Clashes in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have left dozens wounded and at least one person dead, as pro-Russian protesters clashed with fighters supporting the new “interim” government.
This has only added to the tensions between Ukraine and Russia, which are already on the rise as the interim government aims to stop Crimean secession, and Russia defends the Crimean peninsula from any Ukrainian intervention ahead of this weekend’s referendum.
Donetsk is far afield from the Crimea, but faces many of the same issues. The city and province, along the border with Russia, has a large ethnic Russian population, and was generally supportive of the ousted Yanukovych government, which protesters replaced with a pro-West one earlier this month.
Russia has tried to downplay the situation, saying they have no intention of military intervention in eastern Ukraine, but with anti-Russian sentiment soaring in the country, and the new Donetsk governor insisting ethnic Russians are entirely to blame for the unrest, Russia’s foreign ministry also insists it will protect Russians from persecution abroad.
Either way, rumors of imminent attack from one side or the other (or both) are growing in Donetsk, and that’s got tensions rising and protesters more at odds with one another than ever. Whatever ends up happening in Crimea, the pro-Russian sentiment in Donetsk and elsewhere in the east isn’t going to change, and with the new unelected government looking to portray itself as consensus rulers of the whole Ukraine, that opposition is going to be a thorn in their side for a long time to come.
After Crimea regains it's rightful place in the Russian Federation, all of current Ukraine east of the Dnieper river will join them as well.
Kyiv and the west might vote for that as well once the Protocols of the IMF manifest themselves…
Vladimir Putin's Russia is fast becoming like Hitler's Germany back in the 1930s. The West has to stop this warmongerer soon before he escalates his aggression to a full war – a prelude to World War 3
If Putin is becoming fast like Hitler's Germany back in 1930, USG been acting as hitler after 1945, just look at the USG warmongering history since 1940.
What an ignorant git you are. Going Godwin straight out of the box.
Your understanding of history is almost zilch.
Fact: neither the so-called Rheinland nor the Saargebiet had been lopped off from Germany. The Saargebiet was occupied by the UK and France from 1920 until 1935. In 1935 it returned to Germany by plebiscite!
The 'Rheinland' was a region East of the Rhine river which remained with Germany. However, according to the treaty of Versailles this region was to remain demilitarized. In 1936 Hitler ignored the treaty and sent his armed forces into the Rhineland. Neither France nor the UK did anything.
I think Putin will not move to annex Eastern Ukraine after annexing Crimea. He would loose the leverage he (Russia) now has over Ukraine. It is best to keep a sizable pro Russian element there to steer the country away from EU and US influence.
Unsurprising. I always thought that once Crimea had been intimidated, the private mercenary army would move to Donetsk and Kharkov, posing as "pro-Russian" demonstrators. Once Putin has grabbed Eastern Ukraine, they'll go back to Western Ukraine and pose as "fascists", so as to give Putin a pretext to grab the whole of Ukraine. Notice how violent demonstrators never seem to appear in two regions at once!
In your previous posting which I am keeping to compare reality with your predictions you predicted that Putin would go for the Baltic republics after taking all of Ukraine. It is missing here. Have you changed your predictions?
John Dawson,
Well, that’s a pretty good summary of the propaganda line touted by the US government and its controlled corporate media. However, it has nothing to do with reality.
John Dawson,
Well, that’s a pretty good summary of the propaganda line touted by the US government and its controlled corporate media. However, it has nothing to do with reality.