Ukraine Protests

[Grand Vol]

Russia says intercepted US drone over Crimea

I just checked the page the article said the picture was on, nothing there:

Rostec

and original Russian version:

??????

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

I just checked the page the article said the picture was on, nothing there:

Rostec

and original Russian version:

??????

Say what??? The link works for me.

 

[volprof]

Say what??? The link works for me.

Did you actually read the article you posted, or are you just joking? Or, better yet, are you just "Rasputining"?

 

[TVOLS]

The bear (putin) should make a video of him pretending to fly it around a field or airport with a RC controller.

 

[Grand Vol]

Say what??? The link works for me.

Yes, the link works. And the original link stated the site I posted had the pictures on it. Which it does not.

 

[vol4eva]

The Pentagon denied the reports of the downed MQ-5.

 

[volprof]

The bear (putin) should make a video of him pretending to fly it around a field or airport with a RC controller.

With his shirt off. A siberian tiger will be in the background. And Putin will be offering a most magnificently manly duckface.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWkfpGCAAuw[/youtube]

 

[Velo Vol]

[youtube]

What is the point of this video?

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

What is the point of this video?

Heavy US involvement in the Ukrainian crisis. Crimea using the democratic process to determine their destiny is frowned on by the US, yet the overthrow of the rightfully elected president in Ukraine is OK. And don't just pin this on Obama. Neo-cons like McCain are also involved.

 

[Burhead]

Heavy US involvement in the Ukrainian crisis. Crimea using the democratic process to determine their destiny is frowned on by the US, yet the overthrow of the rightfully elected president in Ukraine is OK. And don't just pin this on Obama. Neo-cons like McCain are also involved.

If by "democratic process" you mean Russian military intimidation and suppression, than yes, the process is fully democratic. *Insert eye roll here*

 

[Toujours Pret]

Russia says intercepted US drone over Crimea

The drone operator in Florida should get a Silver Star like Francis Gary Powers did. A true hero.

 

[volprof]

I like turtles.

 

[Velo Vol]

Heavy US involvement in the Ukrainian crisis.

That's not really what it said. It said the US is supporting the uprising/interim government despite knowing it involves some shady figures.

Crimea using the democratic process to determine their destiny is frowned on by the US, yet the overthrow of the rightfully elected president in Ukraine is OK.

LOL

At the end the narrator jumped into something about a war, but I didn't follow. Nor did I see the connection to the first 80% of the video.

 

[volprof]

I'm watching "A Christmas Story" right now. Little Orphan Annie is messing this all up.

 

[Velo Vol]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Dk2emDU0o[/youtube]

 

[Grand Vol]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/V9Dk2emDU0o[/youtube]

Vice has some of the best on scene reporting so far in this. You can really get a feel for what's going on from the ground level with their reports.

 

[Coug]

http://www.youtube.com/embed/V9Dk2emDU0o

That old man at the end was awesome. Probably the smartest guy standing out there. He was in the soviet army and even he doesn't want anything to do with the referendum.

 

[Velo Vol]

Vice has some of the best on scene reporting so far in this. You can really get a feel for what's going on from the ground level with their reports.

Vice goes to war - NY Daily News

“CNN is a disaster. It’s spiraling into s---,” Smith said in an interview with the Daily News last week. “They are trying to young it down, but everything they do is a f---ing disaster. But what’s bad for CNN is good for me.”

If CNN was doing a better job taking viewers into the flashpoints of global conflict, Smith explained, Vice would have stuck to its bread-and-butter stories about “rare denim, cocaine and supermodels.”

 

[Grand Vol]

Vice goes to war - NY Daily News

Meh, I trust CNN, Fox, CBS, etc to give the big picture of what's going on. But if you want to get the mood on the street and what the people are doing from both perspectives, the Vice reports are the way to go.

 

[Burhead]

The Russians have made their first moves outside of Crimea today in Kherson.

 

[Burhead]

Ukranian News - Ukrainian Military Press Back Russian Assault From Township Strilkove, Kherson Region

 

[Burhead]

Ukraine says Russian forces move outside Crimea - The Washington Post

 

[volprof]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/V9Dk2emDU0o[/youtube]

Thanks for posting, Velo. That particular reporter has been doing a great job over there. CNN has him on some. If I'm not mistaken, he's also the reporter who sneaked into the Ukrainian military base in Crimea to interview Ukrainian military.

Regarding the video, it never ceases to amaze me how one's ethnic/cultural identity can completely cloud their judgment. Obviously, not everyone on the video was irrational, but many of them were. In particular, that one trash hat who basically insulted the elderly gentleman at the end of the video. What a dick that guy was, calling the man a "provocateur."

On another note, I know their history is not one of peaceful cultural interrelations, but I've always had a certain fondness for Cossack headgear.

 

[Velo Vol]

Ukranian News - Ukrainian Military Press Back Russian Assault From Township Strilkove, Kherson Region

As discussed above, it may be difficult to maintain a "sovereign" Crimea without cooperation of the Ukrainian territory to the north.

Wiki says that there's only 15 % Russians in Kherson Oblast. I wonder what kind of support they have there.