Ukrainian Digest

~ Clarissa

The anti-terrorist operation in Ukraine drags on. The problem is that Ukrainian soldiers can’t approach the border with Russia without getting massively shelled from the Russian territory. They obviously can’t fire a single shot back because this will give Russia an excuse to invade openly without hiding behind the pretext of “separatists in Ukraine.” And if the Ukrainians can’t approach the border, they can’t stem the heavy tide of sophisticated weaponry and resources crossing over from Russia all day long.

In the meanwhile, the EU has issued a new round of “sanctions” that have all of Russia in a fit of uproarious laughter. What the EU has been doing in order to simulate efforts to discipline Russia was choose a list of inconsequential individuals who have never exhibited any interest in visiting the EU and prohibit such visits to them. Things would have been much better without these public displays of impotence on EU’s part.

Russia is accusing the US of bringing down flight 17, and the really intensely brainless among the Americans and Western Europeans are actually buying into the story.

The “leader of Ukrainian separatists” Strelkov-Girkin, who is neither Ukrainian nor a separatist, seems to be one of the animals who participated in the ethnic cleansing of Bosnian Muslims in Yugoslavia.

I keep seeing articles telling me that the Kremlin is panicking, terrified of what it has done. This is nothing but wishful thinking with a soupçon of projection. There is no evidence that the mood in the Kremlin is anything but triumphant.

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    1. Yes, I’ve read it. It is as weird in Russian as it is in English. Sorokin (the author) is a famous writer in Russia. He is considered a post-modernist. Of course, he is signally lacking in any literary talent. If you jump into postmodernism straight from social realism, the result is always going to be pretty bad.

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  2. That reminds me of those who adopt the position of the current moral decrepitude:

    “There are two sides to every story, so both of them must be right.”

    Russia is accusing the US of bringing down flight 17, and the really intensely brainless among the Americans and Western Europeans are actually buying into the story.

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  4. I can’t believe anyone would believe that the United States brought that plane down. I haven’t heard anything like that. I don’t know that the Kremlin is triumphant over the shoot down however. I think the evidence points to it being a mistake – that is to say they didn’t want to bring down an airliner full of civilians, that had nothing to do with Ukraine.

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    1. I’ve definitely come across the theory, probably put forth by paid comment spammers. And the Putin government’s modus operandi is to agressively deny wrongdoing no matter how clear the evidence.

      My best guess (which is hardly original) with all the evidence is that it was an accident by the Russian controlled non-Ukrainian “separatists” (they didn’t mean to shoot down a civilian plane but they’re not about to let that little mistake change their plans or stop their invasion by stealth). The disgraceful behavior of the locals picking through the wreckage for booty makes me wonder why Ukraine wants such people as citizens, but I do understand the idea of precedents.

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      1. “I’ve definitely come across the theory, probably put forth by paid comment spammers.”

        – In Russia it’s being discussed a lot. But there are some gullible Canadians, as well. Khm, khm.

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        1. ” I love the typical “conspiracy sounding voice guy” doing the narrative.”

          – Exactly!! Is it the same guy every single time in these videos? Or – and that is even more disturbing – is there a whole group of them?

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