As tensions flare on the shared border, US business outlet Bloomberg has alleged that Russia is continuing to pull in equipment towards the demarcation line amid concerns in recent weeks that Moscow could be planning an invasion of its Eastern European neighbor. On Thursday, Bloomberg reported that satellite imagery from …
Read More »NATO hopes that tensions on Russia-Ukraine border have been reduced – Stoltenberg
That’s according to General Secretary Jens Stoltenberg, who was speaking remotely at a meeting of Berlin’s Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, at an event marking the 50th Anniversary of the former German chancellor Willy Brandt being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He called on Moscow to find a political solution to issues between itself …
Read More »US, UK & Canada should station troops on Russian border – Ukraine
Speaking to Toronto’s The Globe and Mail on Sunday, Reznikov called on “the Anglo-Saxon allies” to provide assistance to Ukraine outside of NATO structures, including sending more military trainers to the country. “It would be nice if the Canadian instructors… would be deployed in Kharkiv, Mariupol, Kramatorsk, Odessa, and Zminiy …
Read More »NATO member says American troops won’t be sent to Russian border
“It’s very important for Norway to have a military presence in nearby regions,” Anniken Huitfeldt, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, told local outlet VG on Friday. “But in our opinion, directly next to the Russian border it’s better for us to handle it ourselves – with the help of Norwegian …
Read More »NATO shipping weaponry to Russian border – Moscow
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov revealed that “significant units and armaments from NATO countries, including American and British, are being moved closer to our borders.” He said that, in neighboring Ukraine, “more and more forces and equipment are being accumulated on the line of …
Read More »NATO wargames near Russian border fuelling heightened tensions – Moscow
Writing on Telegram on Sunday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused NATO of hypocrisy, citing a newly announced joint exercise of the Estonian army and the US Army Special Operations Forces, due to take place in the Baltic state. US Republican politician Newt Gingrich once described the country as …
Read More »Poland threatens to shut border with Belarus
“We are ready to use an ‘escalation ladder,’ which means closing more [border] crossings, shutting down transit and trade opportunities, in order to exert economic pressure on the Lukashenko regime,” Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said during his trip to Estonia on Sunday. Morawiecki said his country had already decided …
Read More »Has the situation at the US border improved under Biden? If anything, it’s worse
President Biden has been repeatedly slammed from the left over his ‘Trumpian’ approach to securing the US border. To learn more about the migrants attempting to enter the country, RT spoke to Benjamin Wein, a Mexico-based journalist who has been travelling with one of the numerous migrant caravans currently heading …
Read More »Ukraine plans Trump-style border barrier against Russia & Belarus
Speaking to lawmakers on Friday, Denis Monastirsky requested around $640 million be allocated for engineering equipment on the frontiers with Russia and Belarus, which span a whopping 1,974 and 1,084 kilometers (1,226 and 673.5 miles) respectively. According to the official, Kiev’s updated demarcation line cannot be just a concrete wall …
Read More »Merkel criticized for ‘dangerous’ call with Lukashenko over Belarus border crisis
Speaking on Wednesday, Lithuania’s top diplomat Gabrielius Landsbergis expressed concerns over the telephone conversation between Merkel and President Alexander Lukashenko which took place earlier this week. According to Landsbergis, the discussions were dangerous as the long-time Belarusian leader could use the opportunity “to legitimize himself.” He claimed that Lukashenko “will …
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