Ukraine Crisis

[Middle-aged Europe]

And here's an English link:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-15/ukraine-says-it-destroyed-part-of-armed-vehicles-from-russia.html

[Middle-aged Europe]

Russia has unilaterally moved its "humanitarian convoy" into ukraine. The chances of the war becoming official has gone way up. All it will take is for "ukrainians" to bomb it.

They already bombed another Russian convoy last week.

[Middle-aged Europe]

France continues to build warships for Russia, ExxonMobil starts drilling for oil in Sibiria, and the next FIFA World Cup is still going to take place in Russia.

It may be that Russia invaded Ukraine. On the other hand, there's still a whole lot of money to be made in Russia.

[Middle-aged Europe]

ingemann has made some legitimate points IMO.

Russia is on the defensive... or at least that's how Putin tends to see it. Since February 2014, Ukraine has a pro-Western government and it may never have a pro-Russian government again in the future. Invading Crimea and Donbass was a mere attempt at cutting the losses. From a Russian point of view, it's damage control.

Not that I agree with Russia's actions. I do think that they act like a bunch of paranoid jackasses.