This is starting to get away from Putin I'm afraid, I think he though he
would be able to put his troops at the Ukrainian border and intimidate
the government and the people as he dad in Crimea, which was a much
smaller area and easier to contain then Ukraine.
There are
video's coming out from the citizens of Eastern Ukraine showing what is
really happening there and how the majority of the citizens, who are
made up of more then just Russians, most of all even most of the people
of Russian ancestry consider themselves Ukrainian and are willing to
stand up for there government, that is why you don't see thousands of
people protesting in the streets in favor of Putin and Russia. Crimea
was mostly of Russian ethnicity and even they didn't want Russia coming
in, but because they know Putin and realizing they had no choice went
along with it.
In Ukraine Russia does not have that luxury and
the majority of the support that Russia has is the Pro-Russian
demonstrators now called militia or self defense force, who came across
the border from Russia in the first place. Of course you have the few
politicians who try to lean in the direction that will give them the
most profit, they stand up for their own benefit (not the peoples) and
declare independence on Russia's side.
The Russian military and
President Putin must know that the sanctions from President Obama and
the EU. If they go into Ukraine they are also going to end up fighting a
guerrilla war against the majority of the citizens there. The sad thing
is Russia is better equipped but either way there will be a lot of
death on all sides, Ukrainian Military, Ukrainian civilians and most of
all the Russian military if they come across the border. The bulk of the
Ukrainian citizens are behind their own government and will stand up to
protect it.
I believe the people of Crimea would have done the
same, but they where cornered and had no other choice, but to go along
with Russia or be eradicated and live in a police state run by Putin and
the GRU
Ukraine tense as Russia launches military drills; activists are killed - CNN.com
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