Annexed – Spress https://en.spress.net Spress is a general newspaper in English which is updated 24 hours a day. Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:07:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 191965906 Taran warned that Moscow could attack Ukraine to ensure water supplies to the annexed peninsula Crimea https://en.spress.net/taran-warned-that-moscow-could-attack-ukraine-to-ensure-water-supplies-to-the-annexed-peninsula-crimea/ Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:07:07 +0000 https://en.spress.net/taran-warned-that-moscow-could-attack-ukraine-to-ensure-water-supplies-to-the-annexed-peninsula-crimea/ Taran warned that Moscow could attack Ukraine to secure water supplies for the annexed Crimean peninsula.
On April 14, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Andrii Taran said that Russia was preparing to turn Crimea into a place to store nuclear weapons.

Defense Minister of Ukraine Andrii Taran. Source: Anadolu

Speaking to the defense subcommittee of the European Parliament in Brussels, Minister Taran warned that Moscow could attack Ukraine to secure water supplies for the annexed Crimean peninsula.

Besides, Mr. Tahan said, does not rule out the possibility that Russian forces in Crimea could “carry out major military provocations” in 2021, but he did not provide immediate evidence for this hypothesis.

Regarding developments, on the same day, the SBU national security agency of Ukraine announced that it was conducting a large-scale “anti-terror” exercise in the Kherson region near Crimea. SBU’s announcement said units of the Ukrainian armed forces together with police and border guards participated in the exercise.

The announcement emphasized: “The key strategic targets of key infrastructure in the Kherson region are being tightly controlled … These are seaport areas, power supply facilities, airports, demand and gas production plants “.

Earlier, the Ukrainian military posted a video, on a rock music scene, showing the country’s tanks deployed in formation with soldiers loaded and fired for artillery during a pushback drill. the attack of tanks and infantry infiltrated the defensive area near the Crimea border.

The drill comes a day after US President Joe Biden telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Russian troop reinforcement in Crimea and near eastern Ukraine, among other US concerns.

]]> 1785 President Biden ‘gives green light’ to $23 billion arms deal with UAE https://en.spress.net/president-biden-gives-green-light-to-23-billion-arms-deal-with-uae/ https://en.spress.net/president-biden-gives-green-light-to-23-billion-arms-deal-with-uae/#respond Thu, 15 Apr 2021 06:03:29 +0000 https://en.spress.net/?p=380 President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to soon pass an arms deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) proposed under Donald Trump.

The UAE intends to purchase 50 U.S. F-35 fighter aircraft. Photo: USAF

Citing a U.S. State Department spokesperson, Sputnik radio reported: “While we will not comment on ongoing lawsuits, we can confirm the authorities intend to expedite the arms deal for the UAE. We will continue to discuss the deal in detail with UAE officials to ensure the two sides understand each other.”

Earlier, in January 2021, Washington halted the sale of F-35 fighters to the UAE and ammunition to Saudi Arabia after reviewing arms deals under former President Donald Trump. President Biden reversed his predecessor’s decision the day before he took office and reinstated a 10 percent tariff on aluminum imported from the UAE.

Observers speculate President Trump’s administration used the F-35 deal with the UAE to normalize relations with Israel. In September 2020, two Gulf countries – the UAE and Bahrain – signed a historic agreement establishing diplomatic relations with the American Jewish nation as an intermediary. However, UAE officials say the cooperation with Israel is driven entirely by a desire to prevent “annexed action,” alluding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to apply sovereignty over much of the Palestinian territory in the West Bank.

Reacting to president Biden’s decision to “freeze” the arms deal in January, UAE Ambassador to the U.S. Yousef al-Otaiba called it a completely understandable action because the Biden administration must follow due to the UAE-U.S. deal being one of the world’s largest arms deals worth up to $23 billion.

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in 2020, UAE arms imports have decreased by 37%.

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