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In reply to the discussion: Peskov: Russia cannot persuade self-defense forces in east Ukraine to disarm [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,155 posts)6. Kremlin says it is weighing response to ‘thousands’ of pleas for help from Ukraine
The Kremlin is receiving thousands of calls for assistance from Russian speakers in eastern Ukraine, and it has not yet decided what to do, a spokesman said Saturday, as Ukrainian authorities continued to move to push back separatists who have taken over key cities in the region after Ukraine suffered its bloodiest day in nearly three months.
The Kremlins announcement came after weeks of declarations from Russian officials that if Russian-speakers in restive eastern Ukraine came under threat, they would consider intervening in a conflict that has left several cities in the hands of pro-Russian separatists. On Friday, nine people were killed when the Ukrainian army launched its first major assault on a rebel stronghold and 34 died in clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian mobs in the Black Sea port city of Odessa.
People are calling in despair, asking for help. The overwhelming majority demand Russian help, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told reporters Saturday. All these calls are reported to Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin, however, has not yet decided how to respond, Peskov said. This element is absolutely new to us, he said, according to the Interfax newswire service. He said that Russian authorities have lost their ability to influence pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and that they would not be able to resolve the increasingly violent situation alone.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/kremlin-says-it-is-weighing-response-to-thousands-of-pleas-for-help-from-ukraine/2014/05/03/da27fec6-d271-11e3-937f-d3026234b51c_story.html
The Kremlins announcement came after weeks of declarations from Russian officials that if Russian-speakers in restive eastern Ukraine came under threat, they would consider intervening in a conflict that has left several cities in the hands of pro-Russian separatists. On Friday, nine people were killed when the Ukrainian army launched its first major assault on a rebel stronghold and 34 died in clashes between pro-Ukrainian and pro-Russian mobs in the Black Sea port city of Odessa.
People are calling in despair, asking for help. The overwhelming majority demand Russian help, Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told reporters Saturday. All these calls are reported to Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin, however, has not yet decided how to respond, Peskov said. This element is absolutely new to us, he said, according to the Interfax newswire service. He said that Russian authorities have lost their ability to influence pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and that they would not be able to resolve the increasingly violent situation alone.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/kremlin-says-it-is-weighing-response-to-thousands-of-pleas-for-help-from-ukraine/2014/05/03/da27fec6-d271-11e3-937f-d3026234b51c_story.html
I think Putin would like to be Obi Wan Kenobi - "help us, Vladimir Vladmirovich Putin - you're our only hope!"
Russia Mocks Ukraine's Presidential Elections
Russia said Saturday it would be "ludicrous" to hold presidential elections in Ukraine amid the rising tension and growing violence in the country.
"After what happened in Odessa, against the background of the unwinding spiral of confrontation in the country's southeast, we do not understand what elections Kiev, European capitals and Washington are talking about," Xinhua quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.
He accused Ukrainian authorities of being "direct accomplices" in the events in Odessa, in which at least 46 people were killed and over 170 others injured when pro- and anti-government protestors clashed Friday, saying "their hands are full of blood".
http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/Russia-Mocks-Ukraines-Presidential-Elections/2014/05/03/article2203827.ece
Russia said Saturday it would be "ludicrous" to hold presidential elections in Ukraine amid the rising tension and growing violence in the country.
"After what happened in Odessa, against the background of the unwinding spiral of confrontation in the country's southeast, we do not understand what elections Kiev, European capitals and Washington are talking about," Xinhua quoted Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying.
He accused Ukrainian authorities of being "direct accomplices" in the events in Odessa, in which at least 46 people were killed and over 170 others injured when pro- and anti-government protestors clashed Friday, saying "their hands are full of blood".
http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/Russia-Mocks-Ukraines-Presidential-Elections/2014/05/03/article2203827.ece
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Peskov: Russia cannot persuade self-defense forces in east Ukraine to disarm [View all]
dipsydoodle
May 2014
OP
Since most of them are actually Russian, they should try ordering them back to their base.
7962
May 2014
#1
Yep, he's thinking like the past all right. But until someone stops him, it doesnt matter
7962
May 2014
#52
"Shooting back "Never said that." at a journalist isn't going to save you."
awoke_in_2003
May 2014
#57
Kremlin says it is weighing response to ‘thousands’ of pleas for help from Ukraine
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#6
One thing I would agree with Russia about is that elections in the next month can't mean anything
muriel_volestrangler
May 2014
#40
Russia should tell them "You're Ukrainian, and we're not going to annex you, so
TwilightGardener
May 2014
#7
Well, that's the interesting question: to what extent has the unrest in E. Ukraine been spontaneous?
bemildred
May 2014
#12
I think both sides are bluffing, though Putin is better placed to be doing that.
bemildred
May 2014
#33
Crossing the Border, Sir, Remains a Bigger Thing Than Deploying Troops Within One's Country
The Magistrate
May 2014
#58
Well, if you remember, Sir, that's what I said should happen after the Geneva agreement.
bemildred
May 2014
#59
What nonsense. You also insult the 8.7 million Red Army dead and their families.
stevenleser
May 2014
#61
"will run away just as their Nazi ally forebearers did when they encountered the Red Army."
EX500rider
May 2014
#62
Even Stalin's post war propaganda of the time didn't describe things that way
stevenleser
May 2014
#63
Keeping Bandera and other fascists leadership out of Soviet hands was not essential?
King_Rat
May 2014
#80
Did any of the responders to the OP actually read it, in the context of Ukrainian mobs burning
Fred Sanders
May 2014
#18
There is plenty of proof to show that both sides were violent and both sides lost people
davidpdx
May 2014
#56
It's pretty sad how blinded even so called liberals are by state propaganda.
SolutionisSolidarity
May 2014
#44
I thought it was funny. I think it's funny how all these folks showed up or reappeared at DU
okaawhatever
May 2014
#76
Nope. Advising and encouraging is not equivalent to armed invasion & annexation
stevenleser
May 2014
#67
Right, and after invading and annexing 3-5 territories in the last 15 years, if you believe that
stevenleser
May 2014
#68