebroadcast, as it could create irreparable damage to Ukrainian society. Also, another major partner, Svoboda Party, had on its web site (they have removed it now that Kerry said they "moderated") information on how they planned to open local command offices, and allow local commanders to at will kill Russian people, focusing on the educated elite, without having to obtain any permission from others. Recently Yulia Timoshenko offered HER PARTY OFFICES to serve as command sites. Kerry has railed that the information is not true — while it is clear that it is Yulia Timosenko, and she admits it! The oifficial on the other end of the line, confirms it. Yet, OUR TOP DIPLOMATS said that it was Russian propaganda. Also, he said that it was RTV propaganda that US spent five billion for bringing about the change! Yet, Victoria Nuland, in a speach, told JUST THAT, and it was recorded!
And then they wonder why are Russians so mad, and why is Puting getting all support, now approval in the stratosfere, in the nineties. People listen to the lies, and see what is going on. Footage is coming out of these cities, and it is ugly and scary. This will escalate badly, as millions are sitting on the sidelines, hoping for the reason to prevail, that the army will go back to barracks, and talking start.
But the hunta is taking advantage of US — now stuck with them, and NATO that praised them to heaven, must keep mouths closed, mainstream press keeps government line — so why not do whatever they wanted to do. Putin tried with Germany and OSCE to deescalate, and start a program for stabilizing the country — but this deescalation is taken full advantage off.
It would be much more mercifull on everyone for Russia and Germany to intervene, Germany the west, and Russia south-east. and jointly center and Kyev. Remove these from power, put a technical government in place to define constitutional changes, have voting on constitution, parliament and only then President. This Parliament is illegitimate, like everything else. Currently they are holding hostage many deputies from the Party of Regions, and Communist Party, in order to have a quorum. What a mess.
Germany is potentially very much in danger from the fascist party
The army doesn't seem obedient to Kiev. It is hard to tell from afar but I'd venture to observe a certain caution even from the national guard (who does the killing) since it is intermixed with regular army units. I'd also speculate the army is there exactly to keep the black guys in check and not necessarily on Kiev's orders.
There was a strange episode a few days back on RT. An injured "downed" helicopter pilot was rescued by the separatists who treated him very friendly. One of the rescuers said something interesting. "They left him there, injured, after they took his weapon". Who were the "they" and why act like that ? What if the pilot deliberately crashed the helicopter ?
Speculation aside, Kiev doesn't trust the military and on the same time it hasn't massively attempted to purge it, to my knowledge, which implies the army retains a certain level of independence and power.
I suppose some other branch of USG explained the kerryan, the nuland and Avakov the annihilator species that no Russian special forces have yet manifested themselves in a Russian speaking land. The havoc they could bring in a very short time should scare the s out of any Kiev Maidanese & friends.
It is very surprising how come the Ukrainian army hasn't already removed the Maidanese junta. This should be enough reason to worry for the geniuses lost in the foggiest bottoms of Washington. The longer it takes, the more radical the counter-coup and there's absolutely no guarantee that coup won't come. Probably with a little help from (other) friends. The bloodier the actions Kiev junta takes against various cities, the more likely a military coup becomes. Whatever the political divides, a military takeover seems more probable than allowing descent into dissolution and civil war. Especially if the number of casualties continues to rise and Odessa episode repeats itself. I wouldn't dismiss at all such an attempt from the military. After all, it is not so difficult to close Kiev and round up the Yats gang, no need for so many troops.
That is really a good question. We will have to wait and see. In the meantime, it is really hard to watch the videos that are coming in — the men in black, armed to teeth, walking in the street, and picking off people randomly. People are shouting for them to stop killing unarmed pedestrians, but to no avail. Only on one location in this video, one person was shot at the entrance of a store, another by a kiosk on the street, others just walking — a nighmare. When the local police chief REFUSED to shoot at the civilians, the men in black just fired a round of what looks like a tank into the building, setting it on fire, with people in it.
Absolute horror. And the press conference in Washington? Straight face lies that the "terrorists" started it. Pro-Russian terrorist.
Incredible. How is it possible in a span of a two months for US and European countries urging elected president to keep military in barracks, and to insure that riot police is UNARMED. That was the DEMAND, to insue that the protestors have easy access to any government buiilding, and ultimately the government. Protesters were snipers, while riot police was unarmed. Now, that the tables are turned, the people who DO NOT ACCEPT the Kyev coup, are TERRORISTS, and the fake government can send tanks, helicopters and armed vehicles to mow people in the streets. NOW, it is OK. If I were Germany, I would deeply worry. Svoboda party has its BRANCHES in Germany and is partner with German neonazis. Such sucesses, and such support from NATO, especially in face of reluctant Germany, can be taken as a signal that their time may have come. This cannot be good, when you take a large country, and by force subjugate them to the fascist parties. Washington message to people is — obey, or you shall be annihilated.
Our neocon run government appears to have gone rogue, and nothing good can come of it.
When the lying gets to be so big and bold — one has to wonder about the mindset of these people. What will they be prepared to do when the day comes — and nobody believes a word that comes from any official source. This is why Soviet Union collapsed — people stop believing in lies, endless lies, even if many of them were benign and not harming anyone. One just gets tired of lies, and stops believing, period.
The Kiev Putsch reminds me of Chile. But Yulia Tymoshenko as Pinochet? Nah.
She is worse. She is SICK. Very calmly se explained how she will pull all of her worldwide contacts, and insure that Russia is nuked, that not a scorched earh remains. She also, in the same phone call, answered the question of an official about the fate of Russian population in Ukraine — nuke them, nuke them all.
And she is collaborating with Svoboda that UNTIL RECENTLY (after advised by US to clean up) had on its website an approach to liquidate "Russians", but one has to understand that it means Ukrainian Orthodox who speak Russian. The recommended manner of elimination was to empower local commanders to kill people without need to get approval from any authorities. YULIA TIMOSHENJKO volunteered her party offices throughout Ukraine for establishing such commands. ALL ON RECORD. Until today, Svoboda leader Thyhnibok, the one in the picture with McCain, uses his Hitler salute. He must have a really hard time holding that hand down in public places. We are seeing something extraordinary, a world according to neocons — with our State Department going rogue ever since Hillary Clinton replaced anyobody with professional knowledge, and appointed neocon loyalist., Someone like Nuland should not by any standards qualify for this job — but her neocon pedigree.
Do you know what Tymoshenko said?
Bugged Tymoshenko's call:
Tymoshenko: 00:43: "It is time to take up arms and kill those damn Russians, along with their leaders."
Tymoshenko: regarding Crimea: 1:17 "I would have found a way to kill those bastards I hope that I can manage to activate all my contact people.." 1:24: I will use all my ways, that the world rises, so that absolutely nothing is left of Russia..
Tymoshenko sounds to be as much a sweetheart as Hillary Clinton.
Does Antiwar really support violent coups, stroming parliaments instead of democracy? When the name those US-financed NAZIs "Interior Ministry troops" they do it in fact.
I see nothing in this article that supports the murderous thugs that control Kiev.
Avokov must be judged by the hague tribunal
The same clever strategy of trying to provoke Putin into an invasion. Odessa was Putin's Munich. The more he capitulates, the more he is discredited in the eyes of his elderly supporters and the more the Russian minority in Ukraine realises that he is selling them out so as not to fight a war he's condemned to lose. It just goes to prove the old rule we all learned in primary school: the only way to stop a bully is to stand up to him.
Not a single sanction has been levied against those Ukrainians responsible for killing. Right Sektor and Svoboda – despite their Hitleric origins – are still welcome across Europe.
Ukrainians are a FREEDOM LOVING PEOPLE. We are NOT fascists or nazis. Russian troops are on Ukrainian Territory and they need to GET OUT. Putin (SATAN) started this whole war because he wants to take over Ukraine. BUT GOD IS ON THE SIDE OF TRUTH, and the truth is that MOST UKRAINIANS AND RUSSIANS (no matter what language they speak) LIVING IN UKRAINE WANT TO BE PART OF EUROPE !!!!!! Why is that so difficult for you to understand ?????? I will pray for you to see the LIGHT OF TRUTH. GLORY TO UKRAINE …… GLORY TO ITS HEROES ….. SLAVA UKRAINI ….. SLAVA HEROYAMS
Are you a fully certified idiot, or just an ordinary one?
Ukrainians are not the brightest folks in the world. The US has screwed over so many nations in the last 50 years that anybody should know by now we don't do things out of true altruism. Putin and Russia have been subsidizing their economy for a very long time.
Dear “Alexandra”,
So many capitals and exclamation marks… Is it acute psychosis or are you just mad that you have no rational arguments?
You are right that most Ukrainians are not fascists. But the Right Sector and Svoboda are. They openly worship as heroes Hitler's allies and those who served in the Waffen SS division Galichina, which Hitler used for mass murder of civilian populations on occupied territories. Those "heroes" conducted ethnic cleansing of Poles in Western Ukraine, murdered thousands of Poles, Slovaks, and Ukrainians, some on Hitler's orders, some on their own initiative. They recently showed their true colors in Odessa, burning people alive and killing those who jumped out of windows, and singing Ukrainian anthem instead of helping people in the burning building. Those who applauded this atrocity watching it on TV on Shuster live show and in the Rada are certainly fascists, or something similarly sub-human. Nobody forgot that the last time something like this happened in Odessa was under Hitler’s occupation.
You say that you want to be part of Europe. Do you think that Europe wants people like that to be part of it? After all, it lost tens of millions in Hitler’s wars. Do you know that Volhynia Czechs, who lived in Ukraine since the second half of 19th century, through wars and revolutions, asked Czech government to help them repatriate soon after the coup in Kiev. Link to Czech source: http://www.praguepost.com/eu-news/37842-ukrainian….
Do you know that the township of Strelkovoe, that was on the Ukrainian side of the border with Crimea on the Arabat Spit (following today’s law in Crimea, here is its name in all three official languages: Ukrainian: Арабатська стрілка, Arabatska strilka; Russian: Арабатская стрелка, Arabatskaya strelka; Crimean Tatar: Arabat beli), forced border guards to move to the other side, removing itself from Herson region of Ukraine and joining Russian Crimea. The city counsel of Genichesk (a medium-sized town in Herson region, near Arabat Spit) also voted to join Crimea, but was not so lucky.
Do you know that the people in many border villages clandestinely dig up and move border posts to “move” their village from Ukraine to Russia?
Do you know that the great majority of Crimeans actually voted to join Russia? As of today, out of 1,400,000 Crimea residents eligible to receive Russian passports only 3,000 (~0.2%) declared that they want to remain Ukrainian citizens. Most of the Ukrainian servicemen stationed in Crimea also decided to switch sides (even Kiev liars acknowledged this). Now at least 90% of residents in Lugansk and Donetsk regions also voted to get out of Ukraine, even though it likely means living in an unrecognized state. While you might understand why someone wants to move from Ukraine to Czech Republic, a lot of people ask themselves why would anyone want to join Russia. No matter what Putinistas say, this is a perfectly valid question. And the answer is most damning for Vicky “f… the EU” Nuland, CIA, the whole Obama team, as well as deservedly f…ed EU. These people have no illusions about Russia, Putin, or the life in an unrecognized country, like Trans-Dniester. They do not expect paradise, and do not think that someone would give them something for nothing (in contrast to Euromaidan morons). All they want is a modicum of sanity, so that they can work honestly, feed their families, live in dignity without fear that fascists with automatic rifles will shoot them. After the coup Ukraine has become a madhouse. This drives the protest in the South East. Most of these people want protection from Western Ukrainian fascists, and they would rather live in unrecognized but sane “Donetsk Republic” than in a stark staring mad Ukraine.
The people in the South East simply want to honestly earn their wages in a sane country. Unfortunately, after US/EU engineered coup, this means getting the hell out of Ukraine. I hope that my Ukraine will come to its senses, throw away fascist scum and thieving oligarchs, and become a sane country. However, I am far away, whereas those who actually live there cannot afford long-term hopes. So they vote with their feet, taking their homeland with them. That’s what happened in Crimea, and will happen elsewhere, unless Kiev clowns and Galician fascists installed by the CIA are kicked out of power now. Even US commander of NATO forces in Europe general Breedlove acknowledged that Russia does not need to send any troops to Ukraine: it is falling apart without Putin’s help.
I love Ukraine and I love beautiful Ukrainian language (two versions of which I speak: the “literary” central Ukrainian and the dialect spoken in Lvov). Most Ukrainians I know are not fascists. However, Kiev puppets did their damndest to ruin my country, and they certainly succeeded. Ukraine is dead, and now more than one Ukraine will rise from the ashes. I hope they will all be sane and neither will include Galichina, and I hope that Galician fascists will choke on their hatred and leave this Earth.