On Tuesday 31 January, 2017, I wrote that,
"As reported by David Smith,
"Donald Trump attempted to put up a united front with key ally Theresa May on Friday [27th January 2017] but stopped short of endorsing her commitment to continued sanctions on Russia." (The Guardian : Friday 27 January 2017) (my emphasis)
....
The following day [28th January 2017] we had the most anticipated phone call between Trump and Putin take place, a call that lasted for 50 minutes.
......
Why would Putin have his soldiers and rebel proxies in eastern Ukraine (Donbas) suddenly unleash tête-à-tête?
Is this why Trump deliberately stopped short of endorsing [Teresa May's] commitment to continued sanctions against
Russia, irrespective of the threat of John McCaine to codify these sanctions into US law?
Is Putin setting up Trump to be the knight in shining armour that will end the war between Russia and Ukraine in the Donbas and, in return, have the sanctions against Russia, himself, and his 'siloviki' clique, lifted?" (blog : 31 January,2017)
Fast foreward to 2nd July 2017, 6 days before Trump and Putin will be meeting at the G20 summit in Germany.
As UNIAN now reports,
"Russia's Lavrov [FINALLY!] admits that Russia is at war with Ukraine in the Donbas region," investigative journalist, reporter and Russian media monitor and analyst Julia Davis wrote on Twitter." (my emphasis)
And as in the case of of Putin unleashing his Russian soldiers against Ukrainian forces in the Donbas just prior to his 50 minute tête-à-tête call with Trump [28th January 2017] , UNIAN also reports that,
"Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 15 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters." (UNIAN : 5 July, 2017) (my emphasis)
These attacks follow a series of viscious attacks that started two weeks ago, as reported by LiveUAmap .
Is Lavrov's admission that Putin IS at war with Ukraine a prelude to Putin now giving Trump the 'go-ahead' to ask him to 'end his war with Ukraine', thus wrong-footing both Angela Merkel and Macron?
Is Putin setting up Trump to be the knight in shining armour that will end the war between Russia and Ukraine in the Donbas and, in return, have the sanctions against Russia, himself, and his 'siloviki' clique, lifted?"
Both Putin and Trump desperately need to stymie the US Senate and Congressional hearings into just how Putin helped him into the White House.
Already Republicans in both the US Senate and the Congress are ramping up their attacks against the Christopher Steele dossier, which they are now desperately trying to argue, set off the FBI investigation into Putin's gross interference in the 2016 US presidential elections.
It would now seem that the scarlet thread of Maidan has also ensnared Republicans in the US Senate and Congress, and this will add to Putin's 'charm offensive' against Donald Trump when they privately waltz together at to-morrow's G20 Summit in Germany.
Will Trump, and US Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassley (right: Grassley and Graham) now form the Republican triumvirate that will throw Ukraine under the bus as payback to Putin and his kleptocratic 'siloviki' in the Kremlin for getting Trump elected to the White House?
(to be continued)
"As reported by David Smith,
"Donald Trump attempted to put up a united front with key ally Theresa May on Friday [27th January 2017] but stopped short of endorsing her commitment to continued sanctions on Russia." (The Guardian : Friday 27 January 2017) (my emphasis)
....
The following day [28th January 2017] we had the most anticipated phone call between Trump and Putin take place, a call that lasted for 50 minutes.
......
Why would Putin have his soldiers and rebel proxies in eastern Ukraine (Donbas) suddenly unleash tête-à-tête?
Is Putin setting up Trump to be the knight in shining armour that will end the war between Russia and Ukraine in the Donbas and, in return, have the sanctions against Russia, himself, and his 'siloviki' clique, lifted?" (blog : 31 January,2017)
Fast foreward to 2nd July 2017, 6 days before Trump and Putin will be meeting at the G20 summit in Germany.
As UNIAN now reports,
02 July 2017
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/2006424-lavrov-on-donbas-war-i-heard-criticism-of-our-decision-to-join-the-fight.html
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/2006424-lavrov-on-donbas-war-i-heard-criticism-of-our-decision-to-join-the-fight.html
02 July 2017
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/2006424-lavrov-on-donbas-war-i-heard-criticism-of-our-decision-to-join-the-fight.html
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/2006424-lavrov-on-donbas-war-i-heard-criticism-of-our-decision-to-join-the-fight.html
02 July 2017
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/2006424-lavrov-on-donbas-war-i-heard-criticism-of-our-decision-to-join-the-fight.html
Read more on UNIAN: https://www.unian.info/politics/2006424-lavrov-on-donbas-war-i-heard-criticism-of-our-decision-to-join-the-fight.html
"Russia's Lavrov [FINALLY!] admits that Russia is at war with Ukraine in the Donbas region," investigative journalist, reporter and Russian media monitor and analyst Julia Davis wrote on Twitter." (my emphasis)
And as in the case of of Putin unleashing his Russian soldiers against Ukrainian forces in the Donbas just prior to his 50 minute tête-à-tête call with Trump [28th January 2017] , UNIAN also reports that,
"Russia's hybrid military forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in Donbas 15 times in the past 24 hours, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters." (UNIAN : 5 July, 2017) (my emphasis)These attacks follow a series of viscious attacks that started two weeks ago, as reported by LiveUAmap .
Is Lavrov's admission that Putin IS at war with Ukraine a prelude to Putin now giving Trump the 'go-ahead' to ask him to 'end his war with Ukraine', thus wrong-footing both Angela Merkel and Macron?
Is Putin setting up Trump to be the knight in shining armour that will end the war between Russia and Ukraine in the Donbas and, in return, have the sanctions against Russia, himself, and his 'siloviki' clique, lifted?"
(MSNBC 5th July, 2017)
Both Putin and Trump desperately need to stymie the US Senate and Congressional hearings into just how Putin helped him into the White House.
Already Republicans in both the US Senate and the Congress are ramping up their attacks against the Christopher Steele dossier, which they are now desperately trying to argue, set off the FBI investigation into Putin's gross interference in the 2016 US presidential elections.
(MSNBC: 29th June, 2017)
It would now seem that the scarlet thread of Maidan has also ensnared Republicans in the US Senate and Congress, and this will add to Putin's 'charm offensive' against Donald Trump when they privately waltz together at to-morrow's G20 Summit in Germany.
Will Trump, and US Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Chuck Grassley (right: Grassley and Graham) now form the Republican triumvirate that will throw Ukraine under the bus as payback to Putin and his kleptocratic 'siloviki' in the Kremlin for getting Trump elected to the White House?
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