Posted on 04/06/2021 6:08:39 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Russia has begun a planned 'combat readiness' inspection of its army amid tensions with Ukraine, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
The ministry said the drill was a 'massive inspection' on the territory of all military districts.
The tests come after Russia massed troops near the conflict-hit Donbass region in Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on NATO on Tuesday to lay out a path for Ukraine to join the Western military alliance.
Zelenskiy's comments drew an immediate rebuke from Moscow, which said Kyiv's approach to NATO could further inflame the situation in Donbass, where violence has increased in recent days. Russian-backed separatists have fought since 2014 against Ukrainian forces in the Donbass, a conflict that Kyiv says has killed 14,000 people. Kyiv reported two more soldiers killed on Tuesday.
'NATO is the only way to end the war in Donbass,' Zelenskiy told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a phone call, according to a statement from Zelenskiy's office. A Membership Action Plan laying out Ukraine's entry path into the alliance 'will be a real signal for Russia', he said.
He also called for NATO members to strengthen their military presence in the Black Sea region.
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Nein, danke.
I don’t believe there is a ghost of a chance that an emasculated nato will commit to Ukraine. they will have to deal with Russia on their own.
Let Col. Vindeman run their DOD.
Not our circus, not our monkeys.
And US Politicians/officials getting loads of cash from Ukraine out of the deal.
The moment the idiot Biden and his idiot puppet masters get us involved in Ukraine is the moment the ChiComs move on Taiwan while we were distracted. And the hapless Biden would almost certainly not do anything there in a timely manner.
The imperial EU Army and Airforce can handle things. I do get a sick feeling that this American regime and its woke military is itching to get into any war because it deflects from other issues and big defense needs new war.
The Neocons have been peddling this nonsense for nearly 20 years now.
Because they hate America AND Russia.
The Left never forgave the Russians for abandoning Communism.
Putin is a lot of things, but a Commie isn’t one of them.
“NATO is the only way to end the war in Donbass,’ Zelenskiy told NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg”
Actually, if the Kiev government stops attacking it, that would end the war. This idiot wants the German army to be among the forces fighting battles on eastern front WWII battlefields?
Darn near every government in the world is now fascist.
The integration of business and government, and authority from the top down.
The US is at the head of the pack.
If the Russians want the Ukraine they are welcome to it.
"Stalingrad - Massengrab!"
You nailed it. When they were the USSR. The left loved them and couldn’t get enough. When the Russians walked away shaking their heads in disbelief and started over, that apostasy enraged the left.
Every time they see a new church rebuilt that the bolsheviks destroyed...their rage grows.
Every time they see a law protecting kids from homosexual recruitment... they seethe.
When they see Soros minions denied power...they are filled with hate.
The American left wants the powers the Soviets had back then and they mean to take it. Never give up your guns.
I’d rather see our troops protecting our border than Ukraine’s .
Great idea! His brother can help.
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