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Ukraine vows 'merciless war' to secure Russian gas transit to Europe
Published time: 29 May, 2018 10:57
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Saint Nicholas' Day celebration at the Zaporizka Sich Historical and Cultural Complex, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine © Dmytro Smolyenk / Global Look Press
Kiev should clinch a deal on guaranteed transit of Russian gas through Ukrainian territory with the launch of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany, says Ukraine’s permanent representative to the Council of Europe, Dmytro Kuleba.
Kuleba said the Ukrainian authorities need a three-party contract with Moscow and Berlin to provide Kiev with guarantees that the Ukrainian budget wouldn’t lose billions in revenue due to re-channeling of energy supplies. The diplomat stressed that Ukraine may lose not only gas transit revenue, but a lever of pressure.

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“I think Nord Stream 2 is a reason for merciless war. We have to fight for our interests the same way as Russians and Germans are fighting for the pipeline,” Kuleba said in an interview with RBK Ukraine, adding that Ukraine has to have a plan B.

The official urged retention of a coalitional union with Germany over the issue and to respect their interests and national position. Kuleba highlighted that Germany has a right to point out how much it has done to support Ukraine over anti-Russian sanctions.

According to the diplomat, the Nord Stream 2 project will provide Europe with two taps. “The first tap will be in Moscow, the second one - in Berlin. That’s it,” he said. “The supplies will go through German economy, which will grow and influence Eastern Europe as well.”

Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a strictly economic project, which he urged all sides not to politicize. According to the Russian president, Russia will preserve gas transits via Ukraine after the new pipeline is launched.

Nord Steam 2 intends to double the existing capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline from Russia to Germany. Despite the opposition of the Baltic States, some Eastern European countries and the United States, Gazprom has started building the pipeline.

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[JohnTan]

Ukraine doesn't have a single nuke anymore. They should be on their knees before a mighty Russia before Russia takes more land back. Ukraine has no bargaining chip.

 

[tun_dr_m]

Time for Putin to resurrect USSR full territory and wipe out ex-Warshaw Pact Traitors like Poland etc. Turn them into Iraq.


Putin send massive killer rockets to Donetsk, where previously entire international airport was level to flat ground full of rubbles and craters no building left.

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不是好欺负的！顿涅茨克民兵火箭炮吓坏乌克兰政府军
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乌克兰顿涅茨克地区的民间武装首次公开了几款款大口径的多管火箭炮系统，它的出现已经在乌克兰军队中引起了恐慌情绪。（鼎盛军事）

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据介绍这是乌克兰顿涅茨克地区的民间武装自行研制的，一辆车上2个发射器，共有64枚大口径的火箭炮。而乌克兰表示根据明斯克协议，

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这种口径的武器必须从双方确定的分界线后撤70公里。乌克兰顿涅茨克地区的民间武装表示它只是用来抵抗乌克兰军队的进攻，不过必要时也会主动进攻。

不是好欺负的！顿涅茨克民兵火箭炮吓坏乌克兰政府军
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随着乌克兰大量的采购军火，顿涅茨克地区的民间武装也就用多管火箭炮来进行回应。


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撇开多管火箭炮的射击精度不说，就是大面积的覆盖加上毁伤度也令乌克兰军队受不了。

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为了保证战斗人员的安全，它可以采用遥控的方式发射火箭炮。

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展板显示火箭炮的口径高达324毫米，这让人是不寒而栗；它的最大射程为9600米，最小射程为1500米。


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该系统的底盘是KrAZ-260卡车，它的最高时速为80公里，最大行驶里程可达600公里。

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The civilian armed forces in the Donetsk region of Ukraine have for the first time disclosed several large-caliber multi-barrel rocket launcher systems. The emergence of this system has caused panic in the Ukrainian army. (Heating military)

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According to reports, this was developed by civilians in the Ukrainian Donetsk region. There were two launchers on one vehicle and a total of 64 large-calibre rocket launchers. And Ukraine stated that according to the Minsk agreement,


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Such caliber weapons must withdraw 70 kilometers from the boundary line determined by both parties. The civilians in the Ukrainian Donetsk region stated that they were only used to resist the Ukrainian army's offense, but they also took the initiative if necessary.

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With Ukraine’s massive procurement of arms, civilians in the Donetsk region responded with multiple rocket launchers.


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Aside from the accuracy of the firing of multiple rocket launchers, the large area of coverage and the degree of damage also made the Ukrainian army unable to stand.


In order to ensure the safety of combatants, it can launch rockets with remote control.


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The display panel shows that the caliber of the rocket cannon is as high as 324 mm, which is chilling; its maximum range is 9,600 meters and its minimum range is 1,500 meters.


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The chassis of the system is the KrAZ-260 truck, which has a top speed of 80 kilometers per hour and a maximum range of up to 600 kilometers.

 

[Truth_Hurts]

Can the Ukraine defend against the Russkies? The Russkies armed forces are much better equipped etc..and numbers are huge... Ukraine got chance or not?

 

[syed putra]

Ukraine will not be able to shut the gas pipeline like what they used to do. Its obvious germany will become a superpower again soon. They cannot depend on the rest of europe and US.especially with brexit.

 

[Ang4MohTrump]

Ukraine idiots lost Crimea to Putin when Russian Regular Military was not even used. Only militants and mercenaries hired to help Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine.

Dotard supplies some tiny anti-tank missiles which are expensive and useless to Ukraine recently and these Kiev idiots starts to talk big.

Putin should level Kiev and reclaim these ex-Soviet territories and genocide these traitors who defected towards USA side.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/23/us-officials-say-lethal-weapons-headed-to-ukraine.html

US officials say lethal weapons headed to Ukraine

• The Trump administration approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine
• The new arms include American-made Javelin anti-tank missiles
• Trump had been considering the plan for some time after the State Department and the Pentagon signed off earlier this year

Published 6:14 AM ET Sat, 23 Dec 2017 The Associated Press





















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A US Marine from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, Bravo company launches an FMG-148 Javelin anti-tank missile.
Ukraine will soon have more lethal American-made weapons to help it fight Russian-backed separatists.

U.S. officials said Friday that the Trump administration approved a plan to provide lethal weapons to Ukraine, in a long-awaited move that deepens America's involvement in the military conflict and may further strain relations with Russia.

The new arms include American-made Javelin anti-tank missiles that Ukraine has long sought to boost its defenses against Russian-backed separatists armed with tanks that have rolled through eastern Ukraine during violence that has killed more than 10,000 since 2014. Previously, the U.S. has provided Ukraine with support equipment and training, and has let private companies sell some small arms like rifles.

The officials describing the plan weren't authorized to discuss it publicly and demanded anonymity.

The move is likely to become another sore point between Washington and Moscow, as President Donald Trump contends with ongoing questions about whether he's too hesitant to confront the Kremlin. Ukraine accuses Russia of sending the tanks, and the U.S. says Moscow is arming, training and fighting alongside the separatists.

Trump had been considering the plan for some time after the State Department and the Pentagon signed off earlier this year. President Barack Obama also considered sending lethal weapons to Ukraine, but left office without doing so.

The State Department, responsible for overseeing foreign military sales, would not confirm that anti-tank missiles or other lethal weapons would be sent. But in a statement late Friday, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said the U.S. had decided to provide "enhanced defensive capabilities" to help Ukraine build its military long-term, defend its sovereignty and "deter further aggression."

"U.S. assistance is entirely defensive in nature, and as we have always said, Ukraine is a sovereign country and has a right to defend itself," Nauert said.

The White House's National Security Council declined to comment. Russia's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Friday.

Although the portable Javelin anti-tank missiles can kill, proponents for granting them to Ukraine have long argued they are considered "defensive" because the Ukrainians would use them to defend their territory and deter the Russians, not to attack a foreign country or seize new territory.

Under law, the State Department must tell Congress of planned foreign military sales, triggering a review period in which lawmakers can act to stop the sale. It was unclear whether the administration had formally notified Congress, but lawmakers are unlikely to try to block it given that Democrats and Republicans alike have long called on the government to take the step.

The move comes as the United States and European nations struggle to break a long logjam in the Ukraine-Russia conflict that erupted three years ago when fighting broke out between Russian-backed separatists and government troops in the east. France, Russia and Germany brokered a peace arrangement in 2015 that has lowered violence but not stopped it, and a political settlement outlined in the deal hadn't been fully implemented.

In recent days, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has warned that violence is up about 60 percent this year. In Europe earlier this month, Tillerson called Russia's involvement the biggest tension point between the former Cold War rivals.

"It stands as the single most difficult obstacle to us renormalizing the relationship with Russia, which we badly would like to do," Tillerson said.

The intensified support for Ukraine's military also comes amid early discussions about sending U.N. peacekeepers to eastern Ukraine, to improve security conditions not only for Ukrainians but for special monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe who are on the ground in Ukraine.

The U.S. and other nations were cautiously optimistic when Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to send in peacekeepers. But there are major disagreements about how and where the peacekeepers would operate, especially about whether they'd be deployed only on the "line of conflict" between separatists and the government.

Both the Obama administration and the Trump administration had expressed concerns in the past that injecting more weapons into the conflict was unlikely to resolve it, especially considering that Russia is well-equipped to respond to any Ukrainian escalation with an even stronger escalation of its own. Sending lethal weapons to Ukraine also creates the troubling possibility that American arms could kill Russian soldiers, a situation that could thrust the two nuclear-armed nations closer to direct confrontation.

The United States, under Obama, also imposed sanctions on Russia for its invasion and annexation of Crimea. The Trump administration has insisted those sanctions will stay in place until Moscow gives up the Crimean Peninsula.

 

[JohnTan]

Ukraine idiots lost Crimea to Putin when Russian Regular Military was not even used. Only militants and mercenaries hired to help Pro-Russian Rebels in Ukraine.

Don't be naive. The Russians used their special forces to invade Ukraine. Their special forces simply went in wearing civilian clothing instead of full military tactical gear.

 

[cunt_opener]

Don't be naive. The Russians used their special forces to invade Ukraine. Their special forces simply went in wearing civilian clothing instead of full military tactical gear.

pse use the proper regular Russian troops and let Kiev taste the actual real thing

 

[JohnTan]

pse use the proper regular Russian troops and let Kiev taste the actual real thing

Russia probably did send in their regular troops too, but wearing civilian clothing. The weapons used by the 'russian separatists' were conventional military weapons, including the use of artillery and missiles.