Ukraine: military (Aug '14 to mid-June '15) closed

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http://iz.com.ua/zaporoje/52794-reze...a-poligon.html

Riot in 55th artillery brigade in Zaporozhje - conscripts refuse to go to Donbass.

mirhond---do you agree with the killed number of Russian soldiers?

Russian NGO says 3526 Russian soldiers KIA in Donbas so far

http://newsdaily.com.ua/post/447980
pic.twitter.com/GNF2YBN1DR

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AP---and there is no "altered state of reality" in Moscow?

Headline in the pro-Kremlin "Komsomolskaya Pravda": "Boeing downed in Ukraine (#MH17) is the same that disappeared in March (#MH370)"

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This is more insight into what is driving Putin--and the author might in fact be correct---Putin's recent comments and actions do indicate "an altered state of both reality and actions" so therefore there are other drivers at work than what we assuming.

It appears sometimes from his comments that he is in fact on a "crusade".

Author is a Baltic resident who has a better perspective than say an American or a German.

http://en.delfi.lt/opinion/opinion-w...#ixzz3DMD4nIP0

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Sometimes here at SWJ we often forget what Putin statements really are---this is taken from his comments to the press on 17 April 2014--check how he defines "New Russia" and then check where the latest reports are from Russian troop locations--seems to be an exact match.

He used the argument that the Crimea was given away by a former Communist leader to the Ukraine thus the need to "bring it back to Russia"---the regions he mentions in this comment were also given to the Ukraine in the early 1920s by the then soviet Communist leaders as well---which means Stalin.

Seems Putin is attempting to rebalance historical decisions made by former Soviet Communist leaders even including Stalin.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bxj_bVNIQAAvn4X.png:large

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Even more Russian SF/GRU units now inside the eastern Ukraine:

Russian Southern MD 22nd Independent Guards Spetsnaz Brigade (obrSpN) of GRU ID'd in Ukraine.

http://burkonews.info/22nd-independe...ating-ukraine/

pic.twitter.com/pdZQP6LpGc

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There has been some massive critique of the OSCE ie greatly influenced if not under the control of Russia--one will notice that every time Russia gets in a bind it wants the OSCE involved ie as monitors to prove no one was crossing their border to the Ukraine.

Yesterday as an example---over 20 hours of constant BM21/27 rocket fire and six hours of artillery fire in Donetsk and this is the SMM report for the day.

See any problems with the OSCE monitors if this is all they produce?

https://twitter.com/MiddleEast_BRK/s...311809/photo/1

Then this came over the net today as well concerning the SMM.

Dear @OSCE_SMM,
get out of the streets and find a computer.
Switch on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-fBgVXH7Bo …
I hear 5 shells in 30 seconds.
Not in 1 day.

Then the constant Russia charges against the Ukraine in the OSCE especially in one then compares the SMM reporting.

From Interfax today:

18:37 OSCE gets evidence Kyiv is guilty of violating ceasefire - Russia's OSCE ambassador

This is counter to the constant reporting over the weekend from on the ground journalists and the Ukrainian reports of over 40 attacks on their troops via rockets and artillery.

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Seems that "former vacationing Russian airborne troops" were the ones leading the fighting in the Luhansk region.

Really seems that the FSB has lost control over the opsec side.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/former-rus...6.html#uThdkNE

Interesting portion of the article especially the last sentence concerning Putin:

But a Reuters reporter travelling from Donetsk to Luhansk on a rebel-controlled road on Sunday went through 14 roadblocks, mainly manned by men in the Russian paratroopers' trademark blue berets and undershirts with horizontal blue and white stripes.

"There are no Russian troops here; Russian citizens take part, this is not banned by law," Yakut says. "But there were no Russian troops here, there aren't any and there won't be until the Russian president makes any such decision."