On March 26, 2015 Secretary Ashton Carter met with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the Pentagon to discuss critical transatlantic security issues, including Russian actions and reactions in Ukraine and the status of NATO assurance activities, instability in North Africa and the Middle East, and allied efforts in Afghanistan. This was Secretary Carter’s first […]
Allegations of Russian troop movements toward the Ukrainian border based on “rumors”, says Russians
Allegations made by Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird and a number of representatives from the United States and NATO about Russian troops moving toward the country’s border with Ukraine have” no grounds and are based on rumors”, an unidentified Russian Defense Ministry spokesman said Friday, according to a report in RIA Novosti – Russia’s primer news and […]
Russian president orders troop withdrawal from border region near Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the withdrawal of 17,600 combat troops, including special forces units involved in several military drills in the Rostov region, which borders Ukraine. The order came after a Security Council meeting, which discussed various threats to Russia. The council’s agenda for the Saturday meeting included the worsening relations with Washington and the […]
U.S. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham call Russian aggression in Ukraine a “cross border military invasion”
Today Washington’s version of the dynamic duo (U.S. Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham ) issued a press statement concerning the so called “Russian invasion” of Ukraine: “Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine can only be called one thing: a cross-border military invasion. To claim it is anything other than that is to inhabit President […]
“We are very concerned by the movement of a Russian convoy across Ukraine’s border”, said Rear Admiral Kirby at the Pentagon
The Pentagon released the following transcript of a news conference with Rear Admiral Kirby. There Kirby touch upon developments concerning the Ukraine: “REAR ADMIRAL JOHN KIRBY: Everybody, sorry I’m late. I know I’m terribly late today. I do want to just say something right at the outset and then we’ll get to your questions. We […]
Russian withdraw armored forces from near border with Ukraine, but not fast enough for Admiral Kirby
On May 23, 2014 Admiral Kirby gave a Department of Defense press briefing in the Pentagon to reporters. During the press conference Kirby made comment on the situation in Ukraine, expressing unfounded doubts and apprehensions as to Russian intentions, despite news reports tracking large numbers of Russian troops and equipment withdrawing from the Ukrainian – Russian […]
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