According to the USCC’s sources in the Ukrainian special services, Russia is taking active measures to expand its military presence in Belarus. Since March Russia has intensified joint military exercises of units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, introducing modern models of weapons and military equipment of Russian production.
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7 explosions for the successful launch of Nord Stream 2: Russia bets the ranch
The Kremlin’s project, which is directly called Russia’s gas needle in Europe and a threat to the national security of Ukraine and Central Europe, will seem to be completed after years of sanctions. And all this happens despite Russia’s aggressive policy towards NATO, interference in U.S. elections, Russian cyberattacks and hacking of German official institutions, murder and poisoning of Kremlin enemies in the EU, not to mention the occupation of Crimea, parts of Georgia, and the war in the East of Ukraine.
mmediately after the occupation of Crimea, Russia “legitimized” the historical and cultural heritage of the peninsula in its legal field and included 21 prominent Crimean sites in the federal target program, which provided for repair and restoration and emergency work. However, if historical monuments are not valuable for achieving military goals, under the guise of restoration work, Russia actually destroys them.
Russia has not returned to its permanent location all the units involved in large-scale military exercises earlier this year, but has only increased its contingent in Crimea.
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How, escaping from sanctions, Russia itself does not recognize Crimea as Russian
Despite loud Russian celebrations on the occasion of the “return” (and, in fact, occupation) of Crimea, the peninsula has been recognized only formally for eight years at the Russian level.