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Defense Minister Tells Troops "To Be In State Of Constant Battle
Readiness"
Министр обороны уверен, что российские миротворцы в нынешней ситуации должны находиться в постоянной боевой готовности.
7
August, 2014
Having
discussed his view that the Ukraine government is at fault for
worsening the conflict, Russia's Putin explained to Angela Merkel
that a "rising
civilian toll has created a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine."
However, it was Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's comments that "the
world has changed and changed dramatically," demanding
that his troops
"must be in constant combat readiness," are
the most disconcerting as his strong tone in the following clip
appears to confirm Poland and NATO's fears.
Putin's
conversation with Merkel...
Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke by phone,exchanged views on “intensifying crisis situation” in Ukraine, Kremlin says in e-mailed statement.
*PUTIN TELLS MERKEL UKRAINE GOVT AT FAULT FOR WORSENING CONFLICT
Putin says “real political dialogue” needed between authorities in Kiev and representatives of rebels
Offensive by Ukrainian forces in southeast leads to mounting civilian toll, humanitarian problems: Putin
Shoigu
starts talking (in Russian) at around 30 second mark, clip includes
coverage of the military drills that are under way...
To watch the video GO HERE
Sergey Shoigu, Russia's Defense Minister said that "Peacekeeping units should be in a state of constant battle readiness."
He added: "The world has changed, and has changed dramatically. As you know from previous examples, including in the brigade, peacekeeping units can be activated without warning."
After checking the 15th motorized rifle brigade of peacekeeping forces, the defense minister said that now all peacekeeping brigades are staffed exclusively by contractors, reported "Interfax".
Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis in eastern Ukraine is getting worse by the day.Today the problems of those who are located in the eastern Ukraine zone where the Ukrainian army has been dispatched was discussed at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
According to recent reports, the casualties of the conflict now amount to 1,400 people, with more than four thousand injured. In addition, about 300,000 people have fled their homes.
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"Prepare
for the unexpected," Shoigu concludes...
.....
Сергей
Шойгу заявил, что российские миротворческие
подразделения должны находиться в
постоянной боевой готовности.
Сергей
Шойгу, министр обороны России: «Мир
поменялся, поменялся кардинально. Как
вы знаете по прошлым примерам, в том
числе и этой бригады, миротворческие
подразделения могут быть востребованы
неожиданно».
Также
после проверки 15-й отдельной мотострелковой
бригады миротворческих сил министр
обороны отметил, что сейчас все
миротворческие бригады укомплектованы
исключительно контрактниками, передает
«Интерфакс».
Между
тем гуманитарная ситуация на востоке
Украины с каждым днем становится все
хуже. Сегодня ночью проблемы тех, кто
оказался в зоне операции украинских
силовиков, обсуждали на экстренном
заседании Совбеза ООН. По последним
данным, жертвами конфликта стали почти
1 400 человек, более 4 тысяч были ранены.
Кроме того, около 300 тысяч человек
покинули свои дома.
Translation via Yandex
Sergey
Shoigu said that Russian peacekeepers should be in permanent
readiness.
Sergei
Shoigu, Minister of defense of Russia: "the World has changed,
changed dramatically. As you know from previous examples, including
the brigade, peacekeeping unit can be demanded suddenly."
Also
after checking the 15th separate motorized rifle brigade of the
peacekeeping forces, defense Minister noted that now all peacekeeping
brigade equipped exclusively with contract servicemen, Interfax
reports.
Meanwhile,
the humanitarian situation in the East of Ukraine is getting worse.
Tonight the problem of those who were in the zone of operations of
the Ukrainian security forces, discussed at an emergency meeting of
the UN security Council. According to the latest data, the victims of
the conflict have become almost 1 400 people, more than 4 thousand
were wounded. In addition, about 300 thousand people have fled their
homes.
Reports
of Russia’s military build-up on Ukraine border groundless - Moscow
7
August, 2014
Moscow
slammed NATO and Pentagon claims that Russia is amassing military
near the border with Ukraine calling them unsubstantiated, according
to a statement made by a Ministry of Defense spokesman.
"In
Russia’s Ministry of Defense such statements only raise sympathy
for the speakers of the Pentagon, the US State Department and NATO.
It seems the people are serious, but they have to constantly
improvise during their speeches to somehow add seriousness to their
statements," said
Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the ministry Major General, on
Wednesday.
Pentagon
spokesman, Rear Admiral John Kirby, told reporters on Tuesday that
Russia has at least 10,000 troops on Ukraine's border.
Following
this, on Wednesday, NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu stated that Russia
has already amassed around 20,000 combat-ready troops on the border.
Konashenkov
said that “we
would like to explain to the Pentagon and NATO officials that it is
impossible to perform such a manoeuver with thousands of soldiers
with weapons and military equipment in such a short time, all the
more to keep it secret from OSCE observers now in the region.”
In
late July, the OSCE deployed sixteen observers to two
border-crossings in Russia - Gukovo and Donetsk, following a request
to the organization by the Russian government.
The
regular “tales” of
Russian troops amassing near the border with Ukraine are
reminiscent “of
an auction selling soap bubbles, where the main goal is to set the
price higher before the bubble bursts.”
This
is the reason Pentagon and NATO figures vary so much, he explained.
Russia
has conducted a series of war games since the start of the crisis in
Ukraine. The latest five-day military exercise started on
Monday in Russia’s south at the Ashuluk test site near Astrakhan,
more than 700 kilometers away from the Ukrainian conflict zone.
The
tests were scheduled last year, according to Russia’s Ministry of
Defense.
The
Major General pointed out that the representatives of the US and
NATO, which have been inspecting the border under the ‘Open Skies’
mission, “consistently
cannot find” any
evidence of a military build-up.
“At
the same time, a grouping of 25,000 Ukrainian military forces leading
military actions near the border with Russia, for some reason, does
not cause any concern in Europe or the United States.”
Earlier,
Russia’s Defense Ministry accused the US of releasing “fake”
satellite images allegedly proving Russia had shelled Ukraine
territory. The images were posted by the US ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt
on his Twitter account on July 27. Moscow said that because of
“extremely
low resolution”
and “due
to the absence of any attribution to the exact area” the
images’ “authenticity
is impossible to prove.”
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