British Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that Britain is going to begin sending troops to Ukraine later this week, with the first set of “trainers” arriving in Kiev in a few days, and further troops to come as military advisers.
Cameron insists the British troops won’t be sent to the front line of the Ukrainian Civil War, which is presently in a ceasefire at any rate, but British troops appear to be headed further east than the US training mission, which is in the nation’s far west.
Cameron added that the move is not just intended to prop up Ukraine’s war against the rebel east, but to “send a signal to the Russians” that Britain will not tolerate their backing of the rebellion.
Russia, with the help of EU members France and Germany, got a ceasefire in place in east Ukraine earlier this month, a move that British and US officials have been critical of. Though Cameron now says he supports a “diplomatic settlement,” during the ceasefire talks Britain insisted they would never support any deal that didn’t include an unconditional rebel surrender.
Whichever jerk plays PM over there, they always act like a netenyahoo of the West.
The Washington Post is reporting no Ukraine soldiers died today. The cease fire is taking hold.
A well placed nuke on London just might be Putin's response to this kind of provocation. Wow, the British will do just about anything to please their American string pullers, much like American politicians do to please their Israeli employers. This is a very obvious escalation and I think the Russians would be wise to do nothing for it is aimed at bringing them in in an active way. Nothing could be clearer than the American/UK combo is seeking war. As an American, I'm embarrassed.
I, too, am embarrassed. According to the Minsk Agreement, NO foreign troops of any stripe may remain in Ukraine, either as advisers or as trainers; this also include both UK and US forces, even though Cameron and Obama weren't in Minsk to sign this Agreement.
It's apparent that both of these countries have NO intentions whatsoever to honor this pact; and, they'll both have to suffer the consequences of its unraveling.
When it was the West that started the funding of the initial overthrow of the Elected Government of Ukraine, because it wouldn't play ball with them, it is a little cheeky to suggest that Russia is the instigator of the problem! When we have the installed Government of the Coup say that they would not count the votes of those in the east in the subsequent election AND also who previously said that they were going to exterminate the Russian Speaking Sub Humans in the East, you also have a serious reason for those in the East to protect themselves.
Let us be clear here Ukraine is not affiliated with NATO, and Britain has no reason to go into Ukraine other than to sell its own weapons! we will see a WW because of this interference and it will be the intervention by the West that is the direct cause!
Cameron is only continuying the agressive politic against Russia as usual.He does not like peace.He wants war with Russia.All this will have a dramatic end.Russia missiles are closer to England than USA.
"He wants war with Russia"; yes, war between the USA and Russia. The Brits will send observers.
ROOT CAUSE
(1) To give to the needy, nay to give to a lower class when it only inflates pride and makes them even more self-absorbed and anti-social, this is the character of a socialist and the only way to achieve happiness. For happiness springs from a clear conscience, the knowledge that you did more good then harm all your days on this earth.
(2) Mutual gratification, giving to equals expecting equal in return, doing nothing to cause excessive wealth to flow down to a lower class where it can do the most good, this is the character of a capitalist and the only way to maximize all the pleasures inherent in pride, self-glorification, hypocrisy and greed.
Russia — Can it still minimize the war by keeping the bombs and troops equal?
Not when foreign troops start killing off the population. For England has now terminated the Civil War and turned it into a multinational power struggle, one that will benefit only the corporate rich who own the Western war materials industry.
Cameron's message to Russia; Toothless Tigers; the Brits; who need a "message" from the rest of the civilized world; "YOU DON"T COUNT". Your "empire" ended in 1914, when that "sun that never sets on the British Empire"; SET! Stay in your little Island and torment the Irish, and Scots. Or try the Falklands again; at least you will be in your same weight class.
Hands off Ireland, Scotland, and the Falklands too.
Hey look, Britain is still relevant to world affairs! If they pour blood, treasure, and credibility into Ukraine, the glory days will be back in no time!
The British could never leave the damn Russians alone, going back centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game
Someone needs to send "trainers" to Downing Street to help the UK government cop on tho the fact that they no longer have an empire.
Considering the UK is a has-been state, riddled by internal problems, saddled with inept politicians, and a war criminal as head in the recent past, the only message Russia will get is ¨the clowns are on the march¨. Grow up, Cameron!
The inevitable result of Putin's conduct. The Helsinki Final Act must be respected. "Russia, with the help of EU members France and Germany, got a ceasefire in place": really, Mr Ditz, after umpteen articles in the same Stalinist/Dr Goebbels propaganda style, do you think anybody will be able to get past that sentence without laughing? You're laying it on too thick, sir!
M. Kenny lost me; which isn't all that hard to do; BUT; did he mean MINSK, instead of Helsinki?
No, he's referring to the Helsinki Accords, also called the Helsinki Final Act.
Among the things he neglects to mention are:
1) That the Helsinki Final Act is not a treaty and is completely non-binding; and
2) That even if it was a binding treaty, neither the Russian Federation nor Ukraine were signatory to it, since it was concluded in 1975 when neither state existed.
“OSCE neglects its mandate in Ukraine – Moscow
“The OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine is not fulfilling its mandate to monitor the implementation of the ceasefire, Moscow charges. The monitors complain that they can’t verify withdrawal of weapons without additional data…
“The rebels say they have sent an inventory to the OSCE and that the observers are rejecting invitations to witness the actual movements of the weapons.
“Every day they have new conditions to put forward. For instance, [on Thursday] they demanded a concrete route for the artillery. Well, that heavy hardware doesn’t travel on the roads, but OSCE monitors wouldn’t care to go into the fields, “complained Eduard Basurin, a rebel spokesman.
The official added that the anti-government forces are not rejecting the OSCE’s role in tackling the withdrawal and that they want an increased presence of the monitors on the ground.
“We believe the OSCE’s role is crucial. Once again we confirm that we are interested in OSCE presence at all weapons-withdrawal events. The OSCE must be present to monitor the withdrawal of the weapons by both sides,” Basurin said.
http://rt.com/news/235399-ukraine-osce-weapons-wi…
The US State Department spent 5 Billion Dollars on a neo nazi coup in Kiev. And the coup only succeeded because of the snipers. Who were they and who paid them? We still don't know.
Kerry says the Russians are telling him lies. Where is the proof? On the other hand, they regard him as a liar. What a mess ! Do they suffer from Suicidal Stupidity in Washington ? There is no defence against Launch On Warning. Then the Suicide is Guaranteed. Will the Russians even announce that they regard Launch On Warning=Suicide Guaranteed as their only defence ? What matters to them is to be absolutely certain not to risk dying alone and the US gets away with 1-3 % casualties following a Disarming First Strike. The warheads on Minuteman-3 and Trident-2 are designed to minimize nuclear winter effects if used against missile silos. The US Navy can track and destroy all enemy submarines simultaneously according to missile engineer Bob Aldridge -www.plrc.org
Bob Aldridge on the new missiles in Romania and Poland and on 32 ships in the Mediterranean: "Whether they are on ships or land, they are still a necessary component for an unanswerable first strike." So, stop the missiles or commit Suicide in 2-4 years. LOW probably from 2017. What else do they expect the Russians to do ? Damned bloody fools in the Pentagon !!!
The CIA was likely involved.
how a war would play out is beyond the grasp of this moron PM. He is another war monger Churchill. Empire was eliminated by Churchill .This ma will eliminate Britain