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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2022 14:02:34 GMT
Sweden sends troops to Baltic island as Russian navy steps up presence | DW News
630,877 views • Jan 22, 2022 • Russia's threatening stance against Ukraine is sparking concerns that Moscow may also be willing to use force elsewhere.
Sweden has sent troops to its Baltic Sea island of Gotland, following an increase in Russian naval activity in nearby waters. The island is strategically located off the coast of the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad - some analysts have likened it to an aircraft carrier in the middle of the Baltic Sea. Sweden is not a member of NATO and therefore not covered by the Alliance's defense clause.
DW correspondent Teri Schulz spoke with Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist.
LIVE: Boris Johnson updates MPs after warning Russian invasion would be ‘bloody business’
1,393 watching now • Started streaming 49 minutes ago • Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a statement to MPs on Ukraine in the House of Commons.
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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2022 18:20:32 GMT
UK would deploy troops to Europe if Ukraine invaded - BBC News
9,169 views • Jan 26, 2022 • Britain is prepared to deploy troops to protect Nato allies in Europe if Russia invades Ukraine, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.
Russia has built up some 100,000 troops at the border but denied planning an invasion.
In crisis talks last night, Western powers agreed to “unprecedented” sanctions against Russia if troops marched into Ukraine.
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Post by Admin on Jan 25, 2022 22:10:10 GMT
How would a Russian invasion of Ukraine play out? Telegraph journalists answer readers' questions
1,136 views • Jan 26, 2022 • The Telegraph's Russia Correspondent Nataliya Vasilyeva and Senior Foreign Correspondent Roland Oliphant take our readers' questions on the Ukraine-Russia crisis.
In this 30 minute discussion, Roland and Nataliya discuss how likely a Russian invasion of Ukraine is and how it would play out, as well as some of the details about how the story is being received in Moscow.
Recorded on 24/01/2021
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Post by Admin on Jan 26, 2022 2:02:56 GMT
8,500 US troops “on high alert” as Ukraine invasion fears grow - BBC News
695,792 views • Jan 25, 2022 • The Pentagon has said around 8,500 combat-ready US troops are on high alert to deploy at short notice amid rising tension over Ukraine. However it made clear there are no plans to send forces to the country itself.
Russia has denied planning military action against Ukraine, despite massing 100,000 troops close to its border.
President Biden has held a video call with European allies as Western powers discuss a common strategy if Russia launches an invasion.
Some NATO members, including Denmark, Spain, Bulgaria and the Netherlands, are already sending fighter jets and warships to eastern Europe to bolster defences in the region.
Huw Edwards presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Gabriel Gatehouse in Kiev, Steve Rosenberg in Moscow and Barbara Plett Usher in Washington.
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Post by Admin on Jan 26, 2022 20:21:58 GMT
Russia threatened Wednesday to take “retaliatory measures” if the US and its allies reject Russian President Vladimir Putin’s security demands — ratcheting up already high tensions between Washington and Moscow over the potential invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has called on the US to provide written guarantees that Ukraine and other former Soviet bloc states would never be allowed to join NATO, and wants the Western alliance to roll back troop deployments in Eastern Europe. Russia, which has stationed more than 100,000 troops along its border with Ukraine, denies it is preparing to launch an invasion, saying instead it is countering military actions by the US and its European allies. “If the West continues its aggressive course, Moscow will take the necessary retaliatory measures,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said written replies will be sent this week, and Lavrov said he and other top Kremlin officials will advise Putin on the next steps after receiving them. CNN reported Wednesday morning that the formal response could be dispatched as soon as that day.
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