Doesn’t look like Vladimir Putin is too worried about being kicked out of the G8. Russia has added another 10,000 troops to the Ukraine border, and now has about 30,000 total troops ready to pounce and grab more Ukraine territory for Russia. Funny how things work out isn’t it? Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin were mocked for predicting exactly what’s going on today between Russia and the Ukraine. Putin knows Obama is a wimp and Europe is too dependent and their heating oil, so they can do what they want and get away with it.
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s President Obama convened an emergency meeting of the G-7 leaders today to turn up the heat on Moscow, the Russian military has added to their forces on Ukraine’s border.
U.S. officials tell ABC News that Russia has sent an additional 10,000 troops to the Ukraine border in the past week, bringing the Russian force there to almost 30,000.
While Russia claims the troops movements are part of military exercises, White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters, “There’s every reason to be skeptical of Russian assertions.”
Seeking to mobilize the international community to further isolate Russia, Obama met with the G-7 leaders to strategize a response to Russia’s takeover of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula.
“There have to be consequences. And if Russia continues to escalate the situation, we need to be prepared to impose a greater cost,” the president reiterated in an interview with a Dutch newspaper.
Today’s hastily arranged meeting, on the sidelines of the Nuclear Security Summit, was intended to foreshadow the sanctions Russia will face if it continues down this path, Rhodes said.
The leaders were also expected to discuss Russia’s future as a member of the G-8, although Rhodes said the U.S. was not prepared to formally kick Russia out just yet. “The door is open to Russia to deescalate the situation,” he said.
The meeting came after top NATO and Ukrainian officials said Sunday they worry that Russia is poised to escalate the conflict.
Appearing on “This Week,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia said that the chances of war are “still very high” and “growing.”