Byline: TOM MCTAGUE Political CorrespondentARMED Russian forces stormed a Ukrainian military base in Crimea last night and took control in the latest move by leader Vladimir Putin.The soldiers rammed the gates of Belbek Air Base in capital Sevastopol with a truck and claimed they had taken top...
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Last week, Breedlove said Russia was discussing plans to put aircraft in Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine earlier this year. NATO has reporteda spike in Russian military flightsover the Black, Baltic and North seas and the Atlantic Ocean, with groups of Russian warplanes conducting larg...
Slovakia, on Saturdaysaid “I've called for a multinational freedom of navigation operation in the Black Sea to show, when Russia aggressively is using military action, makes incursions into the West, [and] does not abide by its own commitments, in terms of the territorial integ...
Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk warned that Russia's military intervention in Crimea has brought Ukraine to the brink of disaster. "This is the red alert. This is not a threat. This is actually a declaration of war to my country," he said. ...
MOSCOW, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Russia said Wednesday its convoy with military equipment of the Southern Military District units crossed the Crimean Bridge, returning to permanent deployment points after the completion of drills in Crimea. "Units of the Southern Military District, which have completed...
Russia has accused UK and US spies of trying to provoke attacks against Russia's military bases in Syria to force their evacuation. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has blamed Russia for the Azerbaijan Airlines crash while the US points to the plane being downed by a
” The US and NATO have sought not only to arm and train but also to integrate Ukraine’s military. These actions present a threat to Russia. NATO military bases are already present in Ukraine. Previous rounds of NATO expansion have not led to an improvement in relations with Russia, as ...
The Russians are in control in Crimea after a bloodless takeover that has lasted less than a week, but there are still pockets of resistance: Ukrainian forces barricaded inside their own bases, but they're surrounded by Russian military and hopelessly outnumbered. Some have a...
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