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Ukraine

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:39 am
by Donald
So is anyone keeping up to date with this?

Livestreams: http://channel9000.net/

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Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:19 pm
by indigolemon
Yes, the whole thing is mad :(

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:23 pm
by Lude-dude
the violence is about Ukraine not joining the EU?

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:41 pm
by Donald
Very basically:

Ukrainian government decides not to sign association agreement with EU.
Opposition get pissed.
People get pissed.
The President is openly pro-Russian so this makes the people even more mad.
People start occupying Maidan.
Protests slowly change from pro-EU to openly anti-government.
Protesters demand resignation of government and Yanukovych.

Lot of US-Russia chess pieces being moved behind the scenes I imagine. No oil but the US doesn't want Russia to have Ukraine. Russia has to wait til the Olympics are over. Ukrainian president is in Putin's pocket.

It's pretty crazy. The snipers are in, head/neck/chest one shot kills on a lot of the protestors, a lot of others being shot.

http://news.sky.com/story/1214512/polic ... protesters


(There is a content warning on that video, so maybe NSFW? Not sure, it's news so...)

It's not just Kiev, but it seems to be the focus.

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 12:59 pm
by Donald
US meddling, "drokk the EU":



Very annoying how the woman can't pronounce Klitschko properly.

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:13 pm
by Thebusofwoe
The fecking catapult's :shock:. That's completely crazy!! :o

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:17 pm
by Donald
That's not the crazy part :?

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:18 pm
by Thebusofwoe
I'm sorry, i ment the whole situation is crazy, not just the equipment :lol:

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:34 pm
by rob quilter
Shocking. Live how barely any of this hasn't made the mainstream news.

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 1:40 pm
by NafemanNathan
Wish I hadn't watched that. What is happening to this world?! This is why I don't like to watch the news. I can remain quite content in my own little bubble.