Russia delivers missile systems to Crimea over Ukrainian objections - UPI.com
UPI reports: "The Kremlin's plans to deploy a fourth surface-to-air missile battalion
in Crimea would endanger all countries in the Black Sea region, a
Ukrainian official warned Thursday.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet said the air defense missile systems are ready
for combat in Crimea near the Ukraine border, Moscow's state-run news
agency reported. [...] Moscow forcibly annexed Crimea from Ukraine in a
highly controversial move in 2014, which remains a source of tension
between the Kremlin and Ukrainian and Western governments."
Comment: When Hitler started his conquests in WWII he began with relatively small countries that had large German-speaking populations. He said he was simply bringing these German-speaking areas back into Germany. Putin used the same excuse when he annexed Crimea from Ukraine, reminding everyone that Crimea had been part of Russia many years ago and a great many Russian-speaking people still live there...just bringing them back into mother Russia. If the Allies had learned the lesson of history then NATO would have immediately challenged this attempt to redraw the borders of Europe by force. Instead, the Western allies imposed economic sanctions on Russia. It does not appear that sanctions are a deterrent to Putin's Russia. We can conclude with absolute certainty that this will not end well. Like other leaders in history bent on conquest, Putin will not stop until he is made to stop.
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