"We are monitoring the situation carefully. We will not accept the use, under any pretext, of any Russian military forces in eastern Ukraine," said Josh Earnest, a White House spokesman.
"Reports from Moscow that the Russian defense ministry is considering creating military cordons in eastern Ukraine are also troubling," Earnest said.
"We do not see any evidence that the Russian military units arriving to the region are connected to any type of border security mission."
A Russian defense ministry source told RBK news agency this week that troops were prepared to enter Ukraine's insurgent regions in order to "put up barriers between the civilian population and the Ukrainian army".
The Kremlin said on Friday that it had sent new troops to the Ukraine border to shore up security there.
[dailystar.com.lb]
20/6/14
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Ukraine’s newly elected president Petro Poroshenko said on Sunday it was necessary to cease fire in the eastern regions of the country within a week.... (8/6/14)
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ReplyDeleteNach Informationen der US-Regierung versorgt Russland weiter ukrainische Separatisten mit Waffen. Zusätzliche Panzer würden zur Abfahrt vorbereitet. Der Westen droht mit neuen Sanktionen.
Russland hat nach Informationen der US-Regierung Panzer und Raketenwerfer an die Separatisten im Osten der Ukraine geliefert. "Wir haben Informationen, dass zusätzliche Panzer zur Abfahrt vorbereitet wurden", sagte die Sprecherin im US-Außenamt, Jen Psaki, in Washington. Die Russen hätten zudem Artillerie im Südwesten des eigenen Landes versammelt, die von ukrainischen Kräften genutzt werde aber nicht mehr im aktiven russischen Bestand enthalten sei. "Wir glauben, dass Russland diese Ausrüstung bald an Separatisten-Kämpfer übergeben könnte", sagte Psaki weiter. Die Situation am Boden werde genau beobachtet...........................http://www.n24.de/n24/Nachrichten/Politik/d/4943572/russland-liefert-weiter-waffen-an-separatisten.html
21/6/14
Over 65,000 military servicemen and about 5,500 items of weapons and military hardware will be involved in an ongoing comprehensive surprise combat readiness test of the Russian Central Military District forces, says Valery Gerasimov, the chief of staff of the Russian armed forces.........
ReplyDelete"Over 65,000 troops, about 5,500 weapon units and vehicles, over 180 planes, and about 60 helicopters will be involved in the test," Gerasimov said at a conference with the Russian Defense Ministry command staff on Saturday.
The maneuvers are designed to test the training level of the troops in performing their duties through shooting practice, control exercises, the use of aircraft and airborne drops, Gerasimov said, Interfax reports.
Russian President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin has ordered a comprehensive surprise combat readiness test of the entire personnel of the Central Military District, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced at a conference at the Defense Ministry on Saturday.
"In line with [Putin's] orders, the Central Military District's troops and also units and garrisons deployed on its territory have been put on full combat alert since 11:00 am today," he said. The combat readiness test will last from June 21 to 28, he said.
Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_06_21/Over-65-000-troops-5-500-combat-vehicles-to-participate-in-Russian-combat-readiness-test-9591/
21/6/14
Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered central Russia forces on "combat alert", according to defence minister Sergey Shoygu....
ReplyDeleteIt comes a day after the Kremlin confirmed it was beefing up its military presence at the border with Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the United States has blacklisted seven separatists in Ukraine and threatened "scalpel" sanctions on Russia's financial, defence and high-tech industries as more Russian military material has flowed into Ukraine.
The US moves respond to what American officials say is Russia's recent increase in support to Ukrainian separatists,including the provision of Russian tanks and the preparation of more to cross into eastern Ukraine.
President Barack Obama spoke separately yesterday with French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the White House said.
The three leaders agreed that Russia faces the risk of new sanctions from the West if it fails to defuse tensions on the Ukraine border, the White House added.
Separatist rebellions erupted in eastern Ukraine in early April after street protests in Kiev toppled the Moscow-backed leader Viktor Yanukovych and Russia in turn annexed the Crimean peninsula. Eastern rebels have called for union with Russia.
The US Treasury named seven people, including separatist leaders in Donetsk, Slovyansk, Luhansk and the Crimean city of Sevastopol, whose assets under US jurisdiction will be frozen and with whom US individuals and companies will be generally be barred from dealing.
The Treasury said one of the seven was a Russian citizen but gave no information on the citizenship of the other six.
Separately, the US State Department said it was confident that Russia last week sent tanks and rocket launchers from a deployment site in southwest Russia into eastern Ukraine and believed more tanks were being readied for delivery.
A senior Obama administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Ukrainian officials told diplomats in Brussels that they had "evidence of some additional 10 tanks,fuel trucks, and additional supporting vehicles coming over the border outside of Luhansk in the last 24 hours."
The official also said the US had intensified its conversation with the EU about imposing additional targeted sanctions sanctions on Russia because of the flows of Russian material to Ukraine.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0621/625473-ukraine/
21/6/14