Washington (AFP) – The top US diplomat for Europe declared Tuesday that Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine were subject to a “reign of terror”, blaming Russia for a conflict that has claimed thousands of lives.
“Even as Ukraine is building a peaceful, democratic, independent nation across 93 percent of its territory, Crimea and parts of eastern Ukraine are suffering a reign of terror,” Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
“Today Crimea remains under illegal occupation and human rights abuses are the norm, not the exception, for many at risk groups there,” she said of the Black Sea peninsula annexed by Russia a year ago.
Nuland cited Crimea’s minority Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians who refuse to give up their passports for Russian documents as well as gays among those at risk of persecution.
Meanwhile, in eastern Ukraine, where a ceasefire between government forces and pro-Russian separatists is largely holding, “Russia and its separatist puppets” had unleashed “unspeakable violence”, Nuland said.
And at the same time they claim that Obama agreed not to send arms to Ukraine, allegedly, yielding to Merke’ls pleas.
Is USA being hypocritical again and aren’t American hawks itching to escalate the conflict by fanning hysteria in regard to mythical “reign of terror” in the Crimea and Donbass?
Why don’t they want to consider the FACTS: that it is the Ukrainian side that is ruining the infrastructure in Donbass and creating humanitarian catastrophe, whereas the authorities of the Republics are restoring the ruined communications and rebuilding hospitals, railway junctions, schools and kindergartens?
Stop lying, Ms Nuland, or the day will come when all the Nazi criminals will have to answer for their crimes, and their instigators as well!
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Zabo
Pourquoi les politiques yankees, ont-ils toujours des gueules de tarés ??? Probablement que leur vilenie, leurs mensonges et la noirceur de leur âme ressortent sur leur faciès ! POUAH ! En effet, il faudra rendre des comptes et alors aux yeux du monde sera établi l’esprit démoniaque de ce régime !