Helicopter May Land Ukraine's Military in Hot Water With U.N.

[go west young man]

Source: NBC News


The United Nations expressed concern Wednesday over footage purporting to show Ukrainian troops using a helicopter painted with the organization's colors and insignia.

Russian news website Life News reported that three U.N.-painted Mil Mi-24 combat helicopters and one Mi-8 transport helicopter had been spotted assisting government troops in eastern Ukraine. The footage could not be independently verified by NBC News.



A U.N. spokesperson told NBC News that the helicopters seen by Life News may have been aircraft used on these missions that had not been repainted on their return. This would be a violation of the U.N.'s agreement with its member states.

"We are concerned, and we have made our concerns clear about these reports," said Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for U.N. General Secretary Ban Ki-moon. "We are in contact with Ukrainian authorities on the issue.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ukraine-crisis/helicopter-may-land-ukraines-military-hot-water-u-n-n105041

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More jumping the shark behavior......the wheels keep coming off this bus.

[cosmicone]

1. They should repaint those helicopters

with Victoria Nuland's photo and arm it to shoot cookies.

[uhnope]

2. Putin is murdering Ukrainians for his dream of New Russia

but Putinistas want to talk about a helicopter that Ukraine didn't have time to repaint.

"New Russia" could be the name of a cult movement at this point

[independentpiney]

3. uhnope

fitting name since it's the simplest answer to your hyperbolic posts

[Comrade Grumpy]

4. The Ukrainians seem to be getting some of their own murdering in, too.

It's not a one-sided deal.

[iamthebandfanman]

7. Which leads to the question..

why are there so many cheerleaders for either side on DU when the left doesn't even have a viable role in this conflict?

[uhnope]

12. It's progressive to not tolerate a dictator like Putin as he crushes democracy and takes over other

countries in pursuit of "New Russia"

[Jesus Malverde]

16. So progressive to cheerlead for a cheney protege as we carry out McCains plans for

eastern europe and support right sector fascists.

It's insane-o world...

[uhnope]

18. what else does Putin want us to think?

"Insane-o" world is accurate description of your view of reality as depicted by that idiotic graphic

[Jesus Malverde]

19. mccain fan

amirite?

[uhnope]

20. lol. I don't even need to ask if you're a Putin fan

too bad that means you don't give a shit about freedom and democracy

[Jesus Malverde]

21. its no an either or proposition.

One can be anti-war and pro peace and see right through the neocon bullshit.

Mccain fan...amirite?

[uhnope]

24. Putin is a neocon, basically.

The urge to return to the totalitarian ways of the Soviet Communism is a basically reactionary (neocon) stance, and Putin appeals to the anti-democratic, might-makes-right, iron-fist mindset just like the neocons.

And about McCain: no; in fact, I was an organizer of antiwar demonstrations in the prelude to the invasion of Iraq

I've also lived in the places that the Soviets destroyed and visited the places Putin is waging war and invasion on. I've lived in E.Europe and been to Ukraine include Crimea, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary...

I don't understand people like you who are fanatically against one side's warmaking but fanatically for a gay-bashing, democracy-stomping, free-press closing, invading and warmaking dictator like Putin. What the fuck is pro-peace about that?

[Jesus Malverde]

25. "I was an organizer of antiwar demonstrations in the prelude to the invasion of Iraq "

I guess using your logic that makes you a saddamite.

[uhnope]

26. well, I guess you were unable to fathom anything in my post

and are either a true believer or a flunkie. Sad, but all too typical of Putin apologists. My god how can you say you are pro-peace while sitting back and watching Putin go on a war rampage?

[Jesus Malverde]

27. Just using your twisted logic to show you how absurd your hyperbole is.

Must be some mental gymnastics to support the neocons after all we've been through.

It's like your cheerleading for cheney himself, and calling mockery of murderous mccain over the top.

Your after freedum my friend, anti-war is not pro cold war.

[Diclotican]

28. Jesus Malverde

Jesus Malverde

It was the same words the cheerleaders of GWBs war in Iraq was using against everyone who was against that war - and who also was more fact based than everyone who loved the idea of going to war against Iraq - mostly because of what would happened after the invasion - and we who was against it - had it right - down to the last word - and the ones who accused us of being "sadamite" or "saddam- lover" and the rest - got it so wrong - in all aspect of it...

Do you was a pro-War person before the Iraq war - since you use the same language as the neocon and the ones who liked the idea of going to war in Iraq - of course not them self - but someone else that is..

Diclotican

[Jesus Malverde]

29. vinaigrette or thousand island

for this word salad. I have no idea what your trying to say...

[uhnope]

30. Jesus Malverde is for neocon Putin while saying he's anti-neocon

Jesus Malverde is for letting Putin make war on Ukraine while saying he's antiwar
Jesus Malverde is for the export of totalitarianism while saying he's against fascism
Jesus Malverde is silent on the subject of gay-bashing Russian laws, of closing down independent news, of registering bloggers, of jailing Pussy Riot, while saying he's on the left
Jesus Malverde...is not what he says he is

[socialist_n_TN]

34. A couple of points......

There is a relatively "left" population in Ukraine and it's probably stronger than the left in some of the Arab Spring countries. There is still a Communist Party which, although heavily involved in electoral politics and now more reformist than revolutionary, gets a significant proportion of the vote in Ukraine. There's also Barotba, another left grouping that's pretty active. There's a working class resistance that just beginning to organize in the east. Moreso, there's a LARGE contingent of the population that actually IS anti-fascist and is showing signs of active resistance to the western gangs of "civil activists" made up of Right Sector thugs, that have taken the place of the unreliable military in the attempted subduing of eastern Ukraine.

Eastern Ukraine would be a place for an active anti-fascist resistance United Front if there ever was one.

[uhnope]

11. Fighting "separatists" armed, trained and staffed by Russia is not "murder"

war is a horrible thing but let's remember that its Putin that is doing all this, Putin that took Crimea by force and fake elections when his puppet gov't was toppled in Kiev

[polly7]

14. Oh, get some new lines. nt.

[uhnope]

15. truth hurts

you

[Jesus Malverde]

17. no kidding....nt

[awoke_in_2003]

8. Russia's thuggish actions...

do not justify this subterfuge.

[JackRiddler]

9. Just go ahead and make up whatever!

It's okay! The New Cold War is on!

[zeemike]

5. I am sure there will be a strongly worded letter

Put in their file.

[Calista241]

35. It'll be a doosey of a letter.

With a signature and everything.

[seveneyes]

6. "May" be in hot water???

I guess the UN doesn't want to disturb the sensitivities of jack booted thugs.

[Igel]

23. Life News has not been infallible before.

That is a shock to may.

One report does not unquestionable authority make.

[Stingray steve]

10. Sounds like the bush idea for Iraq

"Mr. Bush talked about several ways to provoke a confrontation, including a proposal to paint a United States surveillance plane in the colors of the United Nations in hopes of drawing fire, or assassinating Mr. Hussein."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/27/international/europe/27memo.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[Jesus Malverde]

13. Probably waiting for the headline...rebels shoot down UN helicopter...nt

[go west young man]

22. It wouldn't be the first time....

they killed their own people....let's see...so far...we have the Maidan snipers pciking off their own....the Odessa massacre, the Mariupol slaughter and the Donetsk Invasion. I'm thinking they will start killing each other in Maidan Square as they implode. I just hope the innocent hard working people of West and Central Ukraine don't get caught up in their psycho shit.

[uhnope]

31. you forgot to mention UFO invasions and Alien Abductions

as long as you're going to cite fantasies.
Oh, Putin never makes shit up, right? Putin didn't at first deny and then admit he had soldiers in Crimea, right? Putin didn't declare the fake Crimea referendum a landslide, and then have his own gov accidentally release the figures showing it to be bunk, right?

[davidpdx]

32. So now you are comparing Madian supporters to Islamic terrorists

I'm thinking they will start killing each other in Maidan Square as they implode.

Hey stay classy!

[go west young man]

33. Apparently you've never seen a metaphor....

Which begs the question.....what happened to DU?