{"id":45069,"date":"2014-04-27T12:04:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T16:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=45069"},"modified":"2014-04-27T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T16:04:08","slug":"nato-observers-detained-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=45069","title":{"rendered":"NATO observers detained in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that two NATO observers have been detained in the eastern Ukraine and declared spies by the pro-Russian government there;<\/p>\n

Vyacheslav Ponomarev, self-proclaimed people\u2019s mayor of Slovyansk, described the detained observers as \u201ccaptives\u201d and said that they were officers from NATO member states.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we found maps on them containing information about the location of our checkpoints, we get the impression that they are officers carrying out a certain spying mission,\u201d Ponomarev said.<\/p>\n

The German-led, eight-member team was traveling under the auspices of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe when they were detained. Germany\u2019s Defense Ministry said it had had lost contact with the team, which it said also included five Ukrainians.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, this is going well. Speaking of going well, The Washington Times<\/a> reports that the Obama Administration is planning a new round of sanctions targeting the Russians for their actions in the Ukraine, you know, because the first two rounds of sanctions worked so well;<\/p>\n

Tony Blinken, deputy national security adviser at the White House, said Sunday that the administration is placing a new round of sanctions on Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to be deliberate about it,\u201d he said on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d \u201cThere are lot of things going on around him, people who matter to him, who will be affected by these sanctions, but more than that it\u2019s the Russian economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Blinken also said he believes public sentiment among Russians will soon turn against the Ukraine, now that the nationalism that immediately followed the invasion has waned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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