Posted on 12/06/2018 4:20:18 PM PST by Zhang Fei
The US has begun making the necessary preparations to sail a warship into the Black Sea, a move that comes amid heightened tensions in the region following Russia's seizure of Ukrainian ships and detention of Ukrainian sailors.
The US military has requested that the State Department notify Turkey of its possible plans to sail a warship into the Black Sea, three US officials tell CNN, a move they said is a response to Russia's actions against Ukraine in the Kerch Strait, which connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced Wednesday that its troops in eastern Crimea, which Moscow seized from Ukraine in 2014, conducted a military drill with its Pantsir anti-aircraft missile systems.
Active preparations
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs also claimed Wednesday that the Ukrainian government had undertaken "active preparations" for a military offensive in eastern Ukraine, using the recent declaration of martial law in select regions as a cover.
"Substantial offensive components are being transferred to the region, which are being dispersed along the entire contact line," spokesperson Maria Zakharova said Wednesday at a press briefing.
The US is required to notify Turkey about the passage through the straits under the Montreux Convention, a 1936 treaty that governs the passage of military vessels through the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, which connect the Mediterranean to the Black Sea.
Under the rules of the treaty, countries that do not have a coastline on the Black Sea are required to provide Turkey with at least 15 days' notice prior to transiting the straits.
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Hope you have a good supply of white flags......glad you weren’t in charge of any war efforts during the two big ones,
Pretty sure 83% of white people can’t do that either.
It’s not desirable to engage in debate with someone who thinks Russia is runaway swelling in size like a balloon being given too much air, unless one wants to go stark raving mad. Did you have a stroke or something that you can’t see how absurd it is?
> The principal significance of the Crimea to Ukraine is that it prevents Russia from controlling both sides of the Kerch Strait.
I’m sorry but you simply cannot be that stupid. You must know quite well that the present-day significance of Crimea to Russia is the naval base at Sevastopol.
What kind of person would come here and give prima facie absurdist arguments?
Are you a Chinese state employee working the propaganda shift?
“Hope you have a good supply of white flags......glad you werent in charge of any war efforts during the two big ones,”
Thats just silly. LNG doesnt have to compete with the volume of a pipeline, and the odds of Russia shutting off the flow is infinitesimal.
What they like to do is get a customer hooked and then jack up the prices during times of need. When LNG is available to add to supply that puts a cap on how much Russia can charge for their gas.
The pipeline in question does not yet exist, and Russia desperately needs the money from sales to pay for its construction. Shutting off the flow would be ridiculous. That said, the United States has so much available natural gas that we could have a string of supertankers delivering LNG to Germany so fast it would make your head spin.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LNG_carrier
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