Ukraine: Apokalypsos soon?

If you have been following Ukrainian news, this is what you read:


1. President Poroshenko has proudly shown off the new European arms the Ukrainians have gotten from Western countries;


2. He has disclosed plans of Ukraine building defensive lines in anticipation of resuming hostilities;


3. Ukraine is bankrupt and lives on Western loans;


4. Efforts to implement laws on autonomy have virtually ceased;


5. The front by Mariupol is heating up;


6. Ukraine plans to increase its armed forces to 250,000. To do this, Ukraine is getting trainers (including Americans);


7. Russia has again put 60,000 troops on alert;


8. Ukrainian Rebs in the East expect hostilities to resume between April 12 and May 7;


9. Ukraine signed a military pact with NATO;


10. And Poland floated the idea of recreating the Iron Curtain this time on its Eastern border.