Thread: LONDON � The standoff between Ukraine and Russia is the "biggest crisis in Europe of the 21st century," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Monday as Russia's foreign minister insisted that his nation's troops were needed in Crimea to protect Russian citizens.
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LONDON � The standoff between Ukraine and Russia is the "biggest crisis in Europe of the 21st century," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Monday as Russia's foreign minister insisted that his nation's troops were needed in Crimea to protect Russian citizens.
Posted : 3 Mar, 2014 07:57 AM
The dramatic British characterization of events comes as global leaders issued a joint statement Monday on the increasingly fraught political situation in Ukraine and as geopolitical fears spread in earnest to the global investment community.
"We, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the President of the European Council and President of the European Commission, join together today to condemn the Russian Federation's clear violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, in contravention of Russia's obligations under the U.N. Charter and its 1997 basing agreement with Ukraine," the leaders said in the statement.
KIEV, Ukraine � Warning that it was "on the brink of disaster," Ukraine put its military on high alert Sunday and appealed for international help to avoid what it feared was the possibility of a wider invasion by Russia.
Outrage over Russia's military moves mounted in world capitals, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry calling on President Vladimir Putin to pull back from "an incredible act of aggression."
A day after Russia captured the Crimean Peninsula without firing a shot, fears grew in the Ukrainian capital and beyond that Russia might seek to expand its control by seizing other parts of eastern Ukraine. Senior Obama administration officials said the U.S. now believes that Russia has complete operational control of Crimea, a pro-Russian area of the country, and has more than 6,000 troops in the region.
So if Russia does take military action in Ukraine, what will the West do?
Will the U.S. and the EU just sit on their hands and complain loudly?
Or will they also take military action?
This proxy war in Ukraine has already caused permanent damage to the relationship between the United States and Russia, and many believe that this conflict is planting the seeds from which World War III may eventually erupt.
Please keep the people of Ukraine in prayer. This is a great tragedy for their nation. And if the situation in Ukraine does descend into mass bloodshed, it could potentially set off a chain of events which would ultimately lead to global war.
LONDON � The standoff between Ukraine and Russia is the "biggest crisis in Europe of the 21st century," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Monday as Russia's foreign minister insisted that his nation's troops were needed in Crimea to protect Russian citizens.
Posted : 3 Mar, 2014 07:59 AM
Matthew 24:3-12: The disciples asked Jesus, "What will be the sign of your coming and the End of the Age?"
Jesus answered: "You will hear of wars and rumors of wars {Luke 21:9 adds "And Revolutions"}, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the End is still to come. Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earhquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains."
"Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of Me. {During the 1260-day Great Tribulation} At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate eqch other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the End will be saved!!"
