A Russia-NATO conflict could kick off “in the relatively near future,” a report by Sweden’s Defense Committee claims. Moscow has repeatedly dismissed speculation that it could attack the US-led military bloc as “nonsense.”
The security paper, released on Friday and endorsed by the Swedish government and all parliamentary parties, brands Russia a “long-term threat” and claims that Moscow could seek to “test NATO’s cohesion and the credibility of Article 5” if it sees “favorable” political conditions. The report does not spell out what those conditions would be.
The document also claims that Moscow could engage in hostilities “even if the military balance of power does not meet traditional requirements for an attack.”
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The West is aware that it has little time left to pressurize Russia which it has failed to break by sanctions, Milorad Dodik, leader of the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats, the leading political party in Republika Srpska, one of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s entities, said in an interview with TASS.
ReplyDelete"Western countries feel that their time is running out. They expected to break Russia with sanctions," Dodik said. "But Russia realized that there were about 15 million Russians in Ukraine who needed to be protected," the politician pointed out.
When at least one US national is under threat anywhere in the world, the United States intervenes, Dodik said.
"So, how couldn’t Russia have intervened when there were 15 million Russians under threat?" he said.
"How couldn’t it have intervened, considering how Ukraine was formed? It was formed through previous Russian territories, which the previous authorities had torn away piece by piece to form Ukraine. This is absurd," the politician said.
The US will sharply reduce the military resources that could be sent to Europe in the event of war.
ReplyDeleteThis was reported by Bloomberg, citing sources.
According to the publication, the EU is preparing for a sharp reduction in military aid from the US, which the Americans could have sent to Europe if hostilities had begun there.
Thus, according to the source, it is envisaged to reduce by 30% strategic bombers, by 75-100% reconnaissance and strike drones, as well as by 50% naval vessels. A third of fighter jets will also be reduced.
"According to sources, Europeans are now considering how the continent could wage war without US support. This topic was discussed at a meeting of defense ministers of the "European Five" countries on Friday, where the main attention was paid to how to achieve the same military goals using the remaining weapons and equipment," writes Bloomberg.
Литва, Польша и Франция проведут учения «Отважный кабан» у границы с Беларусью
ReplyDeleteМаневры пройдут с 16 по 26 июня в районе Сувалкский коридор, сообщает литовский портал Delfi.
В учениях примут участие военнослужащие польских и французских вооруженных сил, а также драгунского батальона Великого князя Литовского Бутигейдиса из пехотной бригады «Жемайтия».
Военные будут отрабатывать совместные операции и взаимодействие, а также навыки, необходимые для быстрой и эффективной защиты Сувалкского коридора.