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Biden Weighs Deploying Warships, Aircraft and Thousands of U.S. Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics |
23 Jan 2022 | Joe Biden is considering deploying several thousand U.S.
troops, as well as warships and aircraft, to NATO allies in the Baltics
and Eastern Europe, an expansion of American military involvement amid
mounting fears of a Russian incursion into Ukraine, according to
administration officials. The move would signal a major pivot for the
Biden administration, which up until recently was taking a restrained
stance on Ukraine, out of fear of provoking Russia into invading. In a
meeting on Saturday at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland,
senior Pentagon officials presented Mr. Biden with several options that
would shift American military assets much closer to Mr. Putin's
doorstep, the administration officials said. The options include sending
1,000 to 5,000 troops to Eastern European countries, with the potential
to increase that number tenfold if things deteriorate.
US orders families of embassy staff in Ukraine to leave country |
23 Jan 2022 | The State Department has ordered family members of
government employees at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv to leave the country,
while also allowing non-essential staffers to depart amid growing
worries of a Russian invasion. In an advisory, the agency authorized the
voluntary departure of direct hire employees and ordered the departure
of eligible family members due to "continued threat of Russian military
action." "U.S. citizens in Ukraine should consider departing now using
commercial or other privately available transportation options," it
adds.
Russia Responds to UK's 'Very Dangerous' Coup Allegations |
23 Jan 2022 | Russia's Foreign Ministry on Sunday dismissed claims from
the United Kingdom that Moscow wanted to install a pro-Russia leader in
Kyiv while it considers whether to invade the beleaguered Eastern
European nation. "We have information that indicates the Russian
Government is looking to install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv as it
considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine," the UK statement,
published Saturday, began... The UK did not provide evidence for its claim.
Over the weekend, Russian officials said the UK's Foreign Office should
stop publishing "nonsense" and "disinformation." "We strongly urge
London to stop foolish rhetorical provocations, which are very dangerous
in the current overheated situation, and contribute to the real
diplomatic efforts to ensure reliable guarantees for European security,"
the statement issued
by the Russian Embassy in the UK said. Murayev, meanwhile, responded to
the UK's statement by dismissing the claim. "This morning I already
read in all the news publications this conspiracy theory: absolutely
unproven, absolutely unfounded," Murayev told Reuters on Sunday, adding he was considering legal action.
German Navy chief resigns over Putin 'respect' comments |
22 Jan 2022 | The head of the German Navy, Vice-Admiral Kay-Achim
Schoenbach, vacated his post on Saturday evening -- just a day after
saying that Crimea "will never come back," and that Vladimir Putin and
Russia "probably deserve respect." Schoenbach asked Defense Minister
Christine Lambrecht to "relieve me of my duties with immediate effect,"
with the minister accepting his resignation, according to a statement
cited by Reuters. Speaking at
an event organized by an Indian think tank in New Delhi on Friday, the
vice-admiral dismissed as "nonsense" the notion that Russia was
"interested in having a small and tiny strip of Ukraine soil and
integrating it into their country." Schoenbach went on to claim that
what President Putin wanted was the West to "respect" Russia, adding "it
is easy to give him the respect he really demands -- and probably also
deserves." Addressing the issue of Crimea, the German Navy commander
opined that the "peninsula is gone" and "will never come back -- this is
a fact."
University finds novel 1984 'offensive and upsetting' --Students are being warned of 'explicit material' awaiting them in a novel that ironically describes the dangers of censorship.
| 23 Jan 2022 | The University of Northampton has issued a harsh
warning over potentially "offensive and upsetting" material contained in
the famous dystopia by George Orwell, 1984.
The novel, which describes the dangers of totalitarian rule and
censorship, is now red-flagged, as it addresses "challenging issues
related to violence, gender, sexuality, class, race, abuses, sexual
abuse, political ideas and offensive language." The warning, issued to
students taking a module called "Identity Under Construction," became
public following a Freedom of Information request by The Mail on Sunday.
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