Over a week into the ceasefire, fighting between Ukraine’s military and eastern rebels has slowed to a near-halt, and with the fighting around Debaltseve resolved, the rebels are moving to implement other aspects of the ceasefire.
The rebels today announced that they are beginning the process of withdrawing heavy weapons from the frontlines of the conflict, a process they say will take approximately two weeks.
Reuters confirmed that the movement has begun today, reporting a convoy of howitzers and anti-aircraft weaponry being withdrawn from Debaltseve and toward the rebel capital of Donetsk.
Earlier this weekend, rebels and military also exchanged prisoners near Luhansk, another positive sign that the terms of the ceasefire are by and large being implemented. Skirmishes are still happening, but fewer and fewer.
If the Civil War is over in Ukraine, what a blow it will be to Empire USA. For all of Europe knew that USA funded the fascist coup, which is why it had no part in the cease fire agreement.
How about Kiev? Are they withdrawing?
Pres Poro has insisted from the beginning that all of Ukraine is rightfully theirs (especially Crimea) so I would suspect that Kiev is not going to seriously pull back. They'll make a show but not very far. It is not unreasonable given the cast of characters involved to believe the US will not just walk away from this mess. Throwing over $5B down the rathole would be idiotic…oh, wait…wasting taxpayer $$$$ is the MO of this group of "leaders."
According to CBC Radio, the truce is a total failure, the Evil Rebels have not stopped shooting, and Poro has announced the Kiev artillery will not pull back until the Evil Rebels stop shooting completely.
Reality appears to be unable to penetrate the fog of propaganda, at least in Canada.
Wars and greed driven capitalism — There is a correlation
For capitalism is as old as society, it being the illusion that if everyone is allowed to compete against those in a lower class, namely those with less of an ability to compete, that it will enable everyone to be all they can be and to enjoy the maximum wealth, glory and pleasure that humans can muster.
Truth is, the lower half of society being the laboring-class, the lowest achievers in society, they have no one to compete against and end up with wages so impoverishing that their children receive not the nourishment needed to stay healthy, nor a healthcare sufficient to repair the damage done.
End result being, a society with most of the workers under-employed, with the rich hoarding three-fourths of the wealth causing the economy to have only a forth of the wealth in circulation that it needs to achieve full prosperity.
The ultimate conclusion being, the highest achieving nations such as Nazi Germany, Nazi Japan and Empire USA, they have such a discontented and greed driven society, they proceed to plunder and enslave weaker nations and wars unending plague the world.
Once again, what's noticeable is Mr Ditz's anxious tone. Putin's supporters seem to be scared silly that Putin won't keep his word. Maybe they suspect that Putin has been told bluntly that if he doesn't keep his word this time, the US will start arming Ukraine.
Ukraine fascist coup — Can it pay for the war?
(1) Missiles that cost a half-million each, surely a cool billion a week is what the Ukraine Army blows away.
(2) To bomb destroy the infrastructure in East Ukraine, this is tantamount to destroying the near future prosperity of the economy and rack up an IMF debt that they will plague them forever.
(3) The tourist industry is dead.
(4) Even if East Ukraine becomes an independent Republic, many forms of revenue and taxes would it pay to the central government when the war has ended.
(5) All those battlefield casualties, all the billions in future medical expenses, lost future income of those crippled for life, where will the money come from?
(6) Foreign investments, the life blood of a nation’s economy, not shall it be revived while the guns are blazing.
(7) As the US funded and orchestrated coup has been exposed for all the world to see, the bloodguilt that the world will assign us, this we should not take lightly.