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1/2/23

Ukraine War: Ukraine rocket strike kills 63 Russiab soldiers reports Russia

Ukrainian forces fired six rockets from a HIMARS launch system and two of them were shot down, a defense ministry statement said. It did not say when the strike happened.

The strike, using a U.S.-supplied precision weapon that has proven critical in enabling Ukrainian forces to hit key targets, delivered a new setback for Russia which in recent months has reeled from a Ukrainian counteroffensive.

According to the governor of Russia’s Samara region, Dmitry Azarov, an unspecified number of residents of the region were among those killed and wounded by the strike on the town of Makiivka.

Russian military bloggers, whose information has largely been reliable during the war, said ammunition stored close to the facility had exploded in the attack and contributed to the high number of casualties.

11/9/22

Ukraine War: Russia orders its troops to withdraw from Kherson

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered Russian troops to withdraw from the west bank of the Dnipro River in the face of Ukrainian attacks near the southern city of Kherson.

The announcement marks one of Russia's most significant retreats and a potential turning point in the war, now nearing the end of its ninth month. But it has brought a sceptical response from Ukraine's government.

10/3/22

Ukraine: Kyiv made a major military breakthrough in south Ukraine on Monday.

Ukrainian troops recaptured villages along the banks of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine, creating a large front that is forcing Moscow to abandon ground it annexed only days ago.

6/27/22

NATO will increase high-readiness force to ‘well over’ 300,000 troops

NATO will boost its high-readiness forces to more than 300,000 troops, the alliance’s chief announced on Monday, in part of plans that he described as “the biggest overhaul of our collective defense and deterrence since the Cold War.”

The current NATO response force compromises approximately 40,000 troops.

Speaking to reporters ahead of a summit of NATO leaders, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the transatlantic military alliance will strengthen its eastern defenses and adopt a new model for protecting them.

Read more at: NATO will increase high-readiness force to ‘well over’ 300,000 troops – POLITICO

2/21/22

Ukraine Crises:Putin orders troops into Ukraine after recognizing separatist regions

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday recognized two regions in Ukraine as independent and ordered Russian troops to conduct "peacekeeping" operations there, raising fears that Russia is paving the way for an attack.

The Biden administration announced that the U.S. will respond with limited economic sanctions, with more to follow on Tuesday.

Putin's declaration named the two regions the Luhansk People's Republic and the Donetsk People's Republic. Both are unrecognized territories carved out by Russian-backed separatists in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine after fighting broke out there against Ukrainian government forces in 2014.

Read more at: Putin orders troops to Ukraine after recognizing separatist regions : NPR

12/25/21

Ukraine: Russia withdraws troops from regions near Ukraine

The pull back was announced by the Southern Military District Command, on Saturday, with Interfax reporting that forces have finished their “operational coordination” exercise. It added that more than 10,000 servicemen would now “march to their home bases from the territory of joint training ranges.”

Read more at: Russia withdraws troops from regions near Ukraine — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

8/26/21

The Netherlands: Dutch military pulled 2,500 people from Kabul including final evacuation flight Thursday

The Dutch military evacuated more than 2,500 people from Afghanistan in the past week, including more than 1,600 people with the Netherlands as their destination. The Cabinet reported this in a letter to Parliament about the evacuation mission which ended on Thursday with a final flight from Kabul to Islamabad in which remaining Dutch diplomats and soldiers were on board.

"It is terrible to have to leave Afghanistan after 20 years in this way," tweeted caretaker Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag. "It is with a heavy heart that the embassy team and the military have left with the last Dutch flight."

Among the evacuees are Dutch nationals, interpreters and their families and people who have worked in the Dutch service in the past and may therefore be at risk now that the Taliban have seized power in the country. The government cannot yet state exact numbers per group.

Read more at: Dutch military pulled 2,500 people from Kabul including final evacuation flight Thursday | NL Times

8/16/21

Afghanistan: Most European troops exit Afghanistan quietly after 20 years - time to leave NATO ?

Another failed NATO (US) campaign ends for EU member states in Afghanistan. It is high time for EU member states to stop wasting their young men and womens lives, and their citizens taxpayers money, by being part of the outdated NATO. It would be far better to focus instead on more lucrative activities, like global trade, medical science, global warming, space, and a variety of other more peaceful actvities.

Read more at: Most European troops exit Afghanistan quietly after 20 years

7/7/21

Afghanistan: US withdrawal more than 90% complete, Pentagon says

Nearly 1,000 C-17 air freight loads of equipment have also been shipped out of the country.

The announcement comes several months after President Joe Biden said he would withdraw all US troops from the country by September 11. Other NATO countries are also moving forward with a military pullout from Afghanistan in coordination with the US.

Germany has withdrawn all troops from the country, with a German diplomat saying Tuesday that its consulate general in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan has been closed.

Afghanistan: US withdrawal more than 90% complete, Pentagon says | News | DW | 06.07.2021

4/18/21

Ukraine's Troops 'Ready' for Russian Assault As Tensions Rise Amid Envoy Arrest

Top Ukrainian general said his troops are "ready" for any Russian military assault as concern grows over Moscow's build-up of troops on the countries' borders.

His comments come as tensions between the countries are increasing away from the frontline as well, after Russia's FSB security service said it had detained a Ukrainian diplomat for receiving sensitive information from a Russian national.

Russia has massed tens of thousands of troops by Ukraine's eastern border, including deployments of tanks, rocket artillery and air defense systems. Moscow said this is in response to NATO deployments and has suggested the measures are temporary.

Read more at: Ukraine's Troops 'Ready' for Russian Assault As Tensions Rise Amid Envoy Arrest

2/17/21

NATO in a quandary as it awaits Joe Biden′s Afghanistan plans

A group in Washington co-chaired by retired General Joseph Dunford, who served both as commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned the Biden team that it should immediately begin negotiating for an extension of the deadline. The Afghanistan Study Group's conclusions include that "withdrawal in May under current conditions will likely lead to a collapse of the Afghan state and a possible renewed civil war" in addition to a "reconstitution of the terrorist threat to the US homeland within 18 months to three years."

Read more at: NATO in a quandary as it awaits Joe Biden′s Afghanistan plans | Asia| An in-depth look at news from across the continent | DW | 16.02.2021

12/6/20

USA: Trump orders a near total withdrawal of American troops from Somalia

President Donald Trump has ordered nearly all American troops to withdraw from Somalia, U.S. officials said on Friday, part of a global pullback by the Republican president before he leaves office next month that will also see him drawdown forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Reads more at: Trump orders a near total withdrawal of American troops from Somalia

9/20/20

Turkey: Kurdish farmers suffer horrific injuries after being thrown from military helicopter - by Steve Sweeney's

Two Kurdish farmers remained in hospital today after suffering horrific injuries when they were tortured and thrown from a helicopter in Turkey’s south-eastern province of Van.

The families of Osman Siban and Servet Turgut filed a criminal complaint with the Van chief public prosecutor’s office after the pair were treated in intensive care for injuries consistent with falling from a height.

They have demanded an urgent investigation is carried out into the incident, which has left the men with serious trauma.

Read more at:
Kurdish farmers suffer horrific injuries after being thrown from military helicopter | Morning Star

8/15/20

German- US relations: Pompeo signs deal to move US troops from Germany to Poland

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has sealed an agreement with Poland to boost the number of American troops in the eastern EU member state.

Under the pact, another 1,000 US troops will be sent to Poland in addition to the 4,500 soldiers already stationed there. The deal also grants the US access to Polish military installations and allows for the modernization of existing facilities and capabili

Read more at:
Pompeo signs deal to move US troops from Germany to Poland | News | DW | 15.08.2020

1/5/20

Turkey begins deploying troops to Libya, says Erdogan

Ankara has announced the deployment of troops to Libya. Turkish forces will support the internationally-recognized government in Tripoli, which is under siege by the army of General Khalifa Haftar.

Read more at :
https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-begins-deploying-troops-to-libya-says-erdogan/a-51894454

8/14/19

Hong Kong - the party is over as Chinese troops massing near the border

Troops at the border: A Chinese military intervention in Hong Kong? Video and satellite images released this week show Chinese military troops massing near the border with Hong Kong. Is it just an exercise in intimidation or is there a real threat of a Chinese military intervention?

12/19/18

SYRIA: Trump shocks allies and advisors with plan to pull troops out of Syria

Trump shocks allies and advisers with plan to pull US troops out of Syria

8/21/17

The Afghanistan Cesspool: The case against Trump’s decision to continue the war in Afghanistan, explained by Trump - by Zack Beaucham

President Donald Trump will address the nation about the war in Afghanistan in a rare primetime speech on Monday night. He is expected, per the New York Times, to “open the door to the deployment of several thousand troops.” The exact number is unclear — most reports put it at 4,000 — but it’s clear that the speech will signal another escalation in America’s longest-running war.

The striking thing is that the war in question is one that Trump vocally and repeatedly criticized in the harshest possible terms for years before taking office.

“I think the same as what I’ve been thinking for the past couple of years: What are we doing there? These people hate us,” Trump said in a 2012 Fox News appearance. “We’re spending hundreds of billions of dollars, trillions of dollars, on this nonsense — and the minute we leave, everything blows up, and the worst guy gets it. The one who hates this country the most will end up taking over Afghanistan.”

2/16/16

Middle East - Iran warns Riyadh against sending troops to Syria

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif warned Saudi Arabia on Tuesday not to deploy troops in Syria, saying it would violate international law, while also demanding that Riyadh stop bombardments in Yemen.

Zarif, whose country supports the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was questioned about Saudi Arabia's announcement that it could deploy ground forces as part of the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State group.

"Those who are operating in Syria without the authority of the sovereign government in Syria are violating international law," he told a news conference at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Speaking later after a meeting with his Belgian counterpart Didier Reynders, Zarif added: "We believe that's dangerous... I believe everybody should put forces together to find a peaceful solution, not to create more danger and more hostility in the region."

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said after talks in Washington earlier this month that any operation would be US-led but that Saudi Arabia would play a leading role.

Iran, which has sent thousands of "military advisers" into Syria, also supports the Damascus regime via the Shiite movement Hezbollah and above all Iraqi Shiite militias.

Zarif told the European Parliament that Tehran does not have troops in Syria,

Read more: Flash - Iran warns Riyadh against sending troops to Syria - France 24

10/12/14

Ukraine: Russia's Vladimir Putin orders troops to withdraw from Ukraine border

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered thousands of troops to withdraw from the border with Ukraine ahead of diplomatic talks on bringing peace to the Western-backed, former Soviet republic.

The announcement by the Kremlin appeared to be a positive signal prior to Putin's meeting with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and European leaders in Milan on Friday.

Accused by Ukraine and the West of stoking a bloody insurgency in eastern Ukraine, Russia is facing its most serious international isolation since the end of the cold war. Several rounds of Western sanctions have shaken the economy, intensified capital flight and weakened the ruble.

"The head of state has tasked the defence minister with beginning to bring troops back to their permanent bases," the Kremlin said.

Read more: Russia's Vladimir Putin orders troops to withdraw from Ukraine border | South China Morning Post

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