Russo-Ukraine War (Jan-March 2016)

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NOTICE the US and Germany are doing alot of urgent meetings with Russian counterparts about Minsk 2 BUT not a single Ukrainian rep is present.....????

Merkel's security adviser Heusgen, with #Hollande's Audibert, met Surkov, Gryzlov, Ushakov in Moscow today to revive #Minsk process.

Both the US and Germany have been attempting to force the Ukraine into unilateral appeasement moves without a recipocal offer by Putin.....

AND again Surkov is on the sanctions list as the creator of the eastern Ukraine invasion.......

Germany diplomacy's worst nightmare: #Ukraine separatists elect own leaders without new election law, spelling end of Minsk process.

WHY...then the EU will never be able to end the sanctions......

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Putin's new envoy to Minsk peace process exudes optimism. (He once said parliament "not a place for discussions.")
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2895197

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Russian Central MD troops full-scale combat readiness check (20-22 Jan) in Volga region, Urals, Siberia & Tajikistan https://www.facebook.com/14922523243...8982790344470/ …


Mark Galeotti @MarkGaleotti
While we await next head of #Russia #military #intelligence some thoughts in @WarOnTheRocks on #GRU names + history
http://warontherocks.com/2016/01/we-...-be-a-problem/ …

Ukrainian "Oschadbank" filed a lawsuit against Russia because of stolen property in Crimea
https://twitter.com/MediaFoxcomua/st...18099867541505 …

Our big report from Crimea, where there's diminishing excitement at Russian reality (though little love for Ukraine)
http://gu.com/p/4fqa6/stw

09:51 #Horlivka @NovaGorlivka Yday fr/#FTP area 4 SPG 4S1 Gvozdika were 'working' very 'hard', that was the reason for suspecting Grad fire

Selfie from Pechenga said to affirm Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine
http://thebarentsobserver.com/securi...ention-ukraine …
pic.twitter.com/UCZv3Ffg0X

Ukraine reports escalation of conflict in #Donbas to @UN Security Council
http://belsat.eu/en/news/ukraine-rep...urity-council/ …
pic.twitter.com/j1ZlXpTa0w

12:22 #Shakhtarsk @spice4russia During yday's evening - last night-morning about 20 small tracked vehicles moved towards #Torez.

12:47 #Donetsk @Stepan_Semenov "No such long ago. Today 4 orcs in brand-new EMR camo walked past me, with backpacks and assault rifles..."

13:01 #Komsomolske, #Donetsk rgn @RabindrantTagor "Chief of #Komsomolske Staff died. Flu"
[DNR decided to copycat LNR's deeds softer?]

Luhansk: 'MGB LNR' refuted #Plotnitsky's lie of recognition LNR passports by #Russia
http://realgazeta.com.ua/mgb-oproverglo-plotnickogo/ …

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Just another chapter of (pro-)#Russian rewriting history tonight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxGj5FNTHUU …
http://conflictreport.info/2015/01/3...preview_id=448 …

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UKR Embassy in NLD @UKRinNLD

Threats to Dutch people allegedly on behalf of the Azov battalion, is a fake and provocation. Read our statement. https://www.facebook.com/UkraineEmbN...89084851238197 …

NSDC of Ukraine ✔ @NSDC_ua
Russia continues a hybrid war against Ukraine and Europe
http://www.rnbo.gov.ua/en/news/2365.html …

Russian hackers try to sabotage Boryspil, Ukraine's largest airport
http://www.unian.info/economics/1240...t-airport.html …
pic.twitter.com/Ls5uSn9rJK

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Russia's race to deploy 20th/1st Armies indicates increased aggressive posture.

Belarus also currently conducting readiness exercises. Big Russian VDV jump tomorrow.
Something funny going on.

ONLY certainty at present is: Russian 20th and 1st Armies are being prepared for offensive operations in a "westward" direction.

HOWEVER... Russian military deception very likely at play. Assault to seize Land Bridge to Fortress Crimea is more probable IOHO. #Mariupol

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Maxim Tucker @MaxRTucker
#Ukraine: Ceasefire monitors observe 4+ hour pitch battle at #Horlivka with tank, mortar, rocket and artillery fire.

A fake Politico reporter is becoming Facebook friends with lots of journalists http://huff.to/23cvBip via @HuffPostMedia

Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews
Now @zvezdanews claims that US was the "axis of evil" that "humiliated Germany" & caused it to attack USSR in WWII.
pic.twitter.com/baLD3oQ2Qs

Twitter hit by sporadic outages in many parts of the globe:
http://reut.rs/1Pe7ICZ
pic.twitter.com/Y9d43VlFB9

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RussiaLies
@zvezdanews claims Ukrainian Neo-Nazis created baptismal ice swastika, but it's a 2012 pic from #Russia
pic.twitter.com/vCDXCQyTPd

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Russian shellings and ground attacks are on again.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDvWQDFEMEY …
'Amend the Constitution 5 times, it won't stop #Putin.' Amen!
pic.twitter.com/gJKBvafaRG

Reference Russian shot down of MH17.........
In weird coincidence, Russian TV shows Buk in interview with head of ground air defense--20 minutes after MH17 crash
pic.twitter.com/p70Z8fbf1Y

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Former Donbas rebel leader, Russia’s GRU officer Strelkov, brags of executions in #Ukraine, challenges Hague court
http://www.kyivpost.com/article/cont...rt-406227.html …

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Some Ukrainian refugees will have to leave Russia by February 1.
Watch: http://ow.ly/XgP0o
pic.twitter.com/9HoDkXGCv0

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"Putin reminded internet trolls of Beria's methods". What a headline https://twitter.com/rentvchannel/sta...06927937847296 …

Ukraine informs #OSCE about militants' #tanks, artillery systems near Luhansk, Horlivka
http://bit.ly/1RxNhBe
pic.twitter.com/JLpKJooRuu

Reference Russian shot down of MH17......
Buk 9M38M1 missile parts recovered from #MH17 debris field. If you haven't read the DSB report, you should.
pic.twitter.com/YVJIvz8rRf

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Wage arrears at TASS news agency detected. Cracks in the propaganda wall?
https://meduza.io/news/2016/01/20/v-...hivat-zarplatu …

Russian officers conducting drills (tanks and infantry) for terrorists on polygon near Torez
https://twitter.com/EspresoTV/status/689799755162112000 …

Where Did Russia Move Seized Ukrainian Drilling Rigs Valued at $800m?
https://informnapalm.org/en/jan08-boyko-oil/ … via @en_informnapalm
pic.twitter.com/xbCqMgqAnC

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InformNapalm English @en_informnapalm

Russian Information Expansion in the Netherlands: Myths And Fakes About Ukraine:
https://informnapalm.org/en/jan19-netherlands-fakes/ …
pic.twitter.com/rw7IeqBUjL

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In some aspects the KSA oil war with Putin and the US might in fact rescue the lack of an Obama Syrian strategy as well as resolve eastern Ukraine and Crimea.....

Putin is seriously about two weeks away from an existential question for his continued Russian leadership......."guns and or butter and it cannot be now both at the same time"....maybe Putin needs to read up on LBJs handling of that same question.

Oil drops below $27
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...es-near-12-yea... … …
pic.twitter.com/gEufic3euO

Oil industry insiders now say the bottom is at 16 USD ....remember the last Russian total collapse occurred at 34USD.......and that was also driven by the KSA.

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James Miller @Millermena

Russia's $300 million propaganda outlet is fixated on our little magazine. We're flattered
http://bit.ly/1JfVGqm
pic.twitter.com/TdGjCGxZlv

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Footage
Reported Russian air force helicopter flight over #Antratsyt in occup. E #Ukraine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhaDyoDhb4I …

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Reference Moldavia......it is hot again politically speaking....

I couldn't get the other Moldova livestream to work, but this one via @archecave is working well
https://youtu.be/f7r2r-BMJ1Y

BREAKING: Protesters storm parliament in #Moldova in protest against new PM. - @maxseddon pic.twitter.com/FMYQA4M4aR

Interesting split in commentary on #Moldova protests. Some call new gov't "pro-EU." Others note new PM is close to oligarch Plahotniuc

Moldova: protesters who broke into #parliament building demand snap elections. Situation is tense but not violent https://twitter.com/NewsMakerMD/stat...51800443293696 …

Well informed proRussian account with good Moscow contacts...
Yury Barmin @yurybarmin
Time to be watching Moldova protests right now: Russia is saying a definite NO to a new pro-EU Prime Minister

Putin is playing his non linear warfare card again.....
Moldova unraveling quickly
https://twitter.com/MaximEdwards/sta...54062037241857 …

Protesters storm Moldovan parliament after new pro-EU government approved:
http://www.rferl.org/content/moldova.../27499491.html …

Maxim Edwards @MaximEdwards
Protesters in Chișinău have now broken down doors of Moldova's parliament, started to disarm police & show them out. Things, downhill, fast.

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Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews
#Russia says terrorist orgs can't participate in #Syria deal, while continuing to demand that #Ukraine negotiate w/ RF-funded terrorist orgs

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In some aspects the KSA oil war with Putin and the US might in fact rescue the lack of an Obama Syrian strategy as well as resolve eastern Ukraine and Crimea.....

Putin is seriously about two weeks away from an existential question for his continued Russian leadership......."guns and or butter and it cannot be now both at the same time"....maybe Putin needs to read up on LBJs handling of that same question.

Oil drops below $27
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...es-near-12-yea... … …
pic.twitter.com/gEufic3euO

Oil industry insiders now say the bottom is at 16 USD ....remember the last Russian total collapse occurred at 34USD.......and that was also driven by the KSA.

Acc to Bill Browder, #Russia's already diminished FX and gold reserves are overstated by at least $150bn.
pic.twitter.com/x5ufbmJM3t