Posted on 03/11/2021 6:36:58 PM PST by NachOsten
The alliance has intensified its military presence in Black Sea waters following a rift in relations between the western states and Russia triggered by a 2014 coup and the start of an internal conflict in Ukraine.
A fleet of at least four NATO warships has docked in the Ukrainian port of Odessa on the shores of the Black Sea, Dumskaya.net online media outlet reported. The ships arrived around 9 am GMT on 10 March, according to the media. The commanders of the fleet are reportedly expected to meet with the leadership of the Ukrainian Navy during the visit to Odessa.
The arriving NATO fleet includes Turkish training ship A577 TCG Sokullu Mehmet Paşa and three minehunters: Turkish M267 TCG Ayvalik, Spanish TSPS Tajo (M36) and Romanian ROS Lt Lupu Dinescu.
Ships from #Turkey, #Spain & #Romania today docked at #Ukraine's Odessa port on the #BlackSea. Part of the NATO Mine Action Group, it's planned to hold protocol meetings with #Ukrainian Navy & engage in joint trainings exercises in the Black Sea.
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These days, transports of NATO troops are crossing Slovakia. Eleven road relocations of foreign allied forces were planned for this week, in the next even seventeen, the Ministry of Defense of the Slovak Republic informed.
In the period from 8 to 14 March 2021, seventeen road movements of foreign allied forces are planned through the territory of the Slovak Republic. Specifically, it will be the transfer of American, German, Polish and Swedish soldiers.
In the period from 1 to 7 March 2021, eleven road movements of foreign Allied armed forces through the territory of the Slovak Republic were planned. Specifically, it was about the transfer of American, Czech and Polish soldiers.
Donbas is on the brink of war in full. Ukraine is not hiding it
Donbas, March 10, 2021 (AM) - The Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics are on the verge of starting a large-scale war with Ukraine. The escalation of the conflict has already begun, and according to the militias of the two popular republics, the Ukrainian armed forces are not hiding it.
In Dnepropetrovsk all trains loaded with military equipment, heading to Donbas:
Ukraine's armed forces are preparing to launch a large-scale offensive in Donbas. This is evidenced by the collection of heavy equipment on the front line, says First Deputy Minister of Information of the Donetsk Republic Daniil Bezsonov.
Is Donbas 2.0 coming soon?
Anyone has any info? Looks pretty real.
Stay out of it.
A “training ship” and three mine sweepers hardly makes a “fleet”.
thanks for the heads up
Don’t let the comms/intel ratings off the ship. Ever.
I am thrilled there were no US ships.
We have no business there. And no interests.
Odessa was carved from swampland by Catherine the Great. A city Russia built in its entirety.
I contend it’s still theirs as they lost nearly a million men in WWII defending it.
Those Uke Svoboda idiots will never stop. It’s a simple concept. A coup doesn’t mean you inherit a right to everything that old nation had. A coup is force. That means you only rule what you can control by force. Why? Because the people in Eastern Ukraine and Crimea possess that very same right to gain control of what THEY can grab.
(and because i have a wonderful sense of humor)
Say a coup seized Washington DC, complete with soldiers in the streets, a ruling junta, and a doddering old political whore as the public persona of “president”.
The only reason people NOT in DC would deal with them is because of he force they can project. But seizing DC wouldn’t make them the legitimate leaders of America.
NATO wanted to be home ported in Sevastopol and that is one of the big things that coup was intended to provide. But the Russian fleet has been there longer than we have been in Ohio. Lunacy, but that is our leadership today.
“but that is our leadership today.”
What do you think the bribes were paid for?
Ping
You get it.
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