Another phone call between Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, has centered on the ongoing Ukrainian military invasion of a pair of breakaway provinces in the nation’s far east.
Lavrov insisted that the US should use their influence with the interim Ukrainian government to urge them to begin direct negotiations with the leaders of those regions, and to stop military attacks until the negotiations happen.
Though exactly what Kerry said is unclear, the State Department insisted that their position is that Ukraine has every right to invade the region to “maintain calm and order,” saying they further commend Ukraine for its “restraint” against the civilian population of the region.
The State Department went on to claim Russia was recruiting Syrian rebels to go to Ukraine to fight against the central government. They offered no evidence to back this claim, and Russia’s support for the Syrian government makes it unclear why the rebels would suddenly be pro-Russian, but the allegation seemed to satisfy State Department officials as a way to avoid any talk of negotiations.
Ukrainian gard is not looking for precise shooting.One russian speaking person less,no matter. So if Obama does not ask violence to stop we can say that he has blood of children and other innocent victims on his hands.
In typical USG tactic a "red herring" regarding Syrian rebels fighting for Russia has been thrown into the mix by the State Department.
They think that the whole world is STUPID and will believe this ridiculous assertion.
So Kerry assets that the illegal junta in Kiev HAS EVERY RIGHT TO LIQUDATE EAST UKRAINIANS.
So much for democracy and human rights .
God save the World from American hipocracy.
We must be that stupid . These are the people we have hired to do our thinking . Do you suppose the Syrian rebels will bring the weapons we supplied them to overthrow Syria with .
"The State Department went on to claim Russia was recruiting Syrian rebels to go to Ukraine to fight against the central government."
Actually, if one reads the transcript, they are talking about "Chechen Fighters". Though how Russia would incite Chechen Fighters (who hate the guts out of Russia AFAIK) to do anything is beyond me.
Throwing every ill-conceivably allegations at the Russians hoping for a direct hit, is a sign of desperation.
In fact syrian rebels (mercenaries) are fighting on the side of Ukrainian army.Probably Kerry did not understood it when Lavrov was explaining it to him.