... actions of our adversaries do not call for condemnation, but for an appropriate response. We are now talking about airfields in NATO countries, including Poland, where the F-16s handed over to Kiev may well be based; possible attempts by Estonia and Finland ... ... mind that Russia’s confrontation with the collective West will continue after the end of active military operations against Ukraine. From the Arctic, which is a separate area of rivalry, to the Black Sea, there is already a solid, unbroken dividing line. European security is no longer a relevant concept, and Eurasian security, including the European component, is a matter for the ...
... appears to be driving the conflict, seeing potential benefits regardless of the outcome. However, Europe is already facing severe consequences, particularly in terms of energy and food security, and the situation threatens to worsen dramatically.
Source: Reuters
American Interests in the Conflict
From the American perspective, the Ukraine conflict offers several strategic advantages. First, it reinforces US leadership within NATO and demonstrates its military capabilities. Second, the conflict creates a lucrative market for American arms manufacturers, who supply weapons to both Ukraine and NATO allies worried about Russian aggression. This military-industrial complex plays ...
... young people have left the country; the unemployment rate is high; and social services have been seriously eroded.
Source: Reuters
But Greece is now also a politico-military slave, barely responsible for its foreign policy, which is dictated by an Anglo-Saxon-led NATO. Not since the German appointed collaborationist government of 1941–1943 has there been such a wide gap between the people and their alleged leaders.
Yet despite this, Greece has sent weapons to the Ukraine, and continues to do so. When the Ukrainian Defence Minister visited Athens in April, he was promised more artillery and ...
If the weapons including tanks provided by Washington and NATO countries are used to seize Russia's "constitutional territory" or used a sub-caliber armor-piercing projectile ... ... Morgulov told the Global Times in an exclusive interview when talking about some Western countries' plan to send tanks to aid Ukraine.
He said that if the weapons including tanks provided by Washington and NATO countries are used to seize Russia's "constitutional ...
... the Joint chiefs of staff of US armed forces are of the same opinion as I am».
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enazification is what Ukraine seems to have proven by electing a Jewish president. Demilitarization is the opposite of what Mr. Putin has achieved, as this attack led Ukraine to get heavy weaponry from the West. Plus, Germany and the EU are rearming too, NATO has moved troops closer to Russia’s borders, Western sanctions are now much tighter, while Europe and the US got closer together and Russia is becoming financially isolated.
Would you say Putin’s military operation is proving a success, so far?...
Moscow has destroyed the possibility of completing the construction of an order in Europe, in which its leading powers would occupy a central place
The EU-Russia relations ... ... Valdai Club Programme Director Timofei Bordachev.
Even if for Russia the events in Ukraine constitute a special military operation aimed at placing this territory in a... ... to believe that the European Union has now turned into an “economic department of NATO”, performing only auxiliary functions in relation to the bloc, which is the central...
... the next decade. People like me have been saying precisely [that] we have to solve the Ukraine problem, we have to solve the Nato problem, so that we can be in a strong position vis-à-vis China. Now it will be much more difficult for Russia to resist ... ... losers
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Do you think the US is benefiting from this ***?
SK
At this juncture, yes, because the big losers are, in addition to Ukraine, Europe, especially if it continues with this mysterious zest for independence from Russian energy. But China is clearly the victor ...
... 7th, 2016 (a condensed, edited version of this article is featured on War Is Boring)
Reuters
AMMAN — It is fitting that, on the anniversary of Japan’s Pearl... ... and Assad are, with impunity, threatening whole parts of Aleppo with mass slaughter); Ukraine also saw Russian escalation.
Kerry’s talks failed because the Russians... ... swaying votes in what was an intensely close decision; Russia has also been active in non-NATO Sweden this year, particularly when it was voting on closer ties with NATO; Finland...
... threads in the Team Trump/Team Putin tangled web show Manafort and Page linked to each other as part of a Russian plot to control Ukraine and also show a mutual Russian mafia godfather linking them with each other and Trump, providing even deeper and more ... ... published November 4th, 2016, on LinkedIn Pulse
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AMMAN — EXCLUSIVE research and analysis reveal a significantly deeper relationship than ...
... (MAJOR UPDATE August 15th with bombshell information on Manafort's dealings in Ukraine and also updated August 8th to note Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill... ... participation in the Moscow RT gala alongside Lt. Gen. Flynn)
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AMMAN — When it comes to President Obama, Donald... ... weaken America’s global standing and its position with its allies, most notably NATO allies—is also very much a possibility; so is some sort of combination of...