Ukraine Revolt/Civil War News, Reports, Data, etc.

thunderchief said:

It is not a laughing matter, we have several wars going on, plus deadly terrorist attacks almost monthly . Not to mention hot spots like South China Sea . I would say that situation is pretty tense .

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thunderchief said:

There are certain factions that would want to wage war against Russia to the last Ukrainian . Indeed, there are reports of Ukrainian troops moving towards Crimea . Don't know what are they planning, but it doesn't look good .

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has unexpectedly dismissed his chief of staff Sergei Ivanov.

Mr Ivanov has been part of Mr Putin's trusted inner circle for many years.

The 63-year-old has now been made a special representative for environmental and transport issues.

A statement from the Kremlin said that Mr Putin had "decreed to relieve Ivanov of his duties as head of the Russian presidential administration", but gave no reason.

Mr Ivanov's deputy since 2012, Anton Vaino, has been appointed as his successor.

Mr Vaino, 44, is a former diplomat.

Born in the Estonian capital Tallinn in 1972, he graduated from the prestigious Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and served in the Tokyo embassy. Later he managed presidential protocol and government staff, the

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On being appointed, he told Mr Putin: "Thank you for your trust. I think the administration's most important task is to support your activity as head of state in terms of drafting laws and control over how your instructions are implemented."

Mr Putin told a Russian TV station on Friday that Mr Ivanov had asked to leave the post, and recommended that Mr Vaino should replace him.

This is a move that has mystified Moscow. Sergei Ivanov has long been one of Vladimir Putin's closest allies and, like him, served in the Soviet security service, the KGB.

As chief of staff he was one of the most powerful men in the country. In a meeting with President Putin shown on state television both men claimed that the chief of staff was stepping down at his own request.

But despite the smiles for the cameras, few here are convinced - especially now, just before parliamentary elections.

So is this the fall-out from some kind of power struggle? No-one knows yet. But the official claim - that a man once touted as a potential president, suddenly wanted to run Russia's environmental policy - has been met with great scepticism.

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In remarks to Mr Putin, quoted on the Kremlin website, Mr Ivanov said "it's true that in early 2012 I asked you, in a conversation, to entrust me with this very complicated post, even - you could say - troublesome post, for four years.

"Well, it turns out that I've been presidential chief of staff for four years and eight months."

Secret service ties
Mr Ivanov took up the post in December 2011. He served previously as a deputy prime minister and defence minister.

He is a member of the Russian Security Council and a former member of the KGB state security service, like Mr Putin.

In the late 1990s, when Mr Putin was head of the Federal Security Service (FSB), which replaced the KGB, Mr Ivanov was appointed as his deputy. When Mr Putin came to power,

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as one of the five people he trusted most.

It

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that Mr Ivanov might become president of Russia after Mr Putin's second term, as a third term for Mr Putin would have been unconstitutional.

But that post was taken by another close Putin ally,

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. Mr Putin became prime minister, before returning to the presidency just three-and-a-half years later.

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Jura said:

WW3 looming on the horizon again?
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by DefenseNews:
Russia claims it foiled Crimea 'terrorist attacks' by Ukraine

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Equation said:

Not WW3, ...

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nicky said:

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• first of all, great performance
• the song is "reconciling" I mean it doesn't contain any obvious "let's go to Kiev"
• missed local accent

In 2014, when there was shortage of everything, I met our foreign [Western] partners many times, and I kept reminding them about

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told them their help's needed. But they patted my shoulder, saying Hold up there, we'll exert influence on Russia using diplomatic means. They constantly asked me not to show the force, not to declare a mobilization, generally, 'not to provoke Russia'. They made very clear if Russian Army invaded [parts of Ukraine other than Crimea], they wouldn't help us militarily.

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Jan 11, 2015

Jura said: ↑
... I'll try to follow "small beer"
EDIT examples:

Separatists' Field Commander "Batman" and his bodyguard ambushed, killed:
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/uk...ws-reports-data-etc.t7103/page-35#post-321295

Separatists' Field Commander Mozgovoy survived the assassination attempt:
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/uk...ws-reports-data-etc.t7103/page-95#post-330503

Separatists' Field Commander Mozgovoy assassinated:
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/uk...s-reports-data-etc.t7103/page-110#post-342798

and this is from the older Ukraine-Thread (can't quote it directly):
Oct 15, 2014

... gazeta.ru informed about some rogue

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unit:

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Interestingly, their ataman (Павел Дремов according to gazeta.ru) seems to be the same Cossack who "openly accused Plotnicki of stealing THE HUMANITARIAN AID" ...
... Dryomov assassinated today:

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