up to this point, from his [Putin's]point of view, the Ukrainian situation was all going reasonably well. The same happened in Syria last year . The situation was "all going reasonably well" for the Syrian army when the chemical attack on Ghouta occurred, which the Western media immediately blamed on the Syrian government . The media said at the time that it was "probably" a Syrian army commander acting without direct orders from Assad but that the regime that Assad headed was responsible " Kerry publicly cited last week: intercepted communications telling Syrian military units to prepare for the chemical strikes. "The Obama administration maintains it intercepted communications from a senior Syrian official on the use of chemical weapons.........." The statement from Kiev yesterday : "SBU intercepts phone conversations of separatists admitting downing a civilian plane...."
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