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Buoyed by successes against the separatists over the past two months - and noting that the Russians have threatened an invasion in the region before without following through - Ukrainian commanders have pressed ahead with an offensive to drive the rebels from their stronghold in Donetsk in the east.
The army continued to fire artillery into the city nightly, and paramilitary groups raided outlying villages despite warnings from President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia that he could intervene at any time to protect Ukrainians who favor closer ties with his country. And the Ukrainians have flaunted their victories.Shelling populated centers and raiding villages far from its tenuous base of support, does not appear to be Kiev "defending itself," nor in line with the "international norms" frequently cited by Washington, London, and Brussels when justifying "humanitarian interventions" elsewhere throughout the world.
Senior U.S. intelligence officials said Tuesday that Russia was responsible for 'creating the conditions' that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement. ... the U.S. had no direct evidence that the missile used to shoot down the passenger jet came from Russia.Where were these words in the Post? You people are behaving like a rogue newspaper.
Comment: A calm dispassionate analysis of the Gaza massacres and the people who need to be tried for war crimes.