stratfor.com/weekly/can-putin-survive#axzz38HRlhNH6
good article.
why i dont quite understand here is that if Putin really support and arm rebels as it widely claimed,why he sends so little,outdated and useless gear,and so few soldiers(lets hypothetically say he does)
i mean since he get blame for supplying arms,he gets all them sanctions anyway, he should at least send some game changing gear and units.the stuff rebels have is next to pathetic.i mean few t-64 tanks?some rpg-s and manpads?they cant even use tanks properly cus lack of air defense.its like he sends just enough for rebels to survive.
am not sure Russia as a state is directly involved in sending arms and soldiers.this doesn't make sense.
i think if they corner Putin with those full sector sanctions he might go bonkers and invade Ukraine.since he will have nothing to lose only gains
this is interesting ,new development.
The Red Cross has made a confidential legal assessment that Ukraine is officially in a war, Western diplomats and officials say, opening the door to possible war crimes prosecutions
reuters.com/article/2014/07/22/us-ukraine-crisis-warcrimes-idUSKBN0FR0V920140722
of course didnt stop western media to jump in conclusion and writing smthng like that:
" Based on the Law on International Crimes, the Netherlands can prosecute any individual who committed a war crime against a Dutch citizen. The 298 people who were killed when the plane was downed over Ukraine included 193 Dutch citizens."yadda,yadda,yadda
of course Netherlands can,as any state in the world..lol....
violation of the laws and customs of war must be commit-ed intentional y and deliberately to be war crime.Rebels are safe here even if they shot down plane.unless someone can proof they shot it down , knowing is civilian
Ukra junta ,nazi Apes in the other hand...hmmmmm
tons of evidence of war crime from,murders ,deliberately shelling civilians, torturing POW-s ect.