Tillerson: Russia Arms, Trains, Fights With Ukrainian Rebels

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his NATO counterparts held talks on Georgi... U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his NATO counterparts held talks on Georgia and counter-terrorism efforts on Wednesday, the final day of their two-day meeting in Brussels.(AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) MORE LESS
VIENNA (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is lambasting Moscow for its aggression in Ukraine ahead of a meeting with Russia’s foreign minister.Tillerson is using his opening speech at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to call out Russia for interfering with nearby countries. He says Russia is “arming, leading, training and fighting alongside anti-government forces” in Ukraine.

Tillerson says the United States will “never accept Russia’s occupation and attempted annexation” of Crimea. He says sanctions will stay in place until Russia returns control of the peninsula to Ukraine. He says the U.S. joins Europe in maintaining other sanctions until Russia withdraws military forces from the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine.

Tillerson meets later Thursday in Vienna with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

 
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  1. … meaning sanctions will stay unimplemented and unenforced while Trump remains president (wink wink, Vlad).

  2. How about applying the new sanctions Congress passed?

  3. Tillerson says the United States will “never accept Russia’s occupation and attempted annexation” of Crimea.

    Would you like to take a bet on that?

  4. It doesn’t mean the United States accepts it, just because Trump does. Trump isn’t the US; he’s a Putin plant.

  5. “Little Tillly is such a cute bugger when he lashes out. I mean, look at him, Darlene. He’s all but begging for a time-out. Of course, Trump, that horseshit Daddy of his, will just call him out again. Did I tell you how he nearly had Tilly in tears a few weeks back? I tell ya, darling, that man’s the devil. Melania ought to pack her backs and leave his sorry ass. ‘Course, she knows which side her bread is buttered, so that ain’t gonna happen. God bless her thievin’ heart.”

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