We have witnessed this level of negligence by the Russian government to control their military suppliers. Now, they are simply sending them across the Ukraine border. The same sort of problem occurred when Russian military manufacturers attempted to ship tanks to Syria.
It is basically a strategy by Russia to appear to be incapable of controlling their military industrial complex. Perhaps the sincere truth is that Russia does not have control of the country as much as Putin likes to pretend it does.
The real question is, "Is Putin simply a figure head?"
12.06.2014
Russia has sent three tanks to Donetsk region, (click here) but they were intercepted by Ukrainian troops near the town of Snizhne, Donetsk region, the Censor.NET online newspaper has reported, citing Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.
It is basically a strategy by Russia to appear to be incapable of controlling their military industrial complex. Perhaps the sincere truth is that Russia does not have control of the country as much as Putin likes to pretend it does.
The real question is, "Is Putin simply a figure head?"
12.06.2014
Russia has sent three tanks to Donetsk region, (click here) but they were intercepted by Ukrainian troops near the town of Snizhne, Donetsk region, the Censor.NET online newspaper has reported, citing Ukrainian Interior Minister Arsen Avakov.
"Tonight, three T-72 tanks crossed Ukraine's state border from Russia. One tank is in the town of Snizhne. Two other tanks moved out of the town. In the vicinity of Snizhne these tanks were intercepted by Ukrainian troops. The fight is ongoing. There are reports that a Russian T-72 was hit," the newspaper quoted Avakov as saying.
According to Censor.NET, the Russian military in the immediate vicinity of the border with Ukraine have additional forces - armor and Grad BM-21 multiple rocket launcher systems - that could also be sent into Ukraine at any time.
Earlier, the head of the Information Resistance group, Dmytro Tymchuk, wrote on his page on Facebook that illegal armed groups in Snizhne had received two tanks, thought to be T-72s.
There is definitely this dual message coming from Russia. One has to ask if Russia has leadership that matters.
11 June 2014 Last updated at 14:13 ET
June 10, 2014
Russia launched military maneuvers in its European exclave, (click here) Kaliningrad, on June 10, one day after NATO began its own war games near the Russian border.
The Russian Defense Ministry said military drills involving the Baltic Sea fleet, the Russian Air Force, and paratroopers are under way in Kaliningrad, Russia's westernmost region sandwiched between EU and NATO members Lithuania and Poland.
Meanwhile, NATO has launched one of its largest-ever military maneuvers in the former Soviet Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
The exercises come as tensions between NATO and Russia have spiked over its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in March.
There is definitely this dual message coming from Russia. One has to ask if Russia has leadership that matters.
11 June 2014 Last updated at 14:13 ET
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (click here) has said a gas price discount deal offered to Ukraine was designed to help its economy.
After another round of negotiations, Ukraine rejected the price deal, saying it "won't fall into Russian gas trap".
But Mr Putin said on Wednesday that the offer was "to support the Ukrainian economy at a rather difficult time''.
The two sides have been locked in talks after Russia withdrew a deal to subsidise gas exports to Ukraine.
On Wednesday, Russia offered a discount of $100 for every 1,000 cubic metres of gas exported to Ukraine....
Russia's propaganda is stating the USA and NATO has launched a full scale invasion into the country. HUH? Maybe it is a Russia recruitment technique. Nationalism and a profound invasion into the homeland results in waiting lines at the recruitment station. It might play better on Russia television if the military exercises were in the Black Sea.
I am curious. Are Russians happy about the invasion? That would be an interesting opinion poll.
I am curious. Are Russians happy about the invasion? That would be an interesting opinion poll.
The Russian Defense Ministry said military drills involving the Baltic Sea fleet, the Russian Air Force, and paratroopers are under way in Kaliningrad, Russia's westernmost region sandwiched between EU and NATO members Lithuania and Poland.
Meanwhile, NATO has launched one of its largest-ever military maneuvers in the former Soviet Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.
The exercises come as tensions between NATO and Russia have spiked over its annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in March.
