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VIDEO: Poroshenko pledges to raise Ukrainian flag over Crimean Peninsula

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stood alongside a daughter of the Ukrainian hero Volodymyr Rybak, Maria Rybak, when he participated in an annual flag-raising ceremony in Kiev on the National Flag Day, Tuesday.


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Alabama Mothman
Alabama Mothman
Aug 24, 2016 2:04 PM

And Putin says “like hell you will”. Who do you believe.

bevin
bevin
Aug 23, 2016 11:06 PM
Secret Agent.
Secret Agent.
Aug 24, 2016 2:30 AM
Reply to  bevin

Hope Counterpunch follows it because there is a 0% chance the MSM will take up the case.

Eric_B
Eric_B
Aug 23, 2016 11:06 PM

How long can this so-called state run by delusional criminals survive. IMF money has been cut off now.

Secret Agent
Secret Agent
Aug 24, 2016 2:24 AM
Reply to  Eric_B

I heard the European Central Bank was buying Ukie bonds for cash and that’s what keeps them afloat. That’s how they pay for the army.

chrisb
chrisb
Aug 23, 2016 9:33 PM

Echoes of the Argentine claims to the Falkland Islands, the main difference being that the Crimea was already inhabited when taken over by the Russian Empire.

passerby
passerby
Aug 24, 2016 6:52 AM
Reply to  chrisb

Very similar. In 2013 the Falklands had a referendum, where 99.8% voted for British rule. It’s Crimea all over.

leruscino
leruscino
Aug 24, 2016 10:13 AM
Reply to  chrisb

Are you referring to Catherine the Great in 1783 ?