It is reported by RFE/RL that,
"NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has affirmed the alliance's "unwavering support" for Ukraine's territorial integrity and has called on Russia to remove its "thousands of soldiers from Ukraine and stop supporting the militants with command-and-control and military equipment." (RFERL :
Andrew Rettman reported that,
"“Today it has been emphasised that we should start a discussion about
establishing a membership action plan [MAP] and our proposals … were
accepted with understanding”, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko told
press after meeting Nato head Jens Stoltenberg in Kiev on Monday (10
July)." (EU Observer : 11 July,2017) (my emphasis)
As to be expected,
"Russia has warned if the Ukraine joins NATO any attempt at peace in the region could be threatened.
...
Russia [Putin], deeply opposed to enlargement of NATO toward its borders, weighed in quickly, saying the prospect of NATO membership for Ukraine would not promote stability and security in Europe" (Katie Mansfield (left): Express : Tue, Jul 11, 2017) (my emphasis)
Further agitating Putin, Andrew Rettman and Eric Maurice report that,
"Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko will celebrate ever-closer Western
ties with EU officials in Kiev on Wednesday (12 July) amid a backdrop of
ongoing Russian aggression.
Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker, representing the European Council and European Commission, will hand Poroshenko a letter notifying Ukraine that the EU has completed ratification of a political and trade pact." (EU Observer : 12 July, 2017) (my emphasis) (cf also: European Commission)
What Putin has dreaded since bribing former Ukrainian president Yanukovych, now living with his stolen billions from the Ukrainian people in Putin's Russia, not to sign a political and trade pact with the EU in 2013, has now finally being signed by Poroshenko.
As reported in 2013 by Ian Traynor and Oksana Grytsenko,
"Ukraine has abruptly ditched its plans to sign a historic pact with the European Union aimed at shifting the country out of the Kremlin's orbit.
The decision handed victory to President Vladimir Putin in the increasingly vicious tug of war between Russia and the west for Ukraine's future, and looked like turning a special EU summit next week focused on Ukraine into a debacle." (The Guardian : Thursday 21 November 2013) (my emphasis)
That action of Yanukovych, which ultimately led to his downfall as the Ukrainian people gathered in protest at Maidan, and which subsequently led to Yanukovych fleeing Ukraine into the protective arms of Putin, precipitated Putin's subsequent annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, and his ongoing war with Ukraine in the Donbas.
What Maidan also led to was the the instituting of sanctions by the US and the EU against Putin and his 'kleptocratic siloviki'; sanctions that have become a millstone around the economic neck of Putin.
To try and rid himself of those sanctions, Putin embarked on an ambitious plan to surreptitiously help Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential elections.
Unfortunately for Putin, just as his plan to prevent Ukraine from signing an economic and political pact with the EU has failed miserably, so too is his surreptitious aiding and abbeting of the Trump team during the 2016 US presidential elections, that ultimately led to Trump now occupying the White House, beginning to unravel at a speed that simply makes one's head spin.
The White House itself is now beginning to unravel.
(To be continued)
"NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has affirmed the alliance's "unwavering support" for Ukraine's territorial integrity and has called on Russia to remove its "thousands of soldiers from Ukraine and stop supporting the militants with command-and-control and military equipment." (RFERL :
Andrew Rettman reported that,
"“Today it has been emphasised that we should start a discussion about
establishing a membership action plan [MAP] and our proposals … were
accepted with understanding”, Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko told
press after meeting Nato head Jens Stoltenberg in Kiev on Monday (10
July)." (EU Observer : 11 July,2017) (my emphasis)As to be expected,
"Russia has warned if the Ukraine joins NATO any attempt at peace in the region could be threatened. ...
Russia [Putin], deeply opposed to enlargement of NATO toward its borders, weighed in quickly, saying the prospect of NATO membership for Ukraine would not promote stability and security in Europe" (Katie Mansfield (left): Express : Tue, Jul 11, 2017) (my emphasis) Further agitating Putin, Andrew Rettman and Eric Maurice report that,
"Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko will celebrate ever-closer Western
ties with EU officials in Kiev on Wednesday (12 July) amid a backdrop of
ongoing Russian aggression.Donald Tusk and Jean-Claude Juncker, representing the European Council and European Commission, will hand Poroshenko a letter notifying Ukraine that the EU has completed ratification of a political and trade pact." (EU Observer : 12 July, 2017) (my emphasis) (cf also: European Commission)
What Putin has dreaded since bribing former Ukrainian president Yanukovych, now living with his stolen billions from the Ukrainian people in Putin's Russia, not to sign a political and trade pact with the EU in 2013, has now finally being signed by Poroshenko.As reported in 2013 by Ian Traynor and Oksana Grytsenko,
"Ukraine has abruptly ditched its plans to sign a historic pact with the European Union aimed at shifting the country out of the Kremlin's orbit.
The decision handed victory to President Vladimir Putin in the increasingly vicious tug of war between Russia and the west for Ukraine's future, and looked like turning a special EU summit next week focused on Ukraine into a debacle." (The Guardian : Thursday 21 November 2013) (my emphasis)
That action of Yanukovych, which ultimately led to his downfall as the Ukrainian people gathered in protest at Maidan, and which subsequently led to Yanukovych fleeing Ukraine into the protective arms of Putin, precipitated Putin's subsequent annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, and his ongoing war with Ukraine in the Donbas.
What Maidan also led to was the the instituting of sanctions by the US and the EU against Putin and his 'kleptocratic siloviki'; sanctions that have become a millstone around the economic neck of Putin.To try and rid himself of those sanctions, Putin embarked on an ambitious plan to surreptitiously help Donald Trump in the 2016 US presidential elections.
Unfortunately for Putin, just as his plan to prevent Ukraine from signing an economic and political pact with the EU has failed miserably, so too is his surreptitious aiding and abbeting of the Trump team during the 2016 US presidential elections, that ultimately led to Trump now occupying the White House, beginning to unravel at a speed that simply makes one's head spin.
The White House itself is now beginning to unravel.
Read the Emails on Donald Trump Jnr.’s Russia Meeting
Is Putin now having a sense of déjà vu as the Trump administration continues to implode, just as the Yanukovich administration imploded?
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