Fear of war is growing again! United States warns Europe: Russia plans to invade Ukraine – Topky.sk

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Washington’s warning is based on information that the United States has not yet shared with European governments, Bloomberg writes.

BREAKING: The US is raising the alarm with EU allies that Russia may be weighing a potential invasion of Ukraine https://t.co/d52smd2AkB

– Bloomberg Politics (@bpolitics) November 11, 2021

“We are afraid that Russia may make a serious mistake and try to repeat 2014, when it gathered forces at the borders, entered sovereign Ukrainian territory and falsely claimed that this was preceded by provocations.” according to Bloomberg Blinken, referring to the Russian invasion of Ukrainian Crimea.

They were betrayed by satellite images

Satellite images of the assembled troops on the Russian side began appearing on social networks in early November.

Satellite image taken today by @Maxar reveals presence of a large ground forces deployment – incl. tanks, APCs, self-propelled artillery – to a training area north of Yelnya, Russia. pic.twitter.com/fitG2APRZc

– Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) November 1, 2021

Russia denies US allegations

As a “empty and unjustified increase in tension”, a Kremlin spokesman today denied Western media reports that the United States had warned its European allies of Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine. “Russia is not threatening anyone,” said a spokesman for Russian President Dmitry Peskov, according to news agencies.

A Kremlin spokesman reiterated today that the transfer of troops across Russian territory is an internal affair of Russia and should not worry anyone. He also warned that Moscow was, if necessary, ready for countermeasures to strengthen Russia’s security in the event of an offensive by the North Atlantic Alliance in the immediate vicinity of Russia’s borders.

It is our territory and our cause, Russia is defending itself

Russia has long insisted that troop movements on its territory are its internal affair and rejects any aggressive intentions. Tensions have recently arisen between Moscow and the 27 countries over the migration crisis on the Belarus-EU border and energy supply.

Source: TASR / Leonid Shcheglov / BelTA via AP

Twice in the last two days, due to the crisis at the border, Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to each other, and they also discussed the situation in eastern Ukraine. According to Reuters Merkel, Putin complained about “provocative” actions by the United States and NATO in the Black Sea region. He further accused Kiev of increasingly intense behavior, including the use of drones in the east of the country, where clashes between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists continue across the ceasefire.

There are reportedly bombers over Belarus

Russia sent two TU-160 strategic bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons on a training mission over Belarus on Thursday. In connection with this, the AP agency wrote that this was a manifestation of Moscow’s support for its ally during the migration crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland.

The Belarusian Ministry of Defense said that two Russian TU-160 strategic bombers were practicing bombing at the Ruzansky shooting range in Belarus. As part of joint training, Belarusian fighters also simulated an attack, the ministry said.

Such a mission took place for the second time in the last two days, the AP added. On Wednesday, a pair of Russian supersonic strategic bombers Tu-22M3 underwent a similar exercise, while practicing cooperation between aircraft crews and ground forces of the Belarusian air defense.

Migrants at the borders

In the context of Belarus’s border with Poland, where migrants from most of the Middle East are concentrated, the European Union has accused Belarusian authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko of encouraging them to cross the border illegally.

The EU called the action a “hybrid attack” in retaliation for EU sanctions against the Lukashenko regime for brutally repressing the opposition and its supporters following Lukashenko’s controversial re-election as president in 2020.

Belarus denies the allegations. However, it stated in the spring that it would no longer prevent refugees and migrants from trying to enter the EU from its territory.

The AP also reported that the Belarusian Ministry of Defense on Thursday accused Poland of an “unprecedented” accumulation of the army at the common border.

Unauthorized force

In this context, Minsk argued that migration control did not justify the concentration of 15,000 troops with the support of tanks, air defense and other weapons.

“It looks more like a strike force,” he said. the ministry said, adding that this build-up of Polish military forces had forced Belarus to respond “independently, even within the framework of existing agreements with our strategic ally,” by which Minsk meant Russia.

Russian media recalled that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian colleague Lukashenko approved in early November the decisions of the highest state council of the federal state, which, among other things, concerned the new military doctrine and the concept of migration.