Russian Army Spetsnaz Units Arrested Operating In Ukraine

An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from The Examiner: "The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) confirmed March 16 the arrest of a group of Russians in the Zaporizhzhia (Zaporozhye) region of Ukraine. The men were armed with firearms, explosives and unspecified 'special technical means'. This follows the March 14 arrest ... of several Russians dressed black uniforms with no insignia, armed with AKS-74 assault rifles and in possession of numerous ID cards under various names. One of which was an ID card of Military Intelligence Directorate of the Russian armed forces; commonly known as 'Spetsnaz'. ... Spetsnaz commandos operating in eastern Ukraine would have the missions encompassing general ground reconnaissance of Ukrainian army units ... missions they may perform preparatory to a Russian invasion would be planting explosives at key communications choke points to hinder movement of Ukrainian forces; seizing control of roads, rail heads, bridges and ports for use by arriving Russian combat troops; and possibly capturing or assassinating Ukrainian generals or politicians in key positions ... Spetsnaz also infiltrate themselves into local populations ... Once in place they begin 'stirring the pot' of ethnic and political strife with the goal of creating violent clashes usually involving firearms and destabilizing local authority." The submitter adds links to more at Forbes, The Daily Beast, and The New Republic.

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Re:Authoritarian Oligarchy vs. Democracy

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... they ousted Yanukovich (2014) during Maidan Protests for attempting to amend the constitution, sacking and stacking judicial branch, and pillaging treasury to build his palaces..

So when are the American people going to do the same to Obama?

- attempting to amend the constitution: check (actually, just ignoring it altogether which is a great deal simpler and easier).
- sacking and stacking judicial branch: check (actually, just stacking but that is all that's needed)
- pillaging treasury to build his palaces: check (actually, to conduct warfare pretty well everywhere in the world; building a few palaces would be infinitely cheaper and less harmful).

In the USA, I suppose the answer would be "Never, because you can't just remove a democratically elected president because you don't like his policies (even if they are entirely different from the policies he promised in order to get elected)".

Why should the Ukraine be run on different lines?