Russian SU-27/30 and SU-24 fighter jets sitting on a tarmac at Buturlinovka Air base, 150 km to the Ukainian border Photo: AFP/Getty Images
Reuters
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12:15AM BST 11 Apr 2014
Nato (click here) presented satellite photographs on Thursday it said showed Russian
deployments of 40,000 troops near the Ukrainian frontier along with tanks,
armoured vehicles, artillery and aircraft ready for action.
"This is a force that is very capable, at high readiness, and, as we
have illustrated through the imagery, is close to routes and lines of
communication," British Brigadier Gary Deakin said at a briefing at
Nato military headquarters at Mons in southern Belgium.
"It has the resources to be able to move quickly into Ukraine if it was
ordered to do so," he said.
If Russian political leaders took a decision to send forces into Ukraine, the
first Russian forces could be on the move within 12 hours.
Nato has spotted Russian forces at more than 100 different sites close to the
Ukraine border, he said...
They want the USA to start military actions to justify the Russian presence. Russia is currently involved in significant propaganda. They deny the photo above is not at all a build up along the Ukraine borders. The stunt they pulled over a USA ship would prove them liars.
And I don't want to hear from Republicans the USA has no presence in the region.
April 14, 2014
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian fighter aircraft (click here) made repeated low-altitude, close-range passes near a U.S. ship in the Black Sea over the weekend, the Pentagon said on Monday, condemning the action at a time of heightened U.S.-Russian tensions over Ukraine.
They want the USA to start military actions to justify the Russian presence. Russia is currently involved in significant propaganda. They deny the photo above is not at all a build up along the Ukraine borders. The stunt they pulled over a USA ship would prove them liars.
And I don't want to hear from Republicans the USA has no presence in the region.
April 14, 2014
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian fighter aircraft (click here) made repeated low-altitude, close-range passes near a U.S. ship in the Black Sea over the weekend, the Pentagon said on Monday, condemning the action at a time of heightened U.S.-Russian tensions over Ukraine.
"This provocative and
unprofessional Russian action is inconsistent with their national
protocols and previous agreements on the professional interaction
between our militaries," said Colonel Steve Warren, a Pentagon
spokesman.
Warren said a
Russian Su-24 aircraft, or Fencer, made 12 passes at low altitude near
the USS Donald Cook, a destroyer that has been in the Black Sea since
April 10. It appeared to be unarmed, he told reporters.
The incident lasted 90 minutes and took place on Saturday evening while
the U.S. ship was conducting a patrol in international waters in the
western Black Sea, Warren said. The ship is now in a Romanian port....
...Warren said the U.S. ship was not in danger during Saturday's incident.
"I would have difficulty believing that two Russian pilots on their own would choose to take such an action," Warren said.
"We've seen the Russians conduct themselves unprofessionally and in
violation of international norms in Ukraine now for several months," he
said.
"These continued acts of provocations and unprofessionalism do
nothing to de-escalate the situation in Ukraine."
