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We will not be the next on Russia's hitlist, vows defiant Ukraine
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by Babel-Fish | August 22, 2008 at 04:59 pm
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Viktor Yushchenko, the Ukrainian President, was in a fierce and defiant mood yesterday as he urged Nato to respond to the Russian invasion of Georgia by moving quickly to expand the frontiers of the alliance eastwards.
In an exclusive interview with The Times Mr Yushchenko asserted that the fundamentals of international politics had changed. Ukraine had to do everything in its power to ensure it was not going to be next on the Kremlin hitlist.
“It is the first time in Europe since the Cold War that a foreign army has entered the territory of a sovereign state without any internationally accepted legal basis,” he sai
Oh here we go again, Russia did have a legal base that was not reconised internationally.
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at 22:00 on August 22nd, 2008
Its Nato that has the bigger problem if Ukraine joins it may mean Nato is called in, if the same actions are made by Ukraine as Georgia released on its Russian citizens. That could start a third World war.
at 02:00 on August 23rd, 2008
No, it won't start WWIII, it will push the US out of Europe and dissolve NATO.
at 02:01 on August 23rd, 2008
Babel-Fish, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 02:51 on August 23rd, 2008
Thanks for the flag