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Setting the StageThe Russian militarybuild-up of an estimated 175,000 troops, a call-up of thousands of reservists,various mechanized vehicles and even field hospitals near the Ukrainian borderhas alarmed the EU and US/NATO. The only question remains is the ultimate intentfor this build-up, whether it’s a bluff or prelude to an invasion
February 24, 2021: The Russian war in eastern Ukraine quietly but expensively, continues. Ukraine revealed that in 2020 its forces had lost fifty troops killed and 339 wounded in Donbas. That means about 3,200 Ukrainian troops have died fighting the Russians there since 2014. Nearly all these deaths occurred in eastern Ukraine (Donbas) where Russian forces have been stalled in their efforts to seize all the territory of the two provinces that comprise the Donbas region. Earlier in 2014 the Russians were successful in grabbing all of Cr...
29 Jan in 16:20 Russia is not planning to "reclaim" Donbass but will continue to protect interests of Russian-speaking people, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, commenting on remarks by Editor-in-Chief of Rossiya Segodnya news agency Margarita Simonyan who called for incorporating these territories into Russia at the recent Russian Donbass forum. The Kremlin representative underlined, "Russia maintains a very responsible position in the framework of efforts to help Ukraine to resolve its domestic Ukrainian conflict." "Russia has been consistent in its responsible position of protectin...
Follow RT on Russia has no plans to absorb the Donbass region of Ukraine and the Kremlin is solely focused on protecting the Russian-speaking population of that area, according to comments on Friday from spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Peskov's remarks came after RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan spoke at the ‘Russian Donbass’ conference in Donetsk on Thursday, at which she appealed to the authorities to place the territory under Moscow’s control. “Russia takes a very responsible position in the effort to assist Ukraine in resolving its internal crisis,” Peskov said. “This i...