Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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https://www.voanews.com/a/top-russia...s/6434452.html
Top Russian Commanders Arrive in Belarus for Military Drills
Top Russian commanders arrived in neighboring Belarus on Wednesday, set to oversee 30,000 Russian troops as they train for 10 days with the Belarusian military in the latest show of Moscow’s force along the Ukrainian border.
Russia has moved two battalions of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and numerous fighter jets into Belarus for the exercises, with Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian armed forces’ General Staff, in command of the drills that start on Thursday.….
Top Russian Commanders Arrive in Belarus for Military Drills
Top Russian commanders arrived in neighboring Belarus on Wednesday, set to oversee 30,000 Russian troops as they train for 10 days with the Belarusian military in the latest show of Moscow’s force along the Ukrainian border.
Russia has moved two battalions of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and numerous fighter jets into Belarus for the exercises, with Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the chief of the Russian armed forces’ General Staff, in command of the drills that start on Thursday.….
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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...ades-rcna15584
Biden administration firms up plans to get Americans out of Ukraine if Russia invades
Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division could be called in to support Americans fleeing the country.
Americans who need help getting out of Ukraine if Russia invades could be brought through Poland and receive support from U.S. troops, a senior defense official and a U.S. official told NBC News on Wednesday.
If U.S. troops are needed to support an evacuation, soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division would be called in to set up checkpoints for medical screening and administrative processes as well as provide logistical support and any necessary medical aid to care for people in Poland, the officials said.
Members of the 82nd Airborne have not been ordered to go into Ukraine to evacuate anyone at this point, the sources said, but Pentagon officials have indicated using them for such an operation is possible if needed…..
Biden administration firms up plans to get Americans out of Ukraine if Russia invades
Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division could be called in to support Americans fleeing the country.
Americans who need help getting out of Ukraine if Russia invades could be brought through Poland and receive support from U.S. troops, a senior defense official and a U.S. official told NBC News on Wednesday.
If U.S. troops are needed to support an evacuation, soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division would be called in to set up checkpoints for medical screening and administrative processes as well as provide logistical support and any necessary medical aid to care for people in Poland, the officials said.
Members of the 82nd Airborne have not been ordered to go into Ukraine to evacuate anyone at this point, the sources said, but Pentagon officials have indicated using them for such an operation is possible if needed…..
B-52H c/s HATE11-14 all at RAF Fairford now after detours for range details. Part of a pre-planned European Bomber Task Force deployment. May be 4 more coming soon.
Also F-15C/Ds from 48 FW RAF Lakenheath deployed to Poland with live miisiles already loaded to beef up NATO Air Policing mission.
Also F-15E from 4 FW - forward deployed at RAF Lakenheath for some time - now on NATO Air Policing in Estonia.
Also F-15C/Ds from 48 FW RAF Lakenheath deployed to Poland with live miisiles already loaded to beef up NATO Air Policing mission.
Also F-15E from 4 FW - forward deployed at RAF Lakenheath for some time - now on NATO Air Policing in Estonia.
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...ines-next-week
It Looks Like Russia Wants To All But Wall Off Ukraine's Coastlines Next Week
The Russian government has reportedly issued notices warning mariners and aviators to avoid significant portions of the northern end of the Black Sea, as well as the adjacent Sea of Azov, next week ostensibly due to upcoming live-fire naval exercises. The obvious concern is that this could amount to a de facto blockade of Ukraine's southern coastlines, which in turn might be part of preparations for new large-scale Russian military intervention into that country.…
It Looks Like Russia Wants To All But Wall Off Ukraine's Coastlines Next Week
The Russian government has reportedly issued notices warning mariners and aviators to avoid significant portions of the northern end of the Black Sea, as well as the adjacent Sea of Azov, next week ostensibly due to upcoming live-fire naval exercises. The obvious concern is that this could amount to a de facto blockade of Ukraine's southern coastlines, which in turn might be part of preparations for new large-scale Russian military intervention into that country.…
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https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...in-kaliningrad
Russian MiG-31s Armed With Air-Launched Ballistic Missiles Have Arrived In Kaliningrad
Russian MiG-31s Armed With Air-Launched Ballistic Missiles Have Arrived In Kaliningrad
It Looks Like Russia Wants To All But Wall Off Ukraine's Coastlines Next Week
Maybe Ireland could loan Ukraine some of their fishing fleet?...
Russia’s new AEW&C aircraft the A-100 has completed its first test flight while testing its radar.
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There is a Russian airline Volga-Dnepr AN-124 at EGNX this morning, I couldn't see if they were ofloading tanks or troops though. 
F-16s sent forward from 52 FW Spangdahlem AB, Germany to Romania
U.S. aircraft heading to Romania to enhance NATO collective defense > <p style=font-size:20px>U.S. Air Forces in Europe & Air Forces Africa</p> > Press Releases
U.S. aircraft heading to Romania to enhance NATO collective defense > <p style=font-size:20px>U.S. Air Forces in Europe & Air Forces Africa</p> > Press Releases
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...inter-olympics
Ukraine crisis: Biden talks to allies as US warns Russia could invade ‘at any time’
Ukraine crisis: Biden talks to allies as US warns Russia could invade ‘at any time’
Lotta curious stuff coming out of the mouth of the Prez, but none more curious than
“I'm hoping that if in fact he's foolish enough to go in, he's smart enough not to in fact do anything that would negatively impact on American citizens.“
…sure! Don’t go in, But yeah, if you do, kindly limit the damage to the non-American citizens.
“I'm hoping that if in fact he's foolish enough to go in, he's smart enough not to in fact do anything that would negatively impact on American citizens.“
…sure! Don’t go in, But yeah, if you do, kindly limit the damage to the non-American citizens.
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That reads to me any American citizen harmed in this and you will be dealing with the US forces as well.
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This is starting to look like Munich Mark II … and I’m getting less comfortable by the day. Putin’s megalomania is over-riding any form of common sense, unless this aggressive posturing is, for some obscure reason, for domestic consumption.
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I’d be interested to see how much it’s actually costing Russia, it won’t be cheap moving all the assets about for a sustained threat.