10 minutes agoWhite House official alarms: Now Russia can conquer Ukraine at any moment
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Russia could invade Ukraine within days or weeks, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said. “Every day now, Russia can take military action against Ukraine, or it could happen a few weeks later, or Russia could choose to follow the diplomatic path instead of this”, Sullivan [...] said.
“Every day now, Russia could take military action against Ukraine, or it could happen a few weeks later, or Russia could choose to follow the diplomatic path instead of this”, Sullivan said on January 6th for Fox News.
Any possible Russian action could include annexing the Ukrainian region of Donbas, cyber attacks or invasion of Ukraine's large scale, he said in another interview given to ABC.
Sullivan also said the United States is not sending troops to NATO allies to start a war with Russia or to fight against Russia in Ukraine.
Those comments he made after a large contingent of American troops arrived in Poland on February 6th as part of the reinforcement troops for NATO allies.
Parasitus from the 82nd American Air Force Division have landed at Xerxesw Airport in southeast Poland.
The general of this division told reporters who were present at the airport that the disposal was a “cautious size” and “defense nature”.
Additional troops are “here to strengthen readiness, interaction in all fields with our Polish allies and, if necessary, to protect every part of NATO”, Chris Donahue said. “Of course, during this period of uncertainty we know we're stronger together”.
Last week, the US announced the delocation of 3,000 additional troops in Germany and Eastern Europe as part of efforts to push Russia to attract over 100,000 troops it has deployed near Ukraine.
Poland, which has joined NATO in 1999, it is only a host of approximately 4,500 American troops.
Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blazczak said that nearly 1,700 American soldiers -- who are part of additional delocations -- will be deployed to Poland's southeast “on the eastern NATO wing”.
Several American soldiers arrived in Poland on January 5th, and Blaszczak said it is expected to reach more “in the hours ahead --”.
The West accuses Russia of preparing for a possible invasion of Ukraine. Moscow denies that there are such plans and says it only wants to strengthen its security, accusing it NATO for combat behavior.
