an hour agoNetherlands to send military equipment to Ukraine
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The Netherlands plans to send military equipment to Ukraine, including rifles, ammunition, radar systems and mine detection robots, the government said on Friday (February 18th). “We continue to aim for a diplomatic solution”, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said. “But at the same time Ukraine should be able to defend against one [...]
“We continue to aim for a diplomatic solution”, Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said.
The “but at the same time Ukraine should be able to defend against a possible Russian attack”, he said.
The Russian Defence Ministry has announced that new military exercises will be held Saturday, February 19th, which will be monitored by Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the time of concerns that the Kremlin may be preparing for the invasion of Ukraine.
Troops and equipment of air space forces from the southern, northern and Black Sea will also take part in the exercise.
American intelligence estimates that some 130,000 troops and military equipment are located in border areas with Ukraine.
The Kremlin insists that NATO should never accept Ukraine and should withdraw its forces near Russia's borders.
But the West has rejected what it calls an offer from Moscow to dictate the future of independent partners and threatened Moscow with <x0-cysto heavy” if it attacks Ukraine. / REL
