Kiev accuses Russia of attacking inside Ukraine

Red Dot is Location of Luhansk (Skluesener)

The Russian government decided to move trucks across the border into Ukraine:

January 20, 2015

Kyiv Says Russian Military Attacked Its Forces Inside Eastern Ukraine

Ukraine said Tuesday that Russian forces had attacked its military units fighting separatists in eastern Ukraine’s Luhansk region.

Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said that “in violation of all prior agreements,” a “regular military formation of the Russian armed forces” had attacked Ukrainian forces in the northern part of the zone of the “anti-terrorist operation,” as Kyiv calls its campaign against the pro-Russian separatists.

Lysenko said heavy fighting was continuing around two Ukrainian military checkpoints near Slovyanoserbsk, but that government forces had “stopped the advance of Russian troops.”

He also said that Ukrainian intelligence had tracked three more battalion tactical groups of Russian motorized infantry and a Russian artillery division heading toward Russia’s border with Ukraine.

On Monday, Lysenko said some 700 Russian troops had crossed into Ukraine that day to back up rebel forces. On Tuesday, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, called Lysenko’s claim “absolute nonsense.”

Peace talks this week

A new round of peace talks to settle the Ukraine conflict will be held Wednesday in Berlin, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said. The foreign ministers of Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany will participate.

“We’re faced with a threatening situation again due to new fighting flaring up in eastern Ukraine in recent days,” Steinmeier said Tuesday.

According to Steinmeier, the request for a meeting came from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.

“We now need to prevent military confrontations from intensifying any more and avoid further political escalation between Kyiv and Moscow,” Steinmeier said.

A meeting on Ukraine involving the four countries’ leaders was to take place last week in Kazakhstan but was called off because of lack of progress in the implementation of a 12-point peace plan the warring sides agreed to in September in Minsk, Belarus.

Land grab accusations

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Klimkin accused pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine’s east of using the Minsk cease-fire deal to seize an additional 500 square kilometers (194 square miles) of land.

“Taking advantage of the fact that our forces complied with the cease-fire, the terrorists seized very substantial territory,” he said at a news conference. …

Yanukovych arrest warrant

At the request of the office of Ukraine’s prosecutor general, a Kyiv court issued an ‘in absentia’ arrest warrant for former President Viktor Yanukovych.

The move is a procedural requirement needed for requesting Yanukovych’s extradition from Russia, the prosecutor general’s office said Tuesday. http://www.voanews.com/content/ukraine-issues-in-absentia-arrest-warrant-for-ex-president-yanukovych/2605914.html

The USA has basically supported Kiev in many of its moves and actions–including its ‘undemocratic’ removal of former President Yanukovych.

A report I saw earlier said that the Europeans want to keep sanctions in place against Russia. Russia may have decided that it has little to lose by making incursions into eastern Ukraine, whether or not the report from Kiev is accurate.

Most in the West do not realize how bad Russia wants Ukraine.

Russia wants the option to influence and/or acquire all the territory of Ukraine. It likely feels that its limited involvement is the least it can do to show support for the separatists that are opposing the Ukrainian government in Kiev. In the past Russia has basically dared Ukraine to attack, which would give it a claimed cause to fight back. The situation remains tense.

Russia’s President Putin basically believes that the West poses a threat to his nation and that if all of Ukraine goes into the European Union (which is what the government of Kiev wants), it will thus militarily align with the West (which is what it is in the process of doing). Russia does not want NATO closer.

Germany and the EU wants Ukraine, but does not want a war with Russia.

Many in the West do not realize this, but Kiev was once the capital of Russia. Russia considers Ukraine more of a province than a separate nation. Those in western Ukraine disagree (as do many in the east).

Many in parts of Ukraine and Russia are descendents from the ancient Medes. Those called Medes are also shown to destroy the final European Babylonian power according to both Isaiah and Jeremiah:

1 The burden against Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw…

17 “Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not regard silver;
And as for gold, they will not delight in it.
18 Also their bows will dash the young men to pieces,
And they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb;
Their eye will not spare children.
19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
The beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride,
Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. (Isaiah 13:1, 17-19)

11 Make the arrows bright!
Gather the shields!
The Lord has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes.
For His plan is against Babylon to destroy it,
Because it is the vengeance of the Lord,
The vengeance for His temple. (Jeremiah 51:11)

The fact that there are multiple kings of the Medes indicates that multiple powers involved in this end time confederation represent multiple governments. Perhaps, such as Russia, Belarus, Crimea, and possibly some parts of Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, etc.

Even now, not all in Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia want to be part of the European Union, and some prefer to be in Russia’s upcoming Eurasian Union. Those that become disillusioned/disappointed by the EU may ultimately back out of it.

Sending in military and other supplies improves the relationship between Russia and some of its supporters in the Ukrainian territories. Prophecy will be fulfilled.

Some items of possibly related interest may include:

Russia and Ukraine: Origins and Prophesied Future Where do the Russians come from? What about those in the Ukraine? What is prophesied for Russia and its allies? What will they do to the Europeans that supported the Beast in the end? You can also watch the short video Ukraine in Prophecy?
Russia in the Bible and in Prophecy Is Russia mentioned in the Bible? It it is where is it? Is there any evidence of a people moving to the land that the Russians now occupy? What do Catholic and other prophecies say about Russia? What does the Bible teach? How are Protestants often in error on this? Is there more in biblical prophecy for Russia than war? Does God have a plan to save Russia and her allies? Does Russia have a history involving Sabbath keepers? Does scripture tie Russia in with Armageddon? Will Russia help defeat the end time Babylonian power? What did the Apostle John, and the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Daniel, write about Russia? This is a sermon-length video.
Ezekiel 38: For Russia & Iran in Our Day? Is Ezekiel 38 about to be fufilled? A related video is available titled Ezekiel 38: For Russia, Ukraine, & Iran Now?
Bible News Prophecy July-Sept. 2014: The Coming Eurasian Union Here is the latest magazine from the Continuing Church of God. The cover of which shows Vladimir Putin and features an article about the coming Eurasian Union.
Europa, the Beast, and Revelation Where did Europe get its name? What might Europe have to do with the Book of Revelation? What about “the Beast”? Is an emerging European power “the daughter of Babylon”? What is ahead for Europe? Here is a link to a video titled: Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European?
European Technology and the Beast of Revelation Will the coming European Beast power would use and develop technology that will result in the taking over of the USA and its Anglo-Saxon allies? Is this possible? What does the Bible teach? Here is a related YouTube video: Military Technology and the Beast of Revelation.
Must the Ten Kings of Revelation 17:12 Rule over Ten Currently Existing Nations? Some claim that these passages refer to a gathering of 10 currently existing nations together, while one group teaches that this is referring to 11 nations getting together. Is that what Revelation 17:12-13 refers to? The ramifications of misunderstanding this are enormous.
World War III: Steps in Progress Are there surprising actions going on now that are leading to WWIII? Might a nuclear attack be expected? Does the Bible promise protection to all or only some Christians? How can you be part of those that will be protected? A related video would be Is World War III About to Begin? Can You Escape?
Wars, rumors of wars, and the Apocalypse Jesus foretold a time before the end where there would be wars and rumors of wars. The Apocalypse (the Book of Revelation) warns of the red horseman of war. Now, even secular writers, like Larry Edelson, are worried that wars and rumors of war are the most menacing problem that now haunts the earth? Are they right? What is the solution? This is a sermonette-length video.
Is Russia the King of the North? Some claim it is. But what does the Bible teach? Here is a link to a video, also titled Is Russia the King of the North?
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