Contents tagged with NATO
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Iron Sword 2016 international exercises begin in Lithuania
As reported by the Lithuanian Defense Ministry, about 4,000 servicemen from 11 NATO-member countries will gather for the third annual Iron Sword military exercises. The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense reports that during the exercises servicemen will plan and carry out defensive and offensive operations and perform other tasks.
It is reported that the exercises will be carried out between November 20 and December 2 at two Lithuanian landfills.
Servicemen from Estonia, United States, Great …
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France to send soldiers and tanks to Estonia
Next year France will send 300 servicemen, 5 Leclerc tanks and 13 infantry combat vehicles to Estonia, as stated on Saturday by the Minister of Defense of France, Jean Yves Le Drianto, and the Minister of Defense of Estonia, Hannes Hanso, at a meeting of the security forum in Halifax, Canada, as reported by Estonian public broadcaster, ERR.
"A trusted, allied relationship will be developed between the countries," the French Minister said.
"Estonian and French soldiers have been united in …
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Verkovna Rada Chairman: Every dollar invested in Ukraine saves thousands
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Andriy Parubiy noted that the Ukrainian soldiers who are restraining Russia’s aggression protect not only Ukraine but the entire free world.
He stated this on Saturday during a visit to Turkey at a meeting of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, the press service of the parliament reported.
According Parubiy, “Every dollar invested in the development of Ukraine is saving thousands which are necessary to deter the Russian Federation on the eastern borders of the …
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Linkevicius: Putin may test NATO before the start of Trump’s presidency
Lithuania has not ruled out the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin may test NATO for several weeks before Donald Trump officially becomes the president of the United States.
This was stated by the minister of foreign affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, in an interview with BBC.
Linkevičius said that there is a danger that Putin considers the period between now and the start of Trump’s presidency in January as an opportunity to test the combat readiness and diplomatic …
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NATO General Secretary is not concerned over possible cooperation between Russia and the US
On the 15th of November, the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, stated that Russia’s annexation of the Crimea is still one of the main stumbling blocks in their relations with Moscow.
“We will never accept any violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine,” he said.
When asked for his thoughts on a telephone conversation between newly elected US president, Donald Trump, and Russian President Vladimir Putin held on the 14th of November, Stoltenberg responded that …
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NATO worried that Trump will withdraw US troops from Europe
NATO fears that Donald Trump, as president of the United States, will reduce the presence of US troops in Europe, Spiegel reports.
According to the newspaper, this is one of the scenarios described in the report from the headquarters of the secretary general of the alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, who has “enormous” concerns about the election of the American billionaire.
“Nowhere is concern over the election of Trump as US President greater than in NATO. Now the alliance, as became known to …
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NATO exercises begin in Georgia
NATO exercises began on the Vaziani base near Tbilisi in Georgia on Thursday. This was reported by the Rustavi 2 TV channel.
These large-scale exercises will last for 10 days and will be attended by soldiers from 11 NATO countries and two partner states.
A total of 250 soldiers will participate in the exercises. Their main goal is to practice interactions between NATO forces and Georgia in response to crisis situations.
These exercises are a part of a package of measures adopted by the …
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Juncker asserts that the creation of a European army is inevitable
In the long term, the U.S. will refuse to provide European security, which is why it's necessary to seriously consider the creation of a European army, according to the head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, RIA Novosti reports.
"We need to give a new course to the issue of a European Defense Union up to the creation of a European army. This is the music of the future and it has already sounded but many Europeans are not hearing it yet," Juncker said, but also added that the EU …
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NATO begins patrol operations in the Mediterranean Sea
On Wednesday, November 9th, NATO began a constant patrol operation in the Mediterranean, codenamed “Sea Guardian.” Three ships and two submarines will run patrols in the central Mediterranean region under the auspices of NATO. The naval forces include Italian frigate IST Aviere, Bulgarian frigate BGS Verni, Turkish frigate TCG Gemlik, Greek submarine HS Papanikolis and Spanish ESPS Mistral.
From the air, the mission will be supported by rotations of aircraft from Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece …
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US, German and Swedish aircraft conducted reconnaissance flights near Russian borders
According to Russia's TASS news agency, on Monday, aircrafts from the air forces of the United States, German Naval Forces and Swedish Air Forces made a simultaneous approach to the maritime borders of the Kaliningrad region to perform operational reconnaissance tasks. According to the agency the information was initially reported by western websites monitoring the movement of military aviation.
As was reported, at approximately 12:30 an aircraft from the US Air Forces was recorded near the …