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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 29-Aug-2014
29-Aug-14 World View -- Russia widens its invasion of Ukraine

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29-Aug-14 World View -- Russia widens its invasion of Ukraine

Canada's Nato delegation provides geography lesson to Russia

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Russia widens its invasion of Ukraine
Canada's Nato delegation provides geography lesson to Russia
Sister of Boston Marathon bomber arrested for bomb threat

Russia widens its invasion of Ukraine

Nato satellite imagery showing Russian military convoy well inside Ukraine territory

Nato satellite imagery showing Russian military convoy well inside Ukraine territory

Troops, tanks and weapons from Russia's army are pouring into Ukraine in support of anti-government militias in a new war front in the country's southeast. The initial Russian invasion conquered and annexed the peninsula of Crimea, which is insulated and extends south into the Black Sea. The annexation of Crimea has caused Russia economic problems, because there's no easy way to send supplies to Crimea. The apparent purpose of the new war front is apparently to annex addition Ukrainian sovereign territory in order to have control of a land bridge from Russia to Crimea. Having gone through many months of lies and evasions by Russian politicians and trolls, we can assume it's unlikely that Russia stop there.

Ukrainian anti-government militia leader Aleksandr Zakharchenko admits that there are 3-4,000 Russian citizens, including many soldiers, that have joined his militias in Ukraine. However, it's OK because they're "volunteers," according to Zakharchenko "There is no secret that among the volunteers from Russia there are many military men. They are fighting together with us because they understand that it’s their duty."

This is kind of nonsense that we're hearing from the Russian politicians, diplomats and trolls. It's as if a few thousand American soldiers drove columns of tanks and armored vehicles 50 miles south into Mexico and started killing people, but the Pentagon said, "It's OK. We didn't send them -- they're just volunteers."

According to Nato's Brigadier General Niko Tak:

"Over the past two weeks we have noted a significant escalation in both the level and sophistication of Russia's military interference in Ukraine. The satellite images released today provide additional evidence that Russian combat soldiers, equipped with sophisticated heavy weaponry, are operating inside Ukraine's sovereign territory.
These latest images provide concrete examples of Russian activity inside Ukraine, but are only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the overall scope of Russian troop and weapons movements.
We have also detected large quantities of advanced weapons, including air defense systems, artillery, tanks, and armored personnel carriers being transferred to separatist forces in Eastern Ukraine. The presence of these weapons along with substantial numbers of Russian combat troops inside Ukraine make the situation increasingly grave."

Ukraine's government is calling it a "full-scale invasion," but Nato and the U.S. are calling it an "incursion," since calling it an "invasion" would imply a state of war.

In a press conference, President Barack Obama said:

"I just spoke with Chancellor Merkel of Germany on the situation in Ukraine. We agree, if there was ever any doubt, that Russia is responsible for the violence in eastern Ukraine. The violence is encouraged by Russia. The separatists are trained by Russia. They are armed by Russia. They are funded by Russia.
Russia has deliberately and repeatedly violated the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. And the new images of Russian forces inside Ukraine make that plain for the world to see. ...
I consider the actions that we've seen in the last week a continuation of what's been taking place for months now. As I said in my opening statement, there is no doubt that this is not a homegrown, indigenous uprising in eastern Ukraine. The separatists are backed, trained, armed, financed by Russia.
Throughout this process, we've seen deep Russian involvement in everything that they've done. I think in part because of the progress that you had seen by the Ukrainians around Donetsk and Luhansk, Russia determined that it had to be a little more overt in what it had already been doing, but it's not really a shift."

BBC and Russia Today and Nato and Washington Post

Canada's Nato delegation provides geography lesson to Russia

Canada's map of Russia and Ukraine for the Russians, because geography can be tough.

Canada's map of Russia and Ukraine for the Russians, because geography can be tough.

Ukraine's security service arrested 10 Russian soldiers who had crossed the border and were about 20 miles into Ukraine. Russian politicians, trolls and diplomats have been claiming that the Russian soldiers had crossed the border into Ukraine "by accident."

Canada's Nato delegation felt bad for the Russians, and wanted to help them out, as kind of an educational thing. To help the Russians, they tweeted:

"Geography can be tough. Here’s a guide for Russian soldiers who keep getting lost & 'accidentally' entering."

and provided the helpful map shown above. Business Insider

Sister of Boston Marathon bomber arrested for bomb threat

The sister of 2013 Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was arrested in New York City on Wednesday, for threatening to blow up her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend. Ailina Tsarnaeva alleged phoned the ex-girlfriend and said, "Leave us alone. I know people who can put a bomb on you." The ex-girlfriend called police.

Nothing about ideology here. Just female hormones. New York Post

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