US service members wait at the Pope Army Airfield before deploying to Europe at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on February 3, 2022. - The US plans to deploy 3,000 troops to fortify NATO forces in Eastern Europe amid fears Russia could invade Ukraine, the Pentagon said Wednesday. About 1,000 US troops stationed in Germany will be moved eastward to Romania while 2,000 more will deploy to Poland and Germany from the US. AFP
Ukrainian servicemen walk on an armored fighting vehicle during an exercise in a Joint Forces Operation controlled area in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. A peace agreement for the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine that has never quite ended is back in the spotlight amid a Russian military buildup near the country s borders and rising tensions about whether Moscow will invade. AP
American military personnel from the Allied nations deployed to Romania take part in a ceremony during a visit of the NATO Secretary General and Romania s President at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Military Base on February 11, 2022 in Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania. - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned on February 11, 2022 of the real risk for a new armed conflict in Europe as both the alliance and Russia are increasing their troop presences around Ukraine. (Photo by Andrei PUNGOVSCHI / AFP)
US military personnel from the Allied nations deployed to Romania take part in a ceremony during a visit of the NATO Secretary General and Romania s President at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Military Base on February 11, 2022 in Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania. - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned on February 11, 2022 of the real risk for a new armed conflict in Europe as both the alliance and Russia are increasing their troop presences around Ukraine. AFP
FILE - In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, multiple rocket launchers fire during the Belarusian and Russian joint military drills at Brestsky firing range, Belarus. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia s demands. AP
FILE - In this image taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian army s self-propelled howitzers fire during military drills near Orenburg in the Urals, Russia, Dec. 16, 2021. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia s demands. AP
FILE - In this image taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, A Russian rocket launcher fires during military drills near Orenburg in the Urals, Russia, Dec. 16, 2021. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia s demands. AP
FILE - In this photo provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, a Russian military vehicles moves during a military exercising at a training ground in Rostov region, Russia. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia s demands. AP
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu watch the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus Zapad-2021 at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, Sept. 13, 2021. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia s demands. AP
FILE - In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022, the Russian navy s missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov sails off for an exercise in the Arctic. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia s demands. AP
FILE - In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, tanks and armored vehicles move during the Belarusian and Russian joint military drills at Brestsky firing range, Belarus. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia s demands. AP
FILE - In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022, armored vehicles fire during the Belarusian and Russian joint military drills at Brestsky firing range, Belarus. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia s demands. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)
FILE - In this image taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, Russian rocket launchers fire during military drills near Orenburg in the Urals, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia s demands. AP
FILE - In this image from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022, Russian and Belarusian armored vehicles drive during a joint military drills at Brestsky firing range, Belarus. With Russia carrying out a massive military buildup near Ukraine and the West roundly rejecting Moscow s security demands, a window for diplomacy in the crisis appears to be closing. But even as Moscow continues to bolster its forces and holds sweeping war games, President Vladimir Putin is keeping the window open for more negotiations in a calculated game of brinkmanship intended to persuade Washington and its allies to accept Russia s demands. AP
Ukrainian servicemen share jokes while sitting around a fire during an exercise in a Joint Forces Operation controlled area in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. A peace agreement for the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine that has never quite ended is back in the spotlight amid a Russian military buildup near the country s borders and rising tensions about whether Moscow will invade. AP
A fighter jet flies over, during a visit of the NATO Secretary General and Romania s President at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Military Base on February 11, 2022 in Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania. - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned on February 11, 2022 of the real risk for a new armed conflict in Europe as both the alliance and Russia are increasing their troop presences around Ukraine. AFP
A Romanian airforce serviceman takes part in a ceremony during a visit of the NATO Secretary General and Romania s President at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Military Base on February 11, 2022 in Mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania. - NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned on February 11, 2022 of the real risk for a new armed conflict in Europe as both the alliance and Russia are increasing their troop presences around Ukraine. AFP
|