Tag: NATO

Russia Will Attack These Countries If Ukraine Concedes Land: Lawmaker

Russia will attack other neighboring countries in Europe if Ukraine’s government concedes land to Moscow, a Ukrainian lawmaker claimed on Monday. The lawmaker, Oleksiy Goncharenko, told CNBC that he believes the Russian government will target the Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia if Ukraine concedes land. The three Baltic states—who share a border with Russia—are…


US Identifies 4 Marines Killed During NATO Training Flight in Norway

U.S. officials have identified the four Marines who were killed when a military aircraft crashed during a NATO training flight in northern Norway on March 18. Capt. Matthew J. Tomkiewicz of Fort Wayne, Indiana, Capt. Ross A. Reynolds of Leominster, Massachusetts, Gunnery Sgt. James W. Speedy of Cambridge, Ohio, and Cpl. Jacob M. Moore of Catlettsburg, Kentucky, were…


Ukraine’s Neighbor Slovakia Begins Receiving NATO’s Patriot Air Defense System: Officials

The first parts of NATO’s Patriot air defense system began arriving in Slovakia on Sunday, the country’s defense minister Jaroslav Nad said. The US-made system started arriving in the Central European country—which shares a 100km-long (62-mile-long) border with Ukraine—from NATO partner countries and the deployment will continue in the coming days, according to the defense minister. “I…


US Military Plane With 4 on Board Crashes in Norway

A U.S. military aircraft carrying four people has crashed in northern Norway, the country’s  rescue coordination center announced Friday. A V-22 Osprey aircraft—a multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing—belonging to the U.S. Marine Corps “has hit the ground,” said a spokesperson for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Norway. The spokesperson…


10 Realities of Ukraine

Commentary One — Reassuring an enemy what one will not do ensures that the enemy will do just that and more. Unpredictability and occasional enigmatic silence bolster deterrence. But President Joe Biden’s predictable reassurance to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he will show restraint means Putin likely will not. Two — No-fly zones don’t work…


Remember When Trump Warned Europe About Sending Billions to Russia? | Larry Elder

In 2008, Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Georgia, and it was met with mild concern. In 2014, Putin invaded the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, and again it was considered unfortunate, but it was still unclear what could be done about it. In February of this year, Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Let’s go…


Ukraine Conflict Leads to Largest US Military Buildup in Europe in Years

There are currently 100,000 U.S. troops in Europe, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg confirmed this week. During a news conference with Germany’s minister of foreign affairs on Thursday and during a news conference with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, Stoltenberg confirmed the number of U.S. troops in Europe amid the war in Ukraine. “We are reinforcing our collective…


Ukraine ‘Foreign Legion’ Seeking Volunteers In Fight Against Russian Invasion

Are you an able-bodied person with military experience and knows how to use firearms? If so, the “Ukraine Foreign Legion” wants you. That is the organization’s message as the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its third week.  In response to the crisis, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has called upon citizens and foreign nationals to join…


White House on No-Fly Zone: ‘We Are Not Interested in Getting into WWIII’

The White House on Wednesday stood firm on its opposition to a no-fly zone over Ukraine after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made an appeal for further assistance during a rare wartime speech to both chambers of Congress. In his address to Congress, Zelensky again called on the Biden administration to help enforce a no-fly zone…


NATO to Deploy ‘Substantially More Forces’ to Eastern Flank and at ‘Higher Readiness’

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the alliance is planning to deploy “substantially more forces” to its eastern flank amid the ongoing war in Ukraine, though he rejected any role for NATO forces on Ukrainian territory or in its airspace. “On land, our new posture should include substantially more forces in the eastern part…