Posted on 11/12/2021 11:29:37 AM PST by RomanSoldier19
Belarus has joined forces with Russia to carry out joint military exercises on its western border to Poland, near where about 4,000 migrants are trapped in freezing makeshift forest camps.
Minsk released details and images of the “joint tactical battalion group” exercise with paratroopers, which it said was necessary due to an “increase in military activity” near its border.
The move came as Turkey has announced that, with immediate effect, flights from its airports with Belavia, the Belarus national airline, were forbidden from carrying citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen.
Increasing numbers of people from these and other countries in the region have been flying to Belarus and trying to cross its 400km border into Poland.
Warsaw has accused its eastern neighbour of launching a “hybrid attack” and has deployed more than 15,000 Polish soldiers to the region in response to a plan it says has been “masterminded” in Moscow.
Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko denies the claims and has threatened to cut Russian gas supplies to Europe in a growing stand-off.
On Thursday Moscow released images from two bombers it has dispatched to patrol Belarus airspace, again in response to what it calls a “massive” military build-up on the Polish side, including military helicopters in the region
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The Russians aren’t giving birth to enough babies to play this game.
They’re about to cease to exist as a people in three generations.
Pingski.
Interesting the map shows Crimea as part of Ukraine. Probably pre 2014 map.
It’s maddening to watch a nation abuse it’s neighbor, and then
when the neighbor shows intent to protect it’s sovereignty,
the offending nation blames it for a military buildup.
I suspect Russia has it’s fingers in this.
If Russia goes after Poland, I hope Europe joins together to
defend it.
They should fear having to relive the 20th Century, even if
Russia is waxing nostalgic for it.
“The Russians aren’t giving birth to enough babies to play this game.
They’re about to cease to exist as a people in three generations.”
True. In addition to its low fertility rate, Russia has a relatively high death rate, a high rate of abortions, and a low level of net migration. It’s unlikely that any of these factors will turn around in the future. Unfortunately, this is a recipe for destabilizing territorial grabs from its neighbors to the west.
Smile...
So Vlad needs a war to give him cover from a disgruntled
populace?
Are the Russian people tired of him yet?
threatened to cut Russian gas supplies to Europe in a growing stand-off.
and God bless the Poles and Hungarians. I doubt Biden will extend a hand to them when they need it most.
This take is not supported by the objective data.
That’s a sort of tired propaganda. Europe instituted limits on the bandwidth of the Russian pipelines and built terminals to receive American LNG,... which failed to arrive because the price in China is higher.
I expect hunger next year, because there won’t be fertilizers in Spring.
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