From
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Russia Moves into Survival ModeRussia has very few allys in the World, and they plan as if there is no one that would come to their aide. Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu spoke to colleagues about the aggressive offensive move of NATO on its Western Border. And Russia keeps with years of tradition in training 200,000 youngsters how to survive and battle at the same time.
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Belarus: US is undermining 'strategic stability' - Russian Defence Minister Shoigu
Andrei
Ravkov, Defence Minister of Belarus (Russian): "In September
2017, joint strategic drills of the Russian and Belarusian armed
forces, called West-2017, are scheduled on the territory of the
Republic of Belarus. The drills will be next year's main event within
joint training for command and control organisations and troops. They
will also provide further improvement of the existing safety-related
system for the Union State."
Sergei
Shoigu, Russian Defence Minister (Russian): "A high level of
bilateral cooperation and coordinated positions on key issues of
global and regional stability, can successfully help resolve issues
related to the strengthening of the defence capability of the Union
State. This approach is especially relevant at a time when
international mechanisms, aimed at resolving crisis situations,
falter, and the hotbeds of tension came close to our borders. On the
Western borders of the Union State, the USA and other NATO members
are actively building up their offensive potential by opening new
bases and by developing military infrastructure. The attempts to
impose its will on other countries through economic and political
dictatorship and military force are not stopping. The open
information war is ongoing. These actions undermine strategic
stability and force Russia to take counter defensive measures,
including in the western strategic direction."
Berliner
Morgenpost: Россия наращивает военное
присутствие на западных границах
"Russia
intends to convert its western border. Strengthening border is a
reaction to NATO's intention to redeploy additional troops to the
west. Russia also threatens to increase the presence of troops on its
western border to about 30 thousand people in response to the
increase in the number of NATO troops in Eastern Europe ", -
writes the German edition.
The
publication reports on Sergei Shoigu statement in Minsk that NATO
countries with the support of the United States are actively
expanding their capacity on the borders of the Russian-Belarusian
Union.
"These
actions undermine strategic stability in the region and forced Russia
to take retaliatory measures to protect its western flank" -
quoted Shoigu BM.
In
response to the Russian threat to NATO countries send 4,000 soldiers
in the Baltic countries and in Poland. The United States will not
allow Russia to impose their political and economic will of the
region, the VM writes.
Russia
Says NATO built up Offensive Force on its Borders
NATO
claims that Russia has some 330,000 troops on lined up on Europe's
Borders while Russia is claiming that NATO is building up an
offensive Force and its Borders.
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From Britain's warmongering tabloid press
Foreign
policy expert, military historian and retired general have their say
on how the threat from Putin is easily manageable
THE
spectre of war in Europe has become all too real as Britain sends
planes, tanks and troops east to counter the threat from Russia.
Nato
believes that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has amassed 330,000
troops along the border to the EU and its allies.
While
some politicians think the Russian leader is only sabre rattling,
others believe we need to take the build-up very seriously.
Here
Ian Bond, director of foreign policy at the Centre for European
Reform think tank, military historian Professor Mark Almond and
retired General Mike Jackson have their say.
YOU
have to see Russia as a threat because their military doctrine is
clear – they see Nato as their main opponent – and they are
exercising in ways which are quite aggressive.
In
2009 they carried out a military exercise which included a simulated
nuclear strike on the Polish capital Warsaw.
That
is threatening and you can’t bury your head in the sand and say
nothing has changed. From Putin’s point of view the ideal situation
is that you intimidate Nato countries so much you can ask for
anything and get it without having to use force.
A
lot of the talk about 330,000 troops amassed along Europe’s borders
is intended to make our politicians say we must give Putin what he
wants at any cost.
For
example, Putin might ask for Nato to move its forces 100 miles back
from Russia’s border. If you show that you are not prepared to go
down that road, then you are less likely to end up with a serious
miscalculation by Russia.
Nato
wouldn’t be a pushover in a war and Putin would be wrong to think
we would be.
Britain
and the French have capable military forces, while Germany, Poland
and Turkey also have considerable forces.
None
of these countries would be so militarily overwhelmed by Russia that
the US wouldn’t be able to get there quickly enough.
Britain
has a capable military force… so do plenty of our allies who would
be a match for Russia
He
has shown that he is a risk taker, but I think he is a calculated
risk taker.
He
didn’t move in to Ukraine when it was united, he waited until a new
government was being formed and he was able to add to that
uncertainty.
He
is not crazy. The people who win in poker games aren’t the ones who
risk everything on everything.
They
are the ones who look at the odds, look at how they can make their
opponents think they have a stronger hand than they do . . . and
then strike.
Putin
is much more in that mode than “roll the dice and see what turns
up”.
He’s
not about to roll the dice and see what happens on any other
invasion, and Nato can ensure his neighbours are safe if they play
their cards right
All
the talk of Russia’s readiness for war is to make nervous Western
politicians say: “Gosh, we should make plenty of concessions to the
Russians because they are obviously very angry.”
Russians
brandishing weapons do have a frightening effect on some Europeans.
But
we should be resolute rather than be frightened. There is a threat
there as there was during the Cold War.
The
way we responded to that threat was not by making concessions, but by
standing firm and letting the Russians know that if they try anything
they will get a very bloody nose.
From RT
The
US and NATO are building up their offensive capabilities on the
Western borders of Russia and its ally Belarus, prompting Moscow to
take reciprocal measures, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu told
the two countries’ top military brass.
“Those
actions undermine strategic stability and are forcing Russia to take
reciprocal defensive measures, including some in the Western
theatre,” the
defense minister said.
NATO “has
not abandoned attempts to dictate its will to other countries through
economic and political means, as well as by military force,” he
said, noting that “an
information war is in full swing.”
Confronted
with a complex security environment, Russia and Belarus will join
forces to strengthen their mutual security, Shoigu dded.
“Advanced
bilateral cooperation and a common stance on major global and
regional security challenges allow us to successfully tackle
strengthening our defense capabilities,” he
stressed, adding that this approach appears to be necessary at this
point, “as
internaional crisis response mechanisms have stalled, while hotspots
are already near our borders.”
In
order to address the security challenges, Russia is now supplying
state-of-the-art armaments and weapons systems to the army units
guarding the Western borders, as well as ramping up combat training
for the troops, the Defense Minister said.
Russian
and Belarusian militaries are constantly working on improving their
interoperability and the capacity to act in large troops formations,
he dded.
The
remarks come amid NATO’s biggest military buildup in Eastern Europe
since the Cold War. The deployment will see up to 4,000 troops
deployed in the Baltic countries and Poland, in addition to the more
than 1,000 soldiers already stationed there on a “rotational
basis.”
A
German-led battalion will deploy in Lithuania, the US will send
troops to Poland, Canada is expected to station troops in Latvia, and
the UK will deploy an 800-strong battle group in Estonia.
British
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon claimed in a bellicose op-ed
appearing in the Wall
Street Journal on
Saturday that Europe“is
our continent” and,
as such, it will be defended by a “fully
combat-capable” force.
Earlier
this year, NATO staged several multinational war games, the largest
of which was Anaconda 2016. Those exercises saw more than 31,000
personnel from 24 NATO and ‘partner’ countries taking part,
reportedly in order to develop their capacity to “deploy,
mass and sustain combat power” against
a near-peer adversary.
In
June, Ukraine, a non-NATO state, hosted the Rapid Trident 2016
exercise, which featured over 1,800 soldiers from 14 countries, along
with dozens of combat vehicles, aircraft, and heavy weaponry. That
drill was said to be the largest multinational war games ever to be
held in Ukraine.
Most
recently, 680 troops from 32 NATO and non-NATO states, including
Georgia, Albania, Israel and Ukraine, took part in war games called
Crna Gora 2016 in the Balkan country of Montenegro, where they
trained for “disaster
relief operations” in
a series of joint exercises.
Moscow
has consistently warned that the buildup does nothing to improve
European security and is nothing but a“projection
of force.”
NATO
members “are
fulfilling their confrontational schemes of military planning and
military preparations in the territories along our borders,” Russia’s
envoy to NATO, Aleksandr Grushko, said on
Monday.
“So,
a question arises: What’s next? A new wave of NATO speculation
about a ‘Russian threat’ and a new arms race?” the
diplomat added. “We
believe this is a road to nowhere.”
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