Guardian: Reports the following from East Ukraine, " Pro-Moscow separatists...were holding a group of European military observers in the city of Slavyansk on Friday night, claiming they had been travelling with a spy for the Kiev government. ".
Lets Get Real:
The pro Russian separatists are either playing for higher stakes, or this was a mistake and the observers will be released, IF there is plan to take hostages this would be way for Russia to play the good guy, it would state in public they oppose such actions and get the hostages released, on the other hand taking hostages has been known to cause problems for the Oval Office, from Carter to Reagan. In this case there are NO Americans but EU Capitals will be fearing this is a ploy to pressure on them not place more economic sanction on Russia. One does recall when the Serbs in mid 1990's took UN peacekeepers as hostages, not the best day for the UN. The result of this action will be interesting.
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