Ukraine's acting president asked parliamentary approval on Wednesday for a set of military exercises with NATO partners that would put US troops in direct proximity with Russia's forces in the annexed Crimea peninsula.
Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov's request came as the chief of Russia's general staff announced in Moscow that his forces were now in full control of all 193 military bases Ukraine had in the Black Sea region prior to its seizure by Kremlin forces at the start of the month.
Turchynov said Ukraine would like to conduct two sets of military exercises with the United Sates this summer -- Rapid Trident and Sea Breeze -- that have prompted disquiet in Russia in previous years.
Ukraine is planning two additional manuevers with NATO member Poland as well joint ground operations with Moldova and Romania.
The Sea Breeze exercises have especially irritated Moscow because they had on occasion been staged on Crimea -- the base of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
Those manuevers have in more recent year......(hurriyetdailynews.com)
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Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov's request came as the chief of Russia's general staff announced in Moscow that his forces were now in full control of all 193 military bases Ukraine had in the Black Sea region prior to its seizure by Kremlin forces at the start of the month.
Turchynov said Ukraine would like to conduct two sets of military exercises with the United Sates this summer -- Rapid Trident and Sea Breeze -- that have prompted disquiet in Russia in previous years.
Ukraine is planning two additional manuevers with NATO member Poland as well joint ground operations with Moldova and Romania.
- US President Barack Obama's administration this month proposed a 28-percent spending cut to a Pentagon initiative that supports modernising the armed forces of Ukraine and other ex-Soviet states.
- But a Pentagon spokeswoman said that both Rapid Trident and Sea Breeze were still expected to proceed on schedule in the coming months.
The Sea Breeze exercises have especially irritated Moscow because they had on occasion been staged on Crimea -- the base of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
Those manuevers have in more recent year......(hurriyetdailynews.com)
26/3/14
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Roumanie : le ministre de la Défense appelle l'OTAN à accroître la disponibilité opérationnelle sur la frontière ukrainienne...
ReplyDeleteLe ministre de la Défense de Roumanie Mircea Dusa a appelé l'OTAN à accroître la disponibilité opérationnelle dans les pays limitrophes de l'Ukraine.
« Des capacités militaires doivent être présentes en Roumanie, en Pologne et dans d'autres pays ayant une frontière commune avec l'Ukraine en vue d'effectuer l'activité opérationnelle de l'OTAN dans la région », a déclaré le ministre. Il a promis de faire une proposition appropriée lors du sommet de l'OTAN en septembre en Grande-Bretagne.
Mircea Dusa a confirmé que des composantes du système ABM des Etats-Unis seraient déployées en Roumanie en 2015 comme prévu. Il a également déclaré que face à la crise en Ukraine il était nécessaire d'accélérer l'achat de 48 chasseurs américains F-16 projeté par Bucarest.
Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_03_26/Roumanie-le-ministre-de-la-Defense-appelle-lOTAN-a-accroitre-la-disponibilite-operationnelle-sur-la-frontiere-ukrainienne-1580/
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