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Admiral (ret.) James Stavridis for NATO Week 2014
Admiral (ret.) James Stavridis Address for NATO Week 2014. The Admiral is the former Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and is currently the Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

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#39;The Ukraine Crisis, Russia Resurgent and the West: A NATO Perspective #39; with Michael Rhle
http://www.ies.be/lecture-series/ukraine-crisis-russia-resurgent-and-west-nato-perspective.

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Russian troops enter Ukraine - Nato: World News
Russian troops enter Ukraine - Nato. Nato has seen columns of Russian military equipment and Russian combat troops entering Ukraine this week, its top commander said. "Russian tanks, Russian...

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NATO Confirms Russian Army in Donbas: Ukraine prepares to repel ongoing Kremlin invasion
Ukrainian government forces are preparation for a possible new offensive by Kremlin-backed insurgents in eastern regions. Check out our website: http://uatoday.tv Facebook: https://facebook.com/ua...

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NATO Says Russian Troops Crossed Into Ukraine ... Again
NATO says Russia has sent troops into Ukraine #39;s embattled eastern region. If true, that could threaten the fragile cease-fire. Follow Elizabeth Hagedorn: http://www.twitter.com/elizhagedorn...

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NATO Confirms Russian Military in Ukraine: Breedlove says Russia sending troops into Ukraine
US General Philip Breedlove, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, has said Russian troops and tanks have entered Ukraine in recent days, confirming reports by international monitors. Check...

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NATO Confirms Russian Military in Ukraine: Breedlove says Russia sending troops into Ukraine - Video

MOSCOW NATOs top commander accused Russia of sending troops and weapons into Ukraine on Wednesday, as Ukrainian officials announced that they were bracing for a return to hostilities in the eastern part of the country that already have claimed more than 4,000 lives.

The accusation was the Western military alliances most direct charge against Russia since the start of a tenuous and repeatedly violated cease-fire Sept.5, and it seemed to signal a decisive abandoning of hopes that the agreement would continue to hold.

U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove told reporters in Bulgaria that NATO had observed Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems and Russian combat troops enter Ukraine across a completely wide-open border with Russia in the previous two days.

A spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, swiftly dismissed NATOs accusations, saying no facts existed to back them up.

The assertion that Russia is pressing into Ukraine came as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced plans to project Russias military reach even farther, by sending long-range bombers on regular patrol missions along Russias borders and over areas from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.

We have to maintain a military presence in the western part of the Atlantic and the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean, in the waters of the Caribbean and in the Gulf of Mexico, Shoigu said Wednesday.

Breedloves accusation is only the latest alarm NATO and its allies have sounded about Russian military activity along and across the Ukrainian border.

The accusation reinforces claims by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe that convoys of weapons and military systems have been moving west through eastern Ukraine in the past few days.

Ukrainian officials, who accused Russia of sending troops and tanks over the border last Friday, are readying the military for attacks in the disputed east.

On Wednesday, Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak told Ukrainian government officials that the countrys forces are deploying to eastern Ukraine and preparing for winter combat because of an increase in activity that has been noted among separatist militias.

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NATO says Russian military definitely moving into Ukraine

Sofia, Bulgaria/Moscow NATO's top commander says new columns of Russian troops and tanks have rolled into eastern Ukraine, the claim promptly denied by Moscow.

US Gen. Philip Breedlove said Wednesday that in the last two days "we have seen columns of Russian equipment, primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems and Russian combat troops entering into Ukraine."

Breedlove, who spoke in Sofia, Bulgaria wouldn't say how many fresh troops and weapons have moved into Ukraine and wouldn't specify how the alliance obtained the information. The Russian Defense Ministry quickly rejected Breedlove's statement as groundless.

The West and Ukraine have continuously accused Moscow of fueling a pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine with troops and weapons the claims Russia has rejected.

Breedlove said the Russia-Ukraine border "is completely wide-open."

General-Major Igor Konashenkov, a Russian Defense Ministry official, dismissed the comments as anti-Russian "hot air" and said "there was and is no evidence" behind the NATO accusations.

"We have already stopped paying attention to unsubstantiated statements by NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Philip Breedlove, on Russian military convoys he 'observed' allegedly invading Ukraine," Konashenkov said.

The West has imposed sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, saying Moscow has provided the rebels with arms and reinforced them with troops since they rose up a month Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in March.

Breedlove said in Bulgaria that NATO had seen "Russian equipment, primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems and Russian combat troops entering into Ukraine" in recent days.

Fighting has intensified around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine, putting further pressure on a patchy ceasefire between rivals. Kiev says it is redeploying forces to prepare for a possible new rebel offensive.

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NATO says Russia sent more troops to Ukraine. Russians say NATO full of 'hot air' (+video)

Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- With Russia flying bombers to the Gulf of Mexico and Nato saying Russian troops have entered Ukraine, Bloomberg's Ryan Chilcote looks at the state of Russia's military might and what that could mean for the stand off in the region. (Source: Bloomberg)

Two Dutch F-16 fighter jets on a NATO mission intercepted a Russian aircraft in the Baltics after it approached Estonian and Lithuanian airspace.

The F-16s intercepted an Ilyushin transport plane that hadnt announced a flight plan yesterday near the two countries and escorted it out of the area, the Dutch Defense Ministry said on its website. The plane flew in the direction of the Russian Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, the ministry said.

Increased Russian aerial activity coincides with rising tension pitting Russia against the U.S. and the European Union over Ukraine. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization detected and tracked Russian military aircraft including fighter jets, long-range bombers and tankers over the Baltic region, the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean for three days in late October.

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Increased activity of Russian military aircraft by the Baltic borders is raising concerns, Lithuanias defense ministry said by e-mail today, adding that interceptions are a standard procedure.

NATO says interceptions rose to 100 since the start of the year, three times the total for 2013. The alliance pledged in September to bolster the defenses of frontline states in eastern Europe in response to what it said was Russian action in Ukraine.

While most interceptions dont involve airspace incursions, Latvias northern neighbor Estonia and non-aligned Finland have reported repeated incidents this year where Russian aircraft violated their airspace. Sweden staged its biggest naval mobilization since the Cold War earlier this month in a week-long hunt for a suspected foreign vessel in the Stockholm archipelago.

Standoff in Ukraine

Russias increased military activity in the Baltic region is aimed at undermining security and testing the preparedness of the country and its NATO allies, Lithuanian Chief of Defense, Major General Jonas Vytautas Zukas, said on Facebook Nov. 11. Russia has a record of increasing the activity of warplanes and ships when Baltic states hold large military exercises, he said.

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NATO Jets Intercept Russian Military Plane Over Baltic States

Sofia, Bulgaria/Moscow NATO's top commander says new columns of Russian troops and tanks have rolled into eastern Ukraine, the claim promptly denied by Moscow.

US Gen. Philip Breedlove said Wednesday that in the last two days "we have seen columns of Russian equipment, primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems and Russian combat troops entering into Ukraine."

Breedlove, who spoke in Sofia, Bulgaria wouldn't say how many fresh troops and weapons have moved into Ukraine and wouldn't specify how the alliance obtained the information. The Russian Defense Ministry quickly rejected Breedlove's statement as groundless.

The West and Ukraine have continuously accused Moscow of fueling a pro-Russian insurgency in eastern Ukraine with troops and weapons the claims Russia has rejected.

Breedlove said the Russia-Ukraine border "is completely wide-open."

General-Major Igor Konashenkov, a Russian Defense Ministry official, dismissed the comments as anti-Russian "hot air" and said "there was and is no evidence" behind the NATO accusations.

"We have already stopped paying attention to unsubstantiated statements by NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Philip Breedlove, on Russian military convoys he 'observed' allegedly invading Ukraine," Konashenkov said.

The West has imposed sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, saying Moscow has provided the rebels with arms and reinforced them with troops since they rose up a month Russia annexed the Crimea peninsula from Ukraine in March.

Breedlove said in Bulgaria that NATO had seen "Russian equipment, primarily Russian tanks, Russian artillery, Russian air defense systems and Russian combat troops entering into Ukraine" in recent days.

Fighting has intensified around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk in east Ukraine, putting further pressure on a patchy ceasefire between rivals. Kiev says it is redeploying forces to prepare for a possible new rebel offensive.

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