Within the next couple of months it is likely that there will be direct US military involvement in Ukraine, with Russia now openly supporting and recognizing separatist groups in the Donbass region on the eastern edge of the country and apparently moving to aid them militarily in separation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has directed Russian forces to make a military entry into two Ukrainian regions that have declared their independence from Ukraine via rebel forces.
‘My parents escaped from Germany under the Nazis and Communists. I’ve seen real terrorism. Our freedoms are at stake here,’ military chaplain and decorated veteran Harold Ristau told The Federalist.
Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Russia had “no invasion” plans for Ukraine.
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