For those that speak German---this link confirms the hardness of the US call placed to Putin indicating that the "humanitarian invasion" bluff was off the table.
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/auslan...-a-985353.html
Appears both Germany and the US coordinated the response which is as follows: crossing into the Ukraine under the supposedly guise of "a needed humanitarian operation under control of Russian troops" is a red line that cannot be crossed and Germany followed up that message when Merkel evidently called as well.
I appears that the argument by both the Russian mercenaries and the Russians that the humanitarian conditions in both the surrounded cities is a disaster meaning no food, medical supplies, eater or electricity has been disproved by a number of videos have come out today depicting full food store shelves and from residents that state yes there is water and electricity off and on but in general it still works.
So the Russian bluff has been called by the Ukrainians---now will be interesting to see how Putin responds as his mercenaries are actually losing.
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