January 7, 2013, Carson City, NV: The Carson City Council of the United States Navy League will hold its bi-monthly meeting on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at Gold Dust West Hotel and Casino, 2171 Hwy 50E, Carson City. The social hour is at 5:30 PM followed by a buffet dinner at 6:30 PM. Our speaker will be CDR.
Admiral james vogel who commanded all nato forces in europe before retiring. the navy league of the united states. distinguished fellow at the center for european policy analysis. i just want to get your general takeaways on the situation but also, you know, speaking to the naval power we are seeing from the south. these strikes from likely maritime positions in odessa. what can you tell us? . right, brianna. this is a very tragic situation for a sovereign country that has done nothing to deserve this kind of onslaught from the russians. i think what we have seen overnight is a lot of reportings, it s good to have your people in the field. but clearly the russians started with a cyber attack. that s been going on for over a week. they are interested in frankly i think they have taken a play from our playbook. i was involved in the libby operations. cyber, followed by strikes on
That. live from brussels. thank you. joining us is admiral james foggo at the navy league of the united states and distinguished fellow at the center for european policy analysis. admiral, thank you so much for being with us. this is the overall map of the situation. the russians invading from three sides. the belarusians are threatening to join the fight directly. what would that do if they tried to move from belarus into ukraine. . thank you, john, for the privilege of being here. belarus and the talk joining the fight is extremely disappointing. this is an army of about 50,000 soldiers. however, many of them are conscripted services for about 15 months. junior people, not senior people. they will come in with the same kind of military equipment that the russians have in the country right now. so this is older soviet era equipment. but nevertheless, the troops
i was crouching down by a grenade. i didn t see that. let s move away from that. in matthew and his team are safe. we will check back in with them in a little bit. but the important theme of that story is the ukrainians are having success in many different locations purring the country back. admiral james foggo at the navy league of the united states, distinguished fellow at the center for european policy analysis. admiral, that was right here, just north of kyiv we saw forces destroying the convoy. we have reports here on the black sea coast, mike leif. and here in kharkiv. how are the ukrainians doing. why are they having these examples of success. they are motivated fighters. it starts from the top down from their president who has shown some real grit in this fight.