There are any flights to DonBass. Who wants to travel to DonBass must be given permission by Ukrainian authority. Although Separatists also require own permission , currently they don't allow any Ukrainian citizens into Donbass unless they are registered in Donetsk and Lugansk cities. People who live in DonBass are totally isolated like in USSR. Poor people.
conspiracy theory chemical weapons on german soil? I might as well post armenian or kurdish news sources about Turkey here next if you get the joke.
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does Europe have enough tanks, air defenses and ground troops? there is only so much the U.S. can do in Europe? Speaking of modern is any european country even making exoskeleton suits like ratnik-3? atleast give examples.
Hilarious to me how the French, Germans, Chinese, Russians all perceive the English civilization and hegemony, yet the English people ourselves never understand it. We view ourselves as different nations, when we are one civilization.Lavrov strikes back at US diplomat’s ‘return troops to the barracks’ comment
Earlier, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told reporters that sending Russian troops located on the Russian-Ukrainian border back to the barracks would prove that Moscow had no plans to invade that country
Lavrov strikes back at US diplomat’s ‘return troops to the barracks’ comment
Earlier, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told reporters that sending Russian troops located on the Russian-Ukrainian border back to the barracks would prove that Moscow had no plans to invade that country
MOSCOW, January 14. /TASS/. Western countries went to extremes demanding that Russia ‘send troops to the barracks’ on its own soil, while they opened up military bases on the territories of the Baltic States and in northern Europe countries, as well as in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said speaking at a press conference on the results of Russia’s diplomatic activities in 2021 on Friday.
During a special press phone call earlier, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, who led the American delegation at the Russia-US consultations on security guarantees in Geneva, told reporters that sending Russian troops located on the Russian-Ukrainian border back to the barracks would prove that Moscow had no plans to invade that country.
"We are categorically opposed to developments, where we are requested to send [our] troops ‘to the barracks’ on our own soil, yet simultaneously the Americans, Canadians, British actually ensconce themselves under the guise of a rotation (a very provisional rotation) in the Baltic States and in the countries of northern Europe, as they open military bases near the Black Sea. What’s more, the British are building a base in Ukraine: they are setting up a base in the Sea of Azov," Lavrov said. "This is an inadmissible approach."
"Therefore, the time chosen [for Russia to present the West with legally binding proposals on security guarantees] simply reflects the period, when the West went to extremes, frankly speaking," Russia’s top diplomat stated
Lavrov stressed that the Western countries "in breach of all obligations and common sense" opted to exacerbate the situation.
On December 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry released a draft agreement on security guarantees between Russia and the United States and a draft agreement on ensuring the security of Russia and NATO member states. Consultations on the issue took place in Geneva on January 10, followed by a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council in Brussels on January 12 and a session of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Permanent Council in Vienna on January 13.
Russia able to ensure its security, not going to wait for West’s promises — top diplomat
The foreign minister recalled that Moscow had already tried to put forward a draft treaty on European security, but it was "tactlessly misunderstood"
Russia able to ensure its security, not going to wait for West’s promises — top diplomat
The foreign minister recalled that Moscow had already tried to put forward a draft treaty on European security, but it was "tactlessly misunderstood"
MOSCOW, January 14. /TASS/. Russia knows how to ensure its security and is not going to endlessly wait for some changes and West’s promises, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated at a press conference on Friday.
According to the top diplomat, NATO is trying to dictate its will to everyone. "We know and are able to safeguard our security in any case, and I can assure you that we are not going to endlessly wait for some changes and promises," Lavrov said.
The foreign minister recalled that Moscow had already tried to put forward a draft treaty on European security, but it was "tactlessly misunderstood." "We said that we just wanted to translate political obligations into a legally binding form. The answer was illustrative - [they stated that] <…> legally binding guarantees could be provided exclusively to NATO members," according to Lavrov.
"This philosophy undermines everything that was achieved by the OSCE after the end of the Cold War, including the principle that no union in the Euro-Atlantic region can dictate its will to others," the top diplomat pointed out. "And [NATO] is doing this and, apparently, enjoying it <…>," Lavrov said.
Western response on security to reveal its sincerity towards Russia — Lavrov
When Moscow asked to move the guarantees of security into the status of legal obligations in 2010, NATO said that it provided legal obligations only to the organization's member states, the Russian Foreign Minister recalled
Western response on security to reveal its sincerity towards Russia — Lavrov
When Moscow asked to move the guarantees of security into the status of legal obligations in 2010, NATO said that it provided legal obligations only to the organization's member states, the Russian Foreign Minister recalled
MOSCOW, January 14. /TASS/. The written response from the US and NATO to Russia’s proposals on security will indicate, how sincere Western partners are towards Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a press conference Friday.
"As President [Vladimir Putin] said, and as we have repeatedly reiterated, we introduced the documents and we insist that our main concern regarding NATO’s non-expansion becomes legally binding," he said. "In response, I expect to receive something coherent, besides the current discourse that this is unacceptable for the West."
"Let’s see what they provide us on paper, and then we will decide, how sincere our Western colleagues are, not back in the 1990s, but right now, in their relations with Russia," Lavrov noted.
When asked when this security demand appeared, the Minister underscored that "it was always there."
"After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the security demand started forming into political obligations, adopted at the highest level. Our Western colleagues misused these political obligations, and did not fulfill them, to put it simply," the Minister said. "When we asked to move the guarantees of security into the status of legal obligations and proposed a corresponding document back in 2010, we were told: ‘this does not concern you, we only provide legal obligations to NATO member states.’"
In 30 years, Russia "has accumulated enough understanding on how to act further," Lavrov said, adding that "nothing will come out of promises and political spells."
The answer to this is no. And Ukraine has nothing to do with the US and NATO or the EU. Nothing at all. Same as Georgia doesn't. Where as the European outcry when the Turkish were defeating Armenia, they weren't banging on about that to protect poor weak Armenia against Turkey.
modern wars are won by air power, Russia only has less than 1/5th of NATO combat aircraft. Good luck with your tanks
correction, Russia only has less than 1/5th of NATO minus US combat aircraft.modern wars are won by air power, Russia only has less than 1/5th of NATO combat aircraft. Good luck with your tanks
Then the problem for NATO is moving their aircraft into position to strike Russia, whereas the Russians can just move into position within Russia and Ukraine. The other issue for NATO is the Russians have layered defences with integration from space to sea, they haven't faced anything like this ever. Defeat Iraq is the closest the NATO has come. So the Russians don't need as many aircraft, they just need to keep the American carriers out of the Baltic sea and Black sea, if they do that the Americans will take months to get into position by which time the war is over. This is why the Russians are complaining about NATO basing more troops next to Russia's borders. There needs to be a compromise somewhere in this or there will be a war between Russia and Ukraine. I don't believe Russia wants Ukraine, I just think they don't want Ukraine to be aligned with NATO and EU.
TBF they did perform rather well in Iraq, which is a flat desert with not strategic defences. And Armenia did shot down a lot of enemy aircraft, when it has no strategic depth at all and a tiny air force.
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Defeating Iraq is a gargantuan task that no modern militaries has come anywhere close.
let's do some maths, the speed of which an aircraft carrier usually run is 30 knots or 55km/hr.
