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Russia: Poroshenko should "think twice" before attacking Donetsk Airport - Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to think twice before acting on a vow to retake Donetsk Airport from DPR forces, the American stated during a joint press briefing with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Sochi on Tuesday. Kerry was responding to reports that Poroshenko made the comments at the premier of a documentary ‘Airport’, which tells the story of the embattled Donetsk facility.
The comments are allegedly in violation of the Minsk agreement, according to the Kremlin. Kerry went on to praise Russian President Vladimir Putin and Lavrov for “reiterating their desire to see Minsk fully implemented." Finally Kerry urged “Everybody who has control over anybody” to help implement the Minsk agreement.
Kerry is in Sochi on his first visit to Russia since 2013. As well as Ukraine the diplomat discussed Syria’s war and the Iranian nuclear deal. According to a statement released by US State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf, the talks are aimed at maintaining a direct line of communication with Russian officials.
Lavrov and Kerry already held talks in March during the Iran nuclear talks in Switzerland, but this is the first time since the beginning of the Ukraine crisis that the US Secretary of State has travelled to Russia.
 

SampanViking

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Beaten me on the subject Master Delft!

I think though there are further ramifications of this for both the Ukraine and Iran/Iraq and Syria.
Will stick with Ukraine here and try and get to the ISIS thread asap.

In both theatres however, you do get a sense of the US wanting to close its "bad positions"
Put bluntly, I think Mr Kerry has just thrown Poroshenko under the bus, by committing to Minsk 2, which is death sentence for the Maidan Revolution.

In short, I see this as the US accepting that next time the Ukrainian side breach the Ceasfire with an offensive, that there will be no serious objection to overt Russian military intervention. This of course means that Russia will; for the first time, be free, at the very least, to unleash the might of its Air Power, irrespective of whether or not actual Russian Army Ground Units cross the border.

So will Kiev go for a Straw Death or Gotterdemerung?
 

Broccoli

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More Russian tourists arrested. Both spilled their beans.
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More ridiculous stuff from Russia.
A St. Petersburg Cossack group unveils a bust of President Vladimir Putin depicted as a Roman emperor, symbolizing what they see as his role as "leader for life."
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lol, I had my own incident with few Russian immigrants few days ago.
 

delft

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NYT is loosing its believe in the Kiev regime. See this rather long article;
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That accords well with Poroshenko being thrown under the bus. :)

I'm about to read this NYT article about Victoria Nuland going to Moscow to execute the Minsk2 accord.
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Miragedriver

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Ukraine crisis: 'Russian special forces' captured

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Ukraine says rebel forces (pictured) are being helped by regular Russian troops

Ukraine's military says its forces have captured two Russian soldiers fighting with rebels in eastern Ukraine.

The troops were seized in the town of Shchastya, near the line of separation.

A video emerged apparently showing one of the soldiers - which it said were members of Russia's elite special forces - saying during questioning that he was a sergeant from the central Russian city of Togliatti.

Russia denies claims that it is sending its forces to help the rebels.

However, it admits that a number of Russian nationals are fighting with the separatists in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

More than 6,000 people have been killed in fighting which began in April 2014 when the rebels seized large parts of the two regions.

This happened a month after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula.

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'Special forces brigade'
On Sunday, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said that the two Russian soldiers were captured by the volunteer Aydar battalion in Shchastya, Luhansk region.

He said this happened close to the front line, without giving further details.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian MP Anton Gerashchenko posted a video purportedly showing the questioning of one of the seized soldiers, who was injured during the fighting.

The soldier identifies himself as Aleksandr Aleksandrov - a sergeant in the third special forces brigade.

He says he was part of a 14-member group, naming the commander and his deputies.

The video has not been independently verified. Russia has not publicly commented on the latest developments.

Ukraine and the West have repeatedly stated than thousands of Russia's regular troops are deployed in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Last year, the Kiev authorities posted a video apparently showing Russian paratroopers seized in the region.

Earlier this week, Russian opposition activists
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, alleging that 220 Russian soldiers had died in two key battles in eastern Ukraine.

The lull in the conflict in eastern Ukraine since February's ceasefire
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Back to bottling my Grenache
 

Broccoli

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Russian license manufactured IAI Searcher drone was shot down. I guess just another vacationer.
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Exactly same drone in Russian manufacturing plant. This picture was removed from manufacturers website recently but you can find it via webarchive.
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