Occidental Flame
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When the Russians started actively meddling in Ukraine, one of the areas they hoped to influence was Transcarpathia in West Ukraine. This is a region with mixed ethnic populations, including the Rusyn and the Hungarian-majority areas, which the likes of Jobbic in Hungary want to annex. In the spring of 2014 after Yanukovitch’s overthrow Moscow’s Rusyn puppet in the region, Pyotr Getsko, has appealed to Putin to send in armed forces to “restore order” and protect the region’s minorities, and later met with the separatist-terrorist leaders of East Ukraine. Even the non-puppet Rusyn are apparently calling for autonomy and language rights: http://www.economist.com/news/europ...-separatism-transcarpathia-long-live-ruthenia
Furthermore, as Radio Free Europe has noted the people of Transcarpathia have undemocratic tendencies, like generally being against the “Orange” candidates and supporting pro-Russian politicians. When the local oligarch and regional leader, Viktor Baloha, threw his support behind Poroshenko it came as somewhat of a surprise.
So what if Russia plays its cards right and initiates a second front in Transcarpathia in 2014? In theory I think this could be achieved a number of ways – carry out some false flag operations with Russian spetznas dressed as Right Sector carrying out terrorist attacks against the regions minority to spread fear against the post-Maidan government, striking a deal with Baloha to stand behind independence and set his clan’s thugs to oppose Ukraine’s government forces, get Jobbic and/or Orbin to send “volunteers” & supplies to liberate Transcarpathia from the Kiev Junta, etc.
How would Ukraine react to this? How would Poland, Slovakia, and other border countries respond? What would N.A.T.O. do if Orban and/or Hungary sends (or at least turns a blind eye) to volunteers to the region to fight against Ukraine’s government?
Furthermore, as Radio Free Europe has noted the people of Transcarpathia have undemocratic tendencies, like generally being against the “Orange” candidates and supporting pro-Russian politicians. When the local oligarch and regional leader, Viktor Baloha, threw his support behind Poroshenko it came as somewhat of a surprise.
So what if Russia plays its cards right and initiates a second front in Transcarpathia in 2014? In theory I think this could be achieved a number of ways – carry out some false flag operations with Russian spetznas dressed as Right Sector carrying out terrorist attacks against the regions minority to spread fear against the post-Maidan government, striking a deal with Baloha to stand behind independence and set his clan’s thugs to oppose Ukraine’s government forces, get Jobbic and/or Orbin to send “volunteers” & supplies to liberate Transcarpathia from the Kiev Junta, etc.
How would Ukraine react to this? How would Poland, Slovakia, and other border countries respond? What would N.A.T.O. do if Orban and/or Hungary sends (or at least turns a blind eye) to volunteers to the region to fight against Ukraine’s government?