Don't read too much into the conversation.
That was the message Wednesday from Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet after a phone call between him and European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton was leaked.
In the recording, which was posted to YouTube and picked up by Russian media, Paet talks about his recent visit to Ukraine. He says a doctor named "Olga" told him opponents of Ukraine's ousted President may have been responsible for deadly sniper fire.
President Viktor Yanukovych fled more than a week ago in the wake of protests in Kiev's Independence Square, where snipers from nearby rooftops killed scores of people.
"(Olga) can say that it is the same handwriting, the same type of bullets, and it's really disturbing that now the new coalition that -- they don't want to investigate what exactly happened. There is now stronger and stronger understanding that behind snipers, it was not Yanukovych, but it was somebody from the new coalition," Paet told Ashton.
She replied: "I think we do want to investigate ... I didn't pick that up. That's interesting. Gosh."
Paet's office released a statement Wednesday that confirmed the authenticity of the recording. It said the call took place on February 26.
"Foreign Minister Paet was giving an overview of what he had heard the previous day in Kiev and expressed concern over the situation on the ground. We reject the claim that Paet was giving an assessment of the opposition's involvement in the violence," the statement read.
"It is extremely regrettable that phone calls are being intercepted," said Paet in the same statement. "The fact that this phone call has been leaked is not a coincidence."
Ashton's office declined to comment on the conversation, saying she does not discuss leaks.
CNN could not immediately reach the Ukrainian government for comment, nor could it confirm the identity of "Olga."
Russia's state-news agency RIA-Novosti said she was Olga Bogomolets, chief coordinator of medical aid at the main protest camp in Independence Square.
CNN has previously talked to Bogomolets. She volunteered last month to treat protesters and accused forces of shooting to kill, saying she had treated 13 people she believed had been targeted by "professional snipers."
"They were shot directly to their hearts, their brain and to their neck," she said. "They didn't give any chance to doctors, for us, to save lives."
The recording is the second such recent leak on Ukraine.
Early last month, a leaked audio recording of a phone call allegedly caught a U.S. diplomat to Europe using profanity to express strong frustrations with inaction and indecision by the European Union in resolving the crisis.
In the conversation, voices closely resembling those of Assistant Secretary for European Affairs Victoria Nuland and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt discuss a plan to broker a deal between the Ukrainian government and the opposition.
At one point the woman, who sounds like Nuland, can be heard saying "f**k the EU."
The call could not be independently verified, and it was not clear when and where it was recorded.
http://cnnmobile.com/primary/wk_fullarticle?articleId=urn:newsml:CNN.com:20140306:ukraine-leaked-audio-recording:1&category=intleurope#page2

This is similar to what happened in Syria..

Assad knew that the only logical way he would be toppled was if he used chemical weapons.

He is a very educated man. He knew this..

So did the al qaeda terrorists..

I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happened in Ukraine..

It was total chaos.. If the opposition did do this they knew it would oust Yanukovych and since they would take power no one would know the difference..

The ballistics reports show that the bullets, which killed both police and protesters, were fired by the same weapons.

on the other hand,the Opposition knew that he knew that the Opposition knew!

Then we still have Putin,Factor X!
Counter-counter-Punches!
These days things are fought out in Cyberspace as much as on the Ground,which makes for even more Smoke and Mirrors!
Besides,the departed President wasn't exactly what you can call a Clean Sheet of Paper either!
Sort of a Felon,and as corrupt as they come in that Neck of the woods!

Just another reason for us to mind our own business.

If our allies need us, we are better off prepared than scattered around the globe wasting resources and money

as in gi joe.... "knowing is half the battle"

definitely!

The House Energyand Commerce Committee is giving its blessing to a bill being introduced Thursday by Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., who is running for Senate.
Gardner said his bill to expedite natural gas exports "serves our national securityinterests as an aggressive Russian regime looks to expand power in former Soviet Union countries. By acting to speed up export approvals, we can help our allies in the region and across the globe while creating jobs and economic opportunity here in Colorado."
It comes as Republicans and centrist Democrats in both the House and the Senate are amplifying calls to speed natural gas export approvals to give Ukraine relief from Russia. Gazprom, Russia's state-owned energy firm, supplies most of the Ukraine's energy, and Russian President Vladimir Putin wields his natural gas supplies as a diplomatic stick in Central and Eastern Europe.
The Ukraine situation has proven a talking point for Republicans and centrist Democrats who are displeased with the pace of Energy Department approvals for natural gas exports to nations that lack a free-trade agreement with the U.S. The DOE must find such exports in the public interest — it has green-lighted six projects, with 24 pending.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/ukraine-a-talking-point-for-both-backers-and-detractors-of-natural-gas-exports/article/2545225
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059995636

IF wouldn't exactly be the operative word here. Odumbo and his oligarchy have gotten very sloppy and leave trails all over the place. And to think it only cost the US taxpayers $5 billion to buy the Ukraine government.

And to think that Russia would have the same power to snoop as NSA, ridiculous.

As so rightfully portrayed by Paul Craig Roberts with a link to RT and the Ashton and Paet...

Sir I respectfully submit that your perceived extreme prejudice is clouding your vision of exactly what is going on here. Not that anybody is claiming to be a boy scout, but in this case he is not at fault.

This is but another case of the US regime taking down another elected government to meet their agenda. This US government is not representative of the American people but of the corporate banking world trying to achieve world dominance at the price of our glorious republic.

The problem in the US is the vast amount of the population that sucks at the governments teets and are just too stupid to thing about anything not hand fed them by government and the mass media, both being owned by the bankers, specifically the Federal Reserve.

I couldn't care what you submit!
He is a Crook,and so is his whole Gang,including your Hero Putin!

Ukraine Kiev Protest : Sniper Fires On Cops | Raw ... - YouTube.
( 18 ) Ukraine Martyrs: Kiev , Snipers shooting at unarmed ... - YouTube
Paet:"All the evidence shows that people who were killed by snipers from both sides, policemen and people from the streets, that they were the same snipers killing people from both sides. ... Some photos that showed it is the same handwriting, the same type of bullets, and it is really disturbing that now the new coalition they don't want to investigate what exactly happened.So there is now stronger and stronger understanding that behind the snipers, it was not Yanukovych, but it was somebody from the new coalition."

It would probably be much better if we just put in an order for condoms that even exceeds that of the bullets ordered and just start screwing our allies. Need the condoms to keep from catching the diseases our allies seem to be carrying.

I would say that pretty much proves the point.

Yep,if you want to lose your Shirt,do Business with Putin and his Oligarchs!
Consider yourself lucky if your Shirt is the only thing you lose!

Oh yes, that is what the US people need, destroy our environment to provide for idiots we could care less about so we can punish Russia. So just whom is being punished?

Potential Health and Environmental Effects of Hydrofracking in the Williston Basin, Montana



And we all know our government is here to serve and protect, but just whom?

Natural gas plays a key role in our nation's clean energy future.