Reuters – Jan 11, 2022
Three thousand Russian troops began live-fire exercises with hardware including tanks in western Russia on Tuesday, including in areas close to Ukraine, Interfax news agency quoted the military as saying.
Russia has perturbed the West by building up troops near Ukraine and demanded that Washington pledge not to ever let Ukraine join NATO or expand the military alliance eastward, a stipulation that the United States refuses to accept.
The announcement of the drills came a day after Russia and the United States held talks on Moscow’s security proposals. The Kremlin said on Tuesday they had given no cause for optimism about a potential breakthrough. read more
Interfax quoted the Western Military District as saying the exercises would take place in Smolensk region near the Belarusian border and in the Voronezh, Belgorod and Bryansk regions closer to Ukraine.
It said that 300 pieces of military hardware would be involved, including T-72B3 tanks, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and regular firearms.
It said the exercises would practice firing from armoured vehicles and firearms, organising marches during active enemy sabotage and reconnaissance activity, and equipping strongholds.
“Each unit will complete the manoeuvres by conducting a training battle with a live firing stage during which… BMP-2 armoured vehicles and T-72B3 tanks will show their joint action skills and hit targets imitating the adversary’s vehicles and soldiers at ranges up to 1,200 metres,” the military was quoted as saying.
Washington has urged Moscow to reverse its build-up of an estimated 100,000 troops near the border with Ukraine, which has prompted Ukrainian and Western concerns about a possible new invasion, eight years after Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine.
Moscow has said it has no intention of attacking and has every right to move around its soldiers on its own territory and to carry out military drills as it sees fit.
Some deep state stories in the fake news suggest that mild weather in Ukraine has prevented a Russian invasion due to boggy ground.
I don’t hold this view. Russia is a country covered in mud roads which are either snow covered or in the Spring/early Summer are flooded by the melt. So the Russian military is well prepared for a bit of boggy ground.
I doubt that Russian tanks and heavy armour are solely going across country. Any attack will start with air strikes and missile attacks which will have the Ukraine forces running for their lives. Anyone daft enough to stay behind will need to face the tanks. For the most part, Russian tanks will use the road network.
My feeling is that Putin will exhaust all legal options before the invasion, which could be anytime, due to the fact that US/NATO are in a corner of their own making. When NATO says it will not stop expansion, then Russia has no choice. Finland could be next.
Americans pretend to be Christians when they obviously worship money, food, alcohol, pornography and the Jew mafia. I hate these illiterate, big-mouth hypocrites, and all their bullying is evil.
TROOPS ARE NO MORE REQUIERED
IN TIMES OF HYPERSOUND NUKEMISSILES !
TROOPS ARE ONLY FOR OCCUPATION
AFTER THE NUKES EXCHANGE !
@Lewis Jones…I live here the U.S. and I can’t argue against your statement, but can only agree. There are a few exceptions; I consider myself as one. There was an article that came out recently about those who worship celebrities have lower IQs. Those are the ones in society I detest the most. Because behind every celebrity is a smarmy, smelly kike.
I was wondering, when the Rothschilds start their game of chess and bring the Russians & Chinese against the US, UK & EU, do you think the armed forces will be wearing covid masks? I mean, they really don’t want to be spreading the virus onto one another do they?
“Americans pretend to be Christians when they obviously worship money, food, alcohol, pornography and the Jew mafia. I hate these illiterate, big-mouth hypocrites, and all their bullying is evil”.
Amen Brother.
great and justified comments on septic tanks on here tonight oh and smelly Kikes
keep em coming
It’s far more serious than that! If the satanic Amerimorons and their Euromoronic henchmen don’t back off it’ll be a richly deserved nuclear holocaust for humanity. This is what the atheistic neo-cons desire. They erroneously believe they’ll be able to step in and rule. I suggest a thorough read of Revelations, with a particular emphasis on Chapter 18 by Americans! The only refuge is in whatever personal religion you believe in. As for myself, I’ll take refuge in the Buddha, by practising Marinasati.
I hope the Russians bypass Ukraine and go to Calais instead. Liberate the whole of Europe.
How dare Russia conduct exercises within it’s own borders.
Who could possibly give a hinder holster ?