Friday, January 30, 2015

• NATO to deploy small units in 6 Eastern European nations - Associated Press By LORNE COOK



NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Ambassadors met on Monday for an extraordinary meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission and released a statement condemning the sharp escalation of violence along the ceasefire line in eastern Ukraine. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)


Monday, January 26, 2015

• Putin Calls Ukrainian Army 'NATO Legion'


Ukrainian armed forces are in essence a 'NATO legion', which is not serving the country's national interests, Russian President Putin said. 



Saturday, January 24, 2015

• U.S. Army sending 100 tanks to Eastern Europe to deter ‘Russian aggression By Douglas Ernst



The U.S. Army plans to send 100 Abrams tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles into Eastern Europe as a deterrent to “Russian aggression.”

• Thousands of Russian Troops in Airport Push BY JAMES RUPERT

BY JAMES RUPERT

Putin hovers between launching a winter or spring offensive. ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO/REUTERS

A “substantial number” of Russian Federation special forces troops led this week’s capture of the Donetsk airport amid what appears to be Russia’s biggest direct military offensive in Ukraine since last summer.

Saturday, January 17, 2015

• Russia could soon run multiple Ukraine-sized operations: U.S. general - Reuters By Adrian Croft


Russian amphibious vehicles drive in formation during celebrations to mark Navy Day in the far eastern Russian port of Vladivostok July 27, 2014. REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY ANNIVERSARY)