A puzzling story emerged this morning, based on some unconfirmed overnight reports of a column of Russian armored vehicles entering Ukrainian territory for destinations unknown.
Ukraine followed up those reports with claims that they had attacked the military convoy with artillery, and destroyed virtually the whole thing. Details of where the vehicles were or where the attack took place never went public.
The Russian Defense Ministry was similarly puzzled about the whole thing, insisting that the entire story was “pure fantasy” on Ukraine’s part, and that no column of vehicles ever entered Ukraine in the first place, let alone got destroyed.
The lack of evidence for the convoy, or for its destruction, makes it difficult to take the story at face value, and with Ukraine insisting Russia was looking for an excuse to invade, their bragging about attacking and destroying Russian vehicles doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Moreover, Ukraine’s artillery is almost exclusively Soviet-made products of the early 1960s, and while they do have some anti-armor capabilities, it seems preposterous that a 50+ year old set of artillery could wipe out a column of armor in the middle of the night in such short order.
This wouldn't be the first brazen lie to come from the Kiev regime, which seems to be far more comfortable with lies than the truth.
Certainly need more information undoctored visual proof from different sources would be helpful!
Someone at The Guardian saw russian APC rolling into Ukraine after nightfall. No maps, no GPS, no dated and position-tagged photos are provided. Fogh Rasmussans says NATO "saw something". No maps, no GPS, no dated and position-tagged photos (even dubious ones from commercial satellites) are provided. Ukraine says it destroyed something. No maps, no GPS, no dated and position-tagged photos are provided.
It's like I'm really in 1914.
It is high time to start collecting Ukrainian jokes. I personally liked the one when Ukrainian soldiers surrounded by rebels, out of ammunition, food or gas — ran across the border to — Russia. Having been placed in tents, fed and recuperated, some decided to stay and some to return to Ukraine Ukrainian defense minister thought nothing of it — it was quite normal in his world view that Russia should shelter their soldiers — feed them, and pay gas to transport them home
Bull shieeeet or horse sheeeeiiiit, the Kiev government to chose. There hasn't been a day that these Neo fascism regime saying something true. They took the US 5billion dollars and the Rand Corporation with Berzinski advice to cleans the Russian speaking Ukrainian, as if they are Bill Clinton or George W. Bush when they bombed Yugoslavia killing innocent people, and in Iraq killing million of the Iraqis.
But this is part of EU Neo fascism and as always all of them are nothing but lier as those who give them 5billion dollars to start with their lies.
Not even the US which staunchly supports this Nazi junta like it always have supported fascist regimes elsewhere, could find any proof of that ridiculous claim.
Why would the biggest country on earth and a superpower start an "invasion" with only a couple of APC´s in broad daylight and leave it at that and no support whatsoever to the crew? If there was one we would know about it and certainly the Ukies and their Nazi death squads would.
This is a spin-off gone awfully wrong, of two "reporters" for UK media, Shaun Walker and some Oliphant who claim they saw them cross the border but couldn´t provide at least a foggy mobile phone photo of it. They have been remarkably silent since their little "testing" went out of proportions. Poroshenko/Waltzman rushed to make a ridicolous claim, again with no evidence, and a hysterical NATO kriegs-fuherer Foggy Ratmussen and the Prada-clad unelected €urocrats took it as proof for further escalation and threats.
Expect this embarrassing story to be buried in an instant…
I'm still surprised McCain or Graham haven't rushed to the microphones declaring this as further proof of Obama's incompetency as a leader.
Of course not — they think this is competent. For as long as he bashes Russia and defends Nazis, they will be off his back. And it is quite possible that the Obama strategy does not go further then that.
In the absence of real events that would please their western masters, the buffoons in Kiev have to invent destroyed Potemkin's villages – or in this case Potemkin's armored columns.
If it was reported by Washington…I DON'T BELIEVE IT..
There is no puzzle. A couple of western MSM 'journalists' made stuff up about a Russian convoy crossing the border. They were 20-30 km away at the time. The Ukrainian government has compounded these lies b exploiting them for its own benefit – it desperately wants NATO to come in. Corrupt western politicians who have sold themselves to the US have followed up. This is a case of liars believing their own lies. Where are the bodies of the Russian soldiers? Where are their dog tags?
Where does the original come from though?
hashish…and vodka – probably Russian…
The most likely scenario is that the Russians were probing to see how the Ukrainians would react. Having got a reaction, they pulled back and now deny the whole thing. That's fairly standard military practice.
Read the NY Times:
Late in the day, The Guardian correspondent Shaun Walker and Roland Oliphant of The Telegraph reported seeing unmarked armored vehicles, accompanied by support trucks with Russian military license plates, cross the border into Ukraine.
It appears, as Mr. Walker suggested, that this movement of Russian military equipment into rebel-held areas of eastern Ukraine has been going on for some time, but until now has not been witnessed by journalists.
NB I don't think this was "the invasion" proper. This is probably what has been happening for a while. Extraordinary to see it though. — Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) Aug. 13, 2014
As views of the less-than-packed interiors of the aid trucks circulated online, cynics suggested that the Russian aid convoy might simply be a propaganda move, as hollow as Potemkin’s villages.
@geomysl @RoslyakovAP it's like Potemkin's villages. Few hundred of trucks – nice picture for people of Russia. — east_comfort (@hu_rota) Aug. 14, 2014
WHAT THE HELL AM I READING? THIS IS NEWS FIT TO "PRINT"??
Also, on Twitter:
"So @RolandOliphant and I just saw a column of APCs and vehicles with official Russian military plates cross border into Ukraine.
— Shaun Walker (@shaunwalker7) Aug. 13, 2014
Didn't even turn off their headlights. Saw Russian military plates on support vehicles, but no markings I could make out on APCs.
— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) Aug. 13, 2014"
How does "could not see markings" morph into "unmarked armored vehicles"? The NYT can do it:
"Late in the day, The Guardian correspondent Shaun Walker and Roland Oliphant of The Telegraph reported seeing unmarked armored vehicles, accompanied by support trucks with Russian military license plates, cross the border into Ukraine."
Frankly I am reminded of this gem: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/258912
Ho Hum, yet another imaginary "invasion" of Ukraine by Russia since March. How many have there been now? I've lost count.
This is just more made up BS by the corrupt west, it's equally corrupt media and the thug junta to divert attention away from Kiev's crimes against humanity in the east.
read this on BBC, now I am wondering if their hit these convoys: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28832873