'..the West had been as passive as the "proverbial frog" that does not know to jump out of a can of boiling water..'<blockquote>'With a painful history as a Kremlin satellite and a Russian-speaking minority of its own, Lithuania can lay claim to a special hearing on how to handle cross-border aggression from Russia.
So when Raimonda Murmokait?, the Baltic state's representative at the UN, declared that the West had been as passive as the "proverbial frog" that does not know to jump out of a can of boiling water, diplomats at the special session of the Security Council had every reason to squirm in their seats.
In fact under President Vladimir Putin, a former KGB operative, Russia has honed a strategy for cross-border invasions that succeed by stealth. After earlier excursions in Georgia, it has turned to a second ex-Soviet state. The Kremlin has steadily built up its presence in eastern Ukraine while using propaganda, misinformation and auxilliaries activities to create confusion about its activities on the ground.
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At every step the West has embraced measures that respond to developments but do not curtail Russian activities..
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International law is built on respect for state borders and following the rules of war. Moscow has been accused of openly breaking the conventions by sending in soldiers without regimental markings using bogus claims that these "little green men" have bought their uniforms in a shop only to subsequently decorate the fighters with medals for their role in the annexation of Ukraine..'
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Russia's stealth tactics outflanks West in Ukraine, August 29, 2014</blockquote>
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'..attack from the troops of 'New Russia' ', August 29, 2014
(Ukraine) - 'Sen. Chris Murphy told .. that it is past time to call the escalating conflict a “war” and to label Moscow’s actions an “invasion.” ', August 29, 2014
'..Russia stripped of right to host World Cup 2018', August 29, 2014</blockquote>