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Rogue Valley:
I am confused. Is there a point to this thread that I am missing or is it just random musings about Ukraine? How does one debate the international politics of a string of posted pictures and their written descriptions? You have me baffled.
Cheers.
Evilroddy.
By Ryan Browne and Zachary Cohen
CNN/ABC News
Jan 29, 2018
A Russian Su-27 jet performed an unsafe intercept of a US Navy surveillance plane while it was flying in international airspace over the Black Sea Monday, three defense officials told CNN. The American pilots reported that the Russian jet came within 5 feet of the US plane, according to two of the officials. The Russian jet's action forced the US Navy aircraft to end its mission prematurely, one of the officials said. The US State Department issued a statement late Monday accusing the Russians of "flagrantly violating existing agreements and international law." "This interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the SU-27 closing to within five feet and crossing directly through the EP-3's flight path, causing the EP-3 to fly through the SU-27's jet wash," US Naval Forces Europe spokesman, Capt. Pamela Kunze told CNN.
Several unsafe interactions between Russian and US military forces have taken place near the Black Sea. Russian, US and NATO forces operate in close proximity to one another in the area, particularly since Russia boosted its military presence in the region following its annexation of Crimea in 2014. The US Navy has upped its presence in the area in recent years. CNN military analyst John Kirby said the Russian jet's action was "inexcusable, provocative & potentially fatal." He added that "while it is difficult to determine the degree to which senior levels in the chain of command are involved in the specific conduct of any particular intercept, one thing is absolutely clear: The Kremlin desires to challenge US military patrols in and above the Black Sea and elsewhere." "It's a policy we must presume the Russian defense establishment is acting concertedly and aggressively to pursue. Russian military leaders are known for a lot of things. Independent thinking is not one of them," he said.
The Ukrainian language has more in common with Polish than Russian, although Ukrainian, Russian, and Belorussian are all east Slavic languages and mutually intelligible.
Besides Russian, Polish is the most used foreign language. English is rapidly growing in popularity and is an elective language in schools. Universities offer all courses in Ukrainian, Russian, and English.
Within the next decade, Ukraine will transition from the eastern Cyrillic alphabet to the Western Roman/Latin alphabet.
The Ukrainian language is my native one and I perfectly know also Russian. As for the Polish I can read it freely. So I cannot agree with your opinion that Ukrainian more in common with Polish than Russian. Of course, there are many common words sounds almost the same in Polish and Ukrainian, but so far the Ukrainian and Russian languages are the most similar to each other. And let's not forgot, that Polish have Latin alphabet and Ukrainian, like Russian have Cyrillic one. And your assumption that Ukraine will change its language code within the next decade seems to me at least too optimistic.
Rogue Valley; said:Above is a Russian made BPM-97 Vysrel used by the Russian PMC Wagner and 'disabled' near Sanzharivka (Donetsk region).
Boring blog.
He will eventually be exchanged for a Ukrainian POW/US trained terrorist.
US propaganda has once again fooled the world into thinking that it didn't engineer the overthrow of the Ukraine government. More Operation Gladio.
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