Miragedriver
Brigadier
Battle near the village of Peski. Battalion Vostok
Back to bottling my Grenache
Back to bottling my Grenache
This is unlikely to improve the calm in the city.Helft ambtenaren in Odessa ontslagen
AMSTERDAM. In de Oekraïense havenstad Odessa heeft de nieuwe
gouverneur, voormalig president Saakasjvili van Georgië, de helft
van zijn ambtenaren ontslagen en een zestal diensten opgeheven.
Saakasjvili werd door de regering in Kiev benoemd om het apparaat
in een van de corruptste steden van Oekraïne te saneren. President
Porosjenko achtte landgenoten daartoe niet meer in staat. (NRC)
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Well, it is almost certain to happen any day now (unless something dramatically changes on diplomatic front) . Ukraine again amassed more then 40 000 troops , over 300 tanks and over 900 other armored vehicles in the region. Something is bound to happen by the end of June or in the beginning of July .
One week ago, we were stunned to learn just how low the political organization that is the mostly US-taxpayer funded IMF has stooped when, a day after its negotiators demonstratively stormed out of the Greek negotiations with "creditors", Hermes' ambassador-at-large Christone Lagarde said that the IMF "could lend to Ukraine even if Ukraine determines it cannot service its debt."
In other words, as Greece struggles to avoid a default to the IMF on debt which was incurred just so German banks can remain solvent and dump trillions in non-performing loans to US hedge funds and Greek exposure, and which would result in the collapse in the living standards of an entire nation (only for a few years before an Iceland-recovery takes place, one which Greece would already be enjoying had it defaulted in 2010 as we said it should), and as the "criminal" IMF does everything in its power to subjugate an entire nation, or else let it founder, the that no matter if they default to its private creditors (in fact please do since Russia is among them), the IMF would keep the debt spigot flowing.
Courtesy of the US taxpayer of course.
Fast forward one week when, with Greece one step closer to a full-blown financial collapse, the IMF comes out and tell Ukraine - which already passed a law allowing it to impose a debt moratorium at any moment - not to worry, that even in a default it will keep providing unlimited funds. :
Ukraine's efforts to strike a debt restructuring deal with its creditors will allow the International Monetary Fund to continue to support the country even if the talks are not successful, the head of the IMF said on Friday.
"I ... welcome the government's continued efforts to reach a collaborative agreement with all creditors," IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said in a statement. "This is important since this means that the Fund will be able to continue to support Ukraine through its Lending-into-Arrears Policy even in the event that a negotiated agreement with creditors in line with the program cannot be reached in a timely manner."
We will pass comment on this latest grand IMF hypocrisy and ask if Greece would rather be in Kiev's place which at the behest of "Western" leaders, it sold, liquidated, and otherwise "lost" all of its gold. Or, like Ukraine, Athens is willing to part with its $4 billion in gold just to appease the Troika as it to unknown buyers. A transaction which would buy Greece about 3-6 months of can kicking and a few stray smiles from Chrstine Lagarde.
Well, I hope I was wrong and that peace will prevail .
What really happened in last few weeks is a very tense situation between Right Sector formations and Ukrainian government . There were even reports about armed clashes between Right Sector and police far from front lines in western Ukraine . As a consequence of that , looks like certain number of Right Sector units left combat zone in eastern Ukraine and moved towards Kiev . That left some gaps in Ukrainian positions, and rebels could try to take advantage of that with some local offensives .
But sincerely, I doubt Kremlin would allow something big to happen right now . I still think Moscow wants to wrap this thing down, and achieve some kind of agreement with current government in Kiev . Of course, I could be wrong . Maybe, behind the curtains, Moscow managed to amplify differences between Right sector and Ukrainian authorities to gain advantage, but this theory look unprovable and improbable right now .
this calls a question why Separatists went there? I mean on a tactical level (no need to conspire about G7 meeting LOL), was it a "combat recon" (разведка боем) going not as expected? first I said "bad" instead of "not as expected", but then I realized you seemed to be considering the June 3 Marinka fights the Separatists' victory ... or Pyrrhic victory of Ukrainians maybe?