{"id":40953,"date":"2018-11-27T06:40:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T11:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40953"},"modified":"2018-11-27T06:40:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T11:40:53","slug":"about-the-latest-ukronazi-provocation-in-the-kerch-strait-updated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=40953","title":{"rendered":"About the latest Ukronazi provocation in the Kerch strait (UPDATED)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-title\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thesaker.is\/about-the-latest-ukronazi-provocation-in-the-kerch-strait\/\">About the latest Ukronazi provocation in the Kerch strait (UPDATED)<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>First, here is a pretty good summary of what has taken place (including videos) posted by RT:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/444853-russia-ukraine-ships-conflict\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/444853-russia-ukraine-ships-conflict\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/444857-russia-ukraine-kerch-strait-standoff\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/444857-russia-ukraine-kerch-strait-standoff\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I will just add that at the time of writing (07:38 UTC) the cargo ship blocking the passage under the bridge has been removed, traffic has resumed and the situation has returned to normal.<\/p>\n<p>Second, let me give you the single most important element to understand what is (and what is not) taking place: <em><strong>the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea are, in military terms, \u201cRussian lakes\u201d<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 That means that Russia has the means to destroy any and all ships (or aircraft) over these two seas: on the Black Sea the life expectancy of any intruder would be measured in minutes, on the Sea of Azov in seconds.\u00a0 Let me repeat here that any and all ships deployed in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov are detected and tracked by Russia and they can all easily be destroyed.\u00a0 The Russians know that, the Ukrainians know that and, of course, the Empire knows that.\u00a0 Again, <em><strong>keep that in mind when trying to make sense of what happened.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Third, <strong><em>whether the waters in which the incident happened belong to Russia or not is entirely irrelevant<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Everybody knows that Russia considers these waters are belonging to her and those disagreeing with this have plenty of options to express their disagreement and challenge the legality of the Russian position.\u00a0 Trying to break through waters Russia considers her own with several armed military vessels is simply irresponsible and, frankly, plain stupid (especially considering point #2 above).\u00a0 That is simply not how civilized nations behave (and there are plenty of contested waters on our planet).<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the latest Ukronazi provocation in the Kerch strait (UPDATED) First, here is a pretty good summary of what has taken place (including videos) posted by RT: https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/444853-russia-ukraine-ships-conflict\/ https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/444857-russia-ukraine-kerch-strait-standoff\/ I will just add that at the time of writing (07:38 UTC) the cargo ship blocking the passage under the bridge has been removed, traffic has 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