Taking Crimea News Today

The purpose of this article is to explain the origin and evolution of Russian imperialism and to discuss the war on Ukraine in that light of that understanding.

If you take Ukrainian officials at their word, Russia this summer could face Crimean War II.

Already— for putin looks like. putin has already factored in the fact its going — already factored in the fact its going to — already factored in the fact its going to get economic sanctions going _ going to get economic sanctions going to — going to get economic sanctions going to be attacked on that front and hes — going to be attacked on that front and hes ready for that. hes got nowhere — and hes ready for that. hes got nowhere to— and hes ready for that. hes got nowhere to go ...

Genocide in the ukraine and the celebration of taking crimea, how can they do it? >> well, it seems that they are making pretty good headway here. i mean, everything you hear out of this, not out of putins mouth, but everyone elses mouth, u.s. intelligence officials, uk, the poles, what you hear from the ukrainians, zelensky and his team, they they are holding russians at bay. they have lost thousands of people. he has committed war crimes. those are huge travesties. but if you think back of how...

And they were kicked out of the g7 after taking crimea, and i think china can veto that, and they have been straddling the line -- more than straddling the line. >> andrea, i think we should do everything we possibly can to send the strongest signals to the russian people and to the russian leadership that we view what putin is doing in ukraine as absolutely unacceptable, and that has meant crippling sanctions on the russian economy. our dispute and difference is not really with the russian peop...

Work with russia on some of these issues, hes basically wrong. you cannot, should not give russia a path any time it violates the basic norms of international order, whether its interfering in our elections, whether its taking crimea, using force indiscriminately in syria. what he did is wrong in foreign policy and wrong just in terms of basic morality. >> elise, other than this, the president actually stayed pretty much on script. it was actually striking to listen to donald trump reading from ...

Comments as bench on that russia has not gone after the isis terrorist in syria for example. the fighting has resumed in eastern ukraine. >> right, exactly. it looks to me that the russians are testing our result. i thought it was very welcome to see nikki haley at the un condemned u.s. russian aggression in crimea, again in ukraine, i thought it was a very important statement, reiterating that sentience would remain in place. that was very important. >> but me and are up to you. i want want to ...

We do want to better our relations with russia. however, the dire situation in eastern ukraine is one that demands clear and strong condemnation of russian action. >> taking crimea, the russian backed rebels continuing in a european country. david, your view, that message to vladimir putin in the russians. which in a way as a little different than what we hear from the president. >> well, i dont know who that was what happen. but we lost the satellite. it the satellite. it went black. they pulle...