“Harry Truman” and “Charles de Gaulle” at this moment are also off the coast of Syria. And here the aircraft carriers are not only the American and French Navy. The NATO “Italian” “Conte di Cavour”, accompanied by attack ships, is also in the water area, for insurance. For some “same reason”, according to the Pentagon, Americans non-stop arrive in Polish Rzeszow, where a separate reception center has already been created for them, as for refugees. By the way, the State Department also calls for the Polish route to flee from Ukraine. And Biden himself is not going to Europe yet, according to CNN, he is preparing to call Macron, who talks to Putin more often than to him. And it’s stressful.
At the Fort Bragg base in North Carolina, seeing off the next batch of soldiers. The Pentagon transferred an additional 3,000 people to Poland yesterday.
Brave fighters are sent not to defend Ukraine, but to support NATO partners against the backdrop of hysteria about the Russian threat. Demonstration loading into the planes of special forces, paratroopers. Although Moscow a few hours before announced the end one of the stages of the exercises and the return of forces to the places of permanent deployment. The Pentagon interpreted the news in a peculiar way.
“Over the weekend, Mr. Putin has increased military capabilities along the border with Ukraine and in Belarus. He is conducting exercises of ground units, naval forces in the Black Sea. So he continues to increase his readiness,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
The journalists reminded Kirby that Shoigu had announced the end of the exercise.
“I don’t dispute his words that he is stopping the exercises. The fact is that he continues to train more and more Russian troops along the border with Ukraine. It’s hard to believe that they deployed so many troops along the border with Ukraine and in Belarus just for winter exercises,” Kirby replied.
American journalists, who have been trumpeting the imminent invasion for several months, even naming specific dates, do not agree either. For example, on February 16, Western media proclaimed the day of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, but something goes wrong and CNN is torturing its correspondent in Moscow: do the Russians want war?
“The Kremlin’s statements were in the spirit that the Russians want more diplomacy. We are getting reports of a possible withdrawal of some troops. But, of course, at the same time, the US is saying that it believes that Russia is ready to launch an attack at any moment. And in this The situation hasn’t changed in any way yet,” says Frederik Pleitgen, Senior International Correspondent for CNN.
Official Washington has not yet emerged from the parallel reality. The State Department confirmed that heard the statements of Russia about the completion of part of the exercises, but so far, it seems, they cannot convince themselves of this.
“We have taken note of their comments. But we have not seen any tangible, no real signs of de-escalation. We are based on what we see on the ground with our own eyes, namely the continued Russian build-up of forces on the border with Ukraine. There is a high probability, perhaps higher than ever before that Russia can decide on military action,” said US State Department spokesman Ned Price.
Politicians with more serious appetites will compete with the Washington hawks. The Tiger team, according to The Washington Post, was trained at the White House. It included people from the State Department, the Pentagon. They are developing a set of measures to quickly respond in the event of an escalation in Ukraine. The advice of foreign experts is also accepted, and the American president calls up the British prime minister.
“The leaders spoke about their recent diplomatic engagements with Ukraine and Russia. They discussed efforts to strengthen the defensive posture on NATO’s eastern flank and stressed their readiness to impose harsh consequences on Russia if it decides to further military escalation,” the White House said in a statement.
Judging by reports from the White House, Biden did not respond to Zelensky’s proposal. He is not going to visit, but a transfer will be sent to Kiev from Washington – Secretary of State Blinken proposed to send $ 1 billion in the form of loan guarantees. This is to help keep the economy going. Ukraine’s economy is collapsing before our eyes amid rumors of an invasion, which the Americans themselves spread. President Zelensky asked his senior comrades not to escalate, they did not listen. The former comedian now jokes nervously.
“In his speech, Zelensky said: we were confirmed that the attack was scheduled for February 16. People got scared. Hearing this, one of Zelensky’s assistants said that it was sarcasm. As a semi-professional humorist, I’ll tell Zelensky: if you need to explain that it was sarcasm, then you did great. Very good,” TV presenter Stephen Colbert sneers.
It is not funny only to the residents of Donetsk and Lugansk. Regions with which Kiev has been fighting for 8 years, and the ammunition will last for a long time. Transport workers with hundreds of tons of weapons are sent to Ukraine by compassionate partners from NATO. Machine guns, pistols, sniper rifles and one and a half million rounds of ammunition were carefully shipped by Canada.
Foreign diplomats are fleeing in the opposite direction from Ukraine. The State Department also advises ordinary Americans, who are now in Belarus and Transnistria, not to delay, to leave immediately. Due to the fact that, quote, “the situation in the region is unpredictable and there is increased tension.” Although, to reassure its citizens, it would be enough for the State Department to advise compatriots not to read now American newspapers.