A Town Called Malus wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:



Also, this article just came up on RT.
It made me go:
http://rt.com/news/185688-mrs-america-pageant-crimea-russia/

Just be prepared for the contestants who show up to be a bit more muscular than the pictures shown. And sporting facial hair. And wielding assault rifles.

 Iron_Captain wrote:

The second option consists of nuclear weapons, but as these have never yet been tested on Australians..

RT wrote:Sunday, September 7

07:26 GMT:

Ukrainian forces are concentrating a large number of troops and military hardware near Gorlovka, some 47 kilometers from the city of Donetsk, reports the RIA news agency citing local militia’s headquarters. A long convoy of military vehicles is moving on the road connecting Mironovka and Debaltsevo settlements.

Self-defense militia forces intel has information that the Ukrainian troops concentrated near Donetsk possess at least 47 tanks, 15 Shilka armored self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicles, 7 Tochka-U (NATO designation – Scarab) tactical ballistic missile complexes, 6 Grad multiple rocket launch complexes and one Smerch heavy multiple rocket launcher.

There have been reports about skirmishes near Donetsk international airport, where a group of armed men of unknown national identity has been holed up for quite a time.

 Iron_Captain wrote:


Let us really hope the ceasefire holds, it is not looking good.

 Ketara wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:


Let us really hope the ceasefire holds, it is not looking good.

There's a ceasefire? Someone might want to tell the Russians bombarding Mariupol that.

 motyak wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
[China]'d be facing the external threats of ...Australia

Haha oh you. I mean I love our Diggers (the ones who aren't scum), but we have an army of 1 regiment. And then the SF.

I'm aware we have armour etc too, but I'm only counting the RAR here

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:


So what you're saying is that a large proportion of your armed forces is made up of special forces?

 Sigvatr wrote:

 Ketara wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:


Let us really hope the ceasefire holds, it is not looking good.

There's a ceasefire? Someone might want to tell the Russians bombarding Mariupol that.

Clearly, the artillery shells are on vacation and not official Russian shells.

 Iron_Captain wrote:

 BaronIveagh wrote:

 motyak wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:
[China]'d be facing the external threats of ...Australia

Haha oh you. I mean I love our Diggers (the ones who aren't scum), but we have an army of 1 regiment. And then the SF.

I'm aware we have armour etc too, but I'm only counting the RAR here

Deprive them of beer and women, tell them it's China's fault, and in two weeks they will ride into Beijing on twenty five foot salt water crocs duel wielding browning heavy machine-guns, ending what historians will call the bloodiest war in the history of Asia.

I repeat my previous proposition of building a huge wall around Australia. For many reasons, including a natural environment that makes Catachan look like holiday resort and a population descended from criminals, Australia is the most dangerous thing on earth and a threat to human life everywhere. We can't just sit back and rely on the ocean that seperates Australia from the rest of the world to keep us safe. Australians are devious and cunning, and their poisonous pets even more so. They will find ways of crossing that ocean in order to visit death and destruction upon the unsuspecting, innocent world. Clearly the best option is to build huge wall and quarantaine the entire area. New Zealand will be turned into a highly secret testing area where we will unleash a small number of Australians so that we may observe their behaviour and learn new ways of fighting them and preventing contamination.
The second option consists of nuclear weapons, but as these have never yet been tested on Australians, it may be entirely possible that Australians are capable of surviving a nuclear bombardment. Therefore this method is deemed insecure and potentially dangerous, as the radiation may mutate the Australians into Super-Australians (Crikey!).
It does save us from having to get near Australia to build a wall though.


Also, this article just came up on RT.
It made me go:
http://rt.com/news/185688-mrs-america-pageant-crimea-russia/

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:

 Ketara wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:


Let us really hope the ceasefire holds, it is not looking good.

There's a ceasefire? Someone might want to tell the Russians bombarding Mariupol that.

Clearly, the artillery shells are on vacation and not official Russian shells.

Can't you see that the evil Ukrainians did it! They infiltrated their artillery into a rebel held area/Russia land, set up, and fired on their own cities to make the Russians and rebels look bad!!!!

 Iron_Captain wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:

 Ketara wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:


Let us really hope the ceasefire holds, it is not looking good.

There's a ceasefire? Someone might want to tell the Russians bombarding Mariupol that.

Clearly, the artillery shells are on vacation and not official Russian shells.

Can't you see that the evil Ukrainians did it! They infiltrated their artillery into a rebel held area/Russia land, set up, and fired on their own cities to make the Russians and rebels look bad!!!!

So... when someone is bombing an Ukrainian city it must automatically be the Russians? Try and tell the people of Donetsk and Luhansk that.

 AlmightyWalrus wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:

 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 Sigvatr wrote:

 Ketara wrote:

 Iron_Captain wrote:


Let us really hope the ceasefire holds, it is not looking good.

There's a ceasefire? Someone might want to tell the Russians bombarding Mariupol that.

Clearly, the artillery shells are on vacation and not official Russian shells.

Can't you see that the evil Ukrainians did it! They infiltrated their artillery into a rebel held area/Russia land, set up, and fired on their own cities to make the Russians and rebels look bad!!!!

So... when someone is bombing an Ukrainian city it must automatically be the Russians? Try and tell the people of Donetsk and Luhansk that.

Aren't those part of the People's Republic of Donetsk?

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

...in which case they're carrying out an aerial bombing campaign on their own cities and citizens...

 MrDwhitey wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/2fskug/russia_reopens_criminal_cases_against_lithuanians/

Just a bit of fun!

Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine have released 1,200 prisoners, President Petro Poroshenko has said.

The releases followed Friday's ceasefire deal, he said, which included an exchange of prisoners.

He was speaking during a visit to the strategic south-eastern port city of Mariupol, which has come under shelling from pro-Russian rebels in recent days.

Mr Poroshenko announced his arrival in a tweet: "Mariupol is Ukraine. We will not surrender this land to anyone."

Before the truce came into place, pro-Russian separatists made big gains in eastern Ukraine and seized territory a few miles outside Mariupol.

However, despite some sporadic shooting, the ceasefire appears to be holding.

Fighting in the east has killed some 2,600 people since April.

Russia has repeatedly denied accusations by Ukraine and the West that it has been sending troops into Donetsk and Luhansk regions to help the rebels, who want to establish an independent state.
Appeal for monitors

Mr Poroshenko said that "over the past four days, we have managed to secure the release of 1,200 of our captives", according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency,

The announcement came after a ceasefire was reached in Minsk, Belarus, in talks brokered by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

The negotiations involved former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, leaders of the pro-Russian rebels, and a Russian delegate.

Mr Poroshenko appealed on Monday for the OSCE to send representatives to areas where the ceasefire has been broken.

Also on Monday, EU officials called a fresh meeting on imposing new sanctions against Moscow for 18:00 (16:00 GMT).

The meeting has been called at short notice after discussions failed to produce full agreement for the measures among all 28 member states, AFP reports.

Earlier an EU spokeswoman had said new sanctions against Russia would be adopted shortly and take effect on Tuesday.

But an EU spokeswoman said the sanctions would be "reversible", depending on the situation in Ukraine.

Major state-owned oil firms including Rosneft are on the new EU sanctions list, but gas is not affected, diplomats say. US sanctions already target Rosneft.

Russia has warned that it could block international flights through its airspace if the EU goes ahead with new measures.

 -Shrike- wrote:

 MrDwhitey wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/2fskug/russia_reopens_criminal_cases_against_lithuanians/

Just a bit of fun!

This is completely unrelated to the topic at hand, i.e. the crisis in Ukraine. Why did you bother posting it in this thread?

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 -Shrike- wrote:

 MrDwhitey wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/2fskug/russia_reopens_criminal_cases_against_lithuanians/

Just a bit of fun!

This is completely unrelated to the topic at hand, i.e. the crisis in Ukraine. Why did you bother posting it in this thread?

Also, apparently one of the people in charge of the executions is currently the "deputy prime minister" of the Donetsk place.

Also worth noting that the head of OMON in Riga at the time was none other than Vladimir Antyufeyev, who was not only the driving force behind the failed pro-Soviet coup in Lithuania in 1991, but was also heavily involved in Transdniestr and is now deputy Prim Minister of the "People's Republic of Donetsk".

 MrDwhitey wrote:

 A Town Called Malus wrote:

 -Shrike- wrote:

 MrDwhitey wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/2fskug/russia_reopens_criminal_cases_against_lithuanians/

Just a bit of fun!

This is completely unrelated to the topic at hand, i.e. the crisis in Ukraine. Why did you bother posting it in this thread?

Also, apparently one of the people in charge of the executions is currently the "deputy prime minister" of the Donetsk place.

Man, should've posted that too in my list:

Also worth noting that the head of OMON in Riga at the time was none other than Vladimir Antyufeyev, who was not only the driving force behind the failed pro-Soviet coup in Lithuania in 1991, but was also heavily involved in Transdniestr and is now deputy Prim Minister of the "People's Republic of Donetsk".

 -Shrike- wrote:

 MrDwhitey wrote:
http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/2fskug/russia_reopens_criminal_cases_against_lithuanians/

Just a bit of fun!

This is completely unrelated to the topic at hand, i.e. the crisis in Ukraine. Why did you bother posting it in this thread?

elotar wrote:

 Shadow Captain Edithae wrote:

...in which case they're carrying out an aerial bombing campaign on their own cities and citizens...

How many instances of information about deliberate aerial attacks on civilian occupied buildings by ukraine forces, confirmed by any trusted source (not RT or DNR spokesmen), can you show me? It must be easy for "aerial bombing campaign".

I haven't seen any, but, maybe, I'm missing something.

Also worth noting that the head of OMON in Riga at the time was none other than Vladimir Antyufeyev, who was not only the driving force behind the failed pro-Soviet coup in Lithuania in 1991, but was also heavily involved in Transdniestr and is now deputy Prim Minister of the "People's Republic of Donetsk".

 -Shrike- wrote:
... although I should point this out:

Also worth noting that the head of OMON in Riga at the time was none other than Vladimir Antyufeyev, who was not only the driving force behind the failed pro-Soviet coup in Lithuania in 1991, but was also heavily involved in Transdniestr and is now deputy Prim Minister of the "People's Republic of Donetsk".

Wrong country, apparently it was Latvia.