Hal Turner is better for his intelligence than for his understanding of geopolitics
BREAKING:
RUSSIA MOVES 500 MILITARY AIRCRAFT & 340 MILITARY HELICOPTERS TO
UKRAINE BORDER
27
November, 2018
As
of late Tuesday evening (Eastern U.S. Time) about 500 tactical
aircraft, combat aircraft, and up to 340 helicopters of the Russian
Army have been massed along the border of Ukraine.
Yesterday,
Ukraine implemented Martial Law in its provinces bordering
Russia, claiming they have intel that Russia plans an
invasion. Ukraine
MAY be correct.
UPDATE
7:19 PM EST -- Panic
buying has begun in local supermarkets near Kherson as martial law
comes into full effect. Buckwheat, matches, and salt are purchased in
large quantities, with some shortages reported.
After
a naval battle between Ukraine and Russia in the Kerch Strait on
Sunday, which resulted in numerous exchanges of weapons fire, and the
capture of three Ukraine vessels by Russia, things are heating-up
fast in Ukraine.
On
Monday, Ukraine President Poroshenko blamed Russia for "aggression"
but later, Intelligence reports surfaced that the Ukrainian vessels
may have been delivering a NATO device to attack and destroy the
Kerch Bridge between Crimea and the Russian mainland.
Also
on Monday, Ukraine's Rada (Their Parliament/Congress) approved
MARTIAL LAW in Ukrainian provinces bordering Russia, called-up
Military Reserves, and began deploying those Reserve Troops to areas
which border Russia.
Earlier
today, the Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed they have adopted
greater security around the Kerch Bridge amid threats to destroy it.
Late
today, Ukraine instructed its railroads to make ready for military
use of all rail facilities.
Now,
we have these new developments . . .
About
500 tactical aircraft, combat aircraft, and up to 340 helicopters of
the Russian Army have been massed along the border of Ukraine as of
Tuesday evening, eastern US time.
This
was stated at a briefing titled "Military and strategic
assessment of the threat of invasion of Ukraine by the armed forces
of Russia", said the representative of the Main Directorate of
Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Vadym Skibitsky
"Special
attention is being paid to the increase of the grouping of aircraft
of the airborne forces of the Russian Federation near the state
border of Ukraine, and since 2013, the Russian Federation (RF) has
been upgrading the entire airdrome network along the Ukrainian
border, upgrading the fleet of combat aircraft, and expanding the
capabilities of the military aircraft. Currently about 500 tactical
aircraft combat aircraft are concentrated along the Ukrainian border.
and up to 340 helicopters of the Army Aviation, "said Skibitsky.
He
specified that the crews both combat helicopters and tactical
aircraft took and participate in hostilities in Syria. "This
means that crews have enough experience to use bombs, high-precision
weapons on civilian populations," said Skibicki.
He
added that the combat radius of aircraft that deployed Russia along
the border with Ukraine covers the entire territory of Ukraine.
According
to Skibitsky, during the period of aggressive actions of
the RF against
Ukraine, a significant increase in troops was made, and the formation
of new unions and associations near the state border of Ukraine and
in general in the European part of the Russian
Federation. "Considerable attention of the Russian
Federation is paid to the creation and preparation of battalion
tactical groups, which are currently deployed along the border of our
state. The total number of battalion tactical groups of the RF
capable of carrying out combat missions in our territory is 25
units," he informed.
Skibitsky
also said that during the strategic exercises of the RF Armed Forces
"Kavkaz-2016", "Vostok-2018", "West-2017",
issues of the creation of shock groups in the Ukrainian direction,
mobilization, and the redeployment of reserve forces and means from
the central regions of the Russian Federation were worked out to the
borders with Ukraine.
Sudden
Military "Exercise"
Russia
has made a rather sudden announcement of a "Military Exercise"
in its Southern Military District, which borders Ukraine.
From
the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD)
To
check the readiness of more than 40 formations and military units of
the Southern Military District (YuVO) to the beginning of the new
school year, complex commissions started from the directorates and
services of the district headquarters appointed by the commander of
the Southern Military District Colonel-General Alexander Dvornikov.
Representatives
of the branches of the branches of troops and services of the
Southern Military District check the readiness of the training
material base, weapons and military equipment, as well as the state
of social facilities in the units and military units of the district
subordination, combined-arms units, the Black Sea Fleet, the Caspian
Flotilla and 4 air forces and armies Air Defense.
In
order to organize the training process in the new academic year, more
than 30 combined-arms ranges, shooting ranges, as well as more than
400 training classes and about 200 training complexes at the order
base were trained in the Southern Military District.
More
than 3.5 thousand targets and radio-controlled firing systems were
equipped for conducting training in firing training at combined-arms
ranges.
The
new academic year in the troops of the Southern Military District
will begin on December 1 of this year.
UPDATE
6:15 PM EST --
My
sources in the US State Department confirm to me directly there was a
telephone conversation earlier this afternoon between Ukrainian
President Porochenko and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
During that call the U.S. Secretary of State pledged
“full assistance, including military assistance,” to protect
Ukrainian sovereignty.
UPDATE
6:20 PM EST --
USAF
Global Hawk drone and US Navy P-8 Poseidon now over the Black Sea
monitoring near the Kerch Strait and Crimea
UPDATE
6:27 PM EST --
Ukraine
regions placed under martial law start preparing defenses: Kherson
regional defense council already moved law enforcement to heightened
alert, in Kharkiv military troops put to combat readiness, Mykolayiv
inspecting fortifications and bomb shelters.
As
of 4:40 PM EST this afternoon, Britain is sending HMS Echo - a
vessel that specializes in survey exercises, so the Black Sea amid
Russia-Ukraine incident.
Echo
and her sister ship are designed to conduct survey operations in
support of submarines or amphibious operations. She can provide
almost real-time tailored environmental information, and also has a
secondary role as a mine countermeasure tasking authority platform,
for which she is capable of embarking a dedicated mine counter
measures command team.
JUST-IN
Moscow
to host meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of Russia
This
is a big deal. They've called all the military big shots -- ALL
OF THEM -- to Moscow on extremely short notice. Something big
is up . . .
UPDATE
7:19 PM EST --
Panic
buying has begun in local supermarkets near Kherson as martial law
comes into full effect. Buckwheat, matches, and salt are purchased in
large quantities, with some shortages reported
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