Did world war 3 just start?

[Henry]

"Where did"

 

[ArcadiaGP]

http://thespeaker.co/russians-protesting-war-ukraine-arrested-russian-police-video/

Russians Are Protesting the War in Ukraine, and Are Being Arrested by Russian Police

 

[T.Lex]

Given the title of the thread, this is an interesting article listing some of the volunteers fighting in the Ukraine (on both sides):
BBC News - Ukraine war pulls in foreign fighters

French, Spanish, Swedish or Serb, the foreigners fighting for both sides in east Ukraine's bloody conflict hail from across Europe and come with a bewildering array of agendas.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Obama: 'We will not accept Russia's occupation and illegal annexation of Crimea, or any part of Ukraine'


He's writing a lot of checks in Ukraine that he has no intention of covering.

 

[T.Lex]

Wow - I didn't pick up on that. NOW he's complaining about Crimea? Dude, that's a fait accompli.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Russia warns NATO, U.S. over Ukraine before summit | Reuters

 

[Henry]

Putin has bathhouse Barry pegged exactly for he is.

 

[mrjarrell]

Well that was a short cease fire. Someone should explain to the Russians what that actually means.

https://news.vice.com/article/cease...-ukrainian-positions-shelled-outside-mariupol

 

[BogWalker]

Well that was a short cease fire. Someone should explain to the Russians what that actually means.

https://news.vice.com/article/cease...-ukrainian-positions-shelled-outside-mariupol

They must have looked it up in the same dictionary that the Palestinians use.

 

[firehawk1]

Well that was a short cease fire. Someone should explain to the Russians what that actually means.

https://news.vice.com/article/cease...-ukrainian-positions-shelled-outside-mariupol

The Russians know what a ceasefire means... a lull to strengthen your forces.

 

[mrjarrell]

Doesn't look like things are going very well for the Ukrainians is some areas.

https://news.vice.com/video/afterma...an-roulette-dispatch-75?utm_source=vicenewsfb

[video=youtube_share;4r_Nf2VK5_4]http://youtu.be/4r_Nf2VK5_4[/video]

 

[firehawk1]

My son has a buddy that is in the service, which I won't divulge. They were told to stop any drinking/partying and such as they could be moving out soon. Guess where he hinted to... We have no business messing around in Russia's backyard anymore than we would/should tolerate them in ours.

 

[avboiler11]

I'm gonna guess they'd be headed to Iraq 3 - Baghdad Bugaloo before they get anywhere close to eastern Ukraine.

 

[T.Lex]

There are a couple big "training exercises" this month in the former Warsaw Pact NATO members.

Latvia:
http://rt.com/news/185692-nato-military-drills-latvia/

Ukraine itself:
U.S., allies to stage exercises in West Ukraine as battles rage in East | Reuters

Navy training in the Black Sea:
http://rt.com/news/185696-ukraine-us-military-exercises/

 

[OneShotFOGE]

My son has a buddy that is in the service, which I won't divulge. They were told to stop any drinking/partying and such as they could be moving out soon. Guess where he hinted to... We have no business messing around in Russia's backyard anymore than we would/should tolerate them in ours.

Iraq. Obama mentioned this in an address yesterday. The air campaign is already underway.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/08/w...ears-white-house-says.html?smid=tw-share&_r=1

 

[mrjarrell]

The Ukrainian soldiers were pretty certain the "cease fire" wasn't going to last. Looks like they were right.

[video=youtube_share;Fra4zrv_KfI]http://youtu.be/Fra4zrv_KfI[/video]

 

[ArcadiaGP]

http://thespeaker.co/russia-suing-ukraine-1-billion-war-damages/

Russia is Suing Ukraine for $1 Billion for War Damages

 

[T.Lex]

____ forsaken lawyers.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Russia successfully tests nuclear missile, more planned: navy chief | Reuters

and

Vladimir Putin signs decree taking direct charge of commission that oversees Russia's defense industry

 

[T.Lex]

An(other) escalation:
BBC News - Russia reduces gas exports to Poland

Russia's gas supplies to Poland have dropped by 45%, Poland's state gas firm PGNiG says, amid tensions over Ukraine.
The news came just hours after Poland stopped providing gas to Ukraine through "reverse-flow" pipelines.
The Russian gas volumes were 24% lower on Tuesday and 20% lower on Monday, according to PGNiG. That shortfall prompted Poland to halt reverse-flow.