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What is it that we stand for? And what is it that we accept when it comes to Russia destroying a nation and terrorizing a people?
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They have occupied Ukraine and built a bubble [defense] in the Black Sea and now [we] see a defense bubble developing in northern Syria.
Found on CNN 7 years ago
I think that the alliance does need to be ready for the air defense mission, and of course we as military men and women are looking at that capability, air policing and air defense are meant for two different situations. The Baltic air policing is a peacetime mission.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I get a lot of questions from our European counterparts on our election process this time in general, and I think they see a very different sort of public discussion than they have in the past.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I believe that Russia will dial up and down the pressure along the line of contact to keep Kiev under pressure to meet their parts of the (Minsk) agreements first.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Russia is eager to exert unquestioned influence over its neighboring states.
Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We at NATO do not want to see a Cold War, we do not talk about it. It's not what we want to happen or anticipate to happen. ... We're a defensive alliance who are arraying ourselves to face a challenge ... [from] a nation that has once again decided it will use force to change internationally recognized borders and so we take those appropriate actions to be able to assure, defend and deter.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
We are not exactly sure what it will take to work in the future.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Several of our largest contributors have already communicated with us that they will remain in their current posture.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We should make any changes on our troop structure based on conditions on the ground, not on schedules, other nations are already ringing in that they are committed.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
ANSF (Afghan National Security Forces) are preparing now to retake that part of the city and I have great confidence that they will do that.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I don’t think Mr. Putin is done in eastern Ukraine.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I do believe that those remarks were put out... to send a message... It was put out there to intend to give us pause in our decision-making.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is a very fragile ceasefire and we need to return to a ceasefire situation, i think that what we see is a pattern that matches previous patterns during ceasefires... We see training, we see re-equipping, we see new forces, new money, organisation, increased command and control, all these things are in a pattern across the past several times where we have seen a push( offensive).
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is not responsible language from a nuclear nation, rEACT RESPONSIBLY.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
But we really have no way of knowing one way or another.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What we do believe is that we should consider changing the decision calculus of (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. That's what we look at.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Many of their actions are consistent with preparations for another offensive.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We do see a very distinct Russian set of command and control in the eastern part of Ukraine, command-and-control, air defense, support to artillery, all of these things increased ... making a more coherent, organized force out of the separatists.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We need to first and foremost signal that we cannot accept this change and that, if this change is continued, that we will have to change the cost calculus for Russia in order to help them to find their way to a less bellicose position.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
That exterior message has now obviously fallen apart and we see outright Russian involvement, air defense systems that have never really been used anywhere outside Russia until now are being used in that area.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Literally now we see that Mr. Putin is all in, they will proceed until their objectives are accomplished.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I've prepared my advice and passed it up through my chain of command and that is now in the process of being considered.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What is clear is that right now it is not getting better, it is getting worse every day.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
To the degree that we can supply help, I'm not sure that they could stop a Russian advance in Ukraine, even if we supply aid.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
We have to be cognizant that if we arm the Ukrainians it could cause positive results, it could cause negative results, but what we're doing now is not changing the results on the ground.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
Russia continues to build their forces, continues to provide capability to the eastern Ukrainians. So, the fact that we're not doing (that) now is not changing their path forward, so I think that we have to be cognizant that if we arm the Ukrainians, it could cause positive results. It could cause negative results. But what we're doing right now is not changing the results on the ground.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We should not expect that we would not have soldiers in harm's way and even soldiers that may be injured or lost, we have a non-combat mission in a combat zone and the war goes on.
Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We are going to re-establish that (communication), we have talked among several of us senior military leaders how we will do that ... but yes, we are going to re-establish communication with Valery (Gerasimov).
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are beginning to see the (heat) signatures of air defence systems and electronic warfare systems that have accompanied past Russian troop movements into Ukraine.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The situation along the line of contact in Ukraine is not good. The fighting has intensified to essentially pre-agreement or pre-standdown levels and in some cases beyond.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What we do see is that the Russian-backed forces have renewed capability now to bring pressure on the Ukrainian forces and have in several places moved the line of contact to the west and this is concerning, we are beginning to see the (heat) signatures of air defence systems and electronic warfare systems that have accompanied past Russian troop movements into Ukraine.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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