{"id":42542,"date":"2014-04-07T08:42:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=42542"},"modified":"2014-04-07T08:44:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:44:45","slug":"more-troubles-in-the-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=42542","title":{"rendered":"More Troubles in the Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the western portions of the Ukraine \u2013 which have historical ties to Poland and other nations to their west \u2013 remain quiet, the same isn\u2019t true for the Ukraine\u2019s eastern provinces.\u00a0 Those parts of the Ukraine have closer historical ties to Russia, and are becoming unruly.<\/p>\n

Pro-Russia protestors in Donetsk, Lugansk, and Kharkiv stormed Ukrainian government offices yesterday<\/a>, taking them over.\u00a0 In Lugansk, they freed a number of pro-Russian activists previously arrested by Ukrainian police for allegedly plotting to take over government buildings using \u201carms and explosives”.\u00a0\u00a0 In Kharkiv, police reportedly refused to stop protestors from entering government buildings in strength.<\/p>\n

Pro-Russia protestors in these regions have called for a referendum on rejoining Russia similar to that held in the Crimea when the Ukraine holds snap Presidential elections in late may.\u00a0 Those regions also were strong supporters of the now-deposed former President of the Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure our \u201cnuanced and astute\u201d POTUS and SECSTATE have something uniquely effective planned in the event that the eastern Ukraine tries to break away from the central\/western Ukraine and rejoin Russia.\u00a0 After all, their response to the situation in Crimea last month was as effective King Canute\u2019s orders to the tide.<\/p>\n

Yeah, it looks like this one could get . . . pretty interesting before it calms down.\u00a0 Might want to stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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