Saturday, December 13, 2014

Ukraine is own worst threat (Dmitry Rogozin, Russian deputy PM)


Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who oversees defence, said Saturday that Ukraine was its own worst threat, after Kiev announced plans to boost its armed forces because of the conflict in east Ukraine.

Rogozin quoted Ukrainian Defence Minister Stepan Poltorak as telling parliament Friday that Kiev faced threats both from pro-Russian separatists in its east and also from the pro-Russian separatist region of Transdniestr on its southwestern border.
"Poltorak talks about a dual threat. But the main threat to their security is not to the west and not to the east. Let them seek it in themselves," Rogozin said.
He wrote on Twitter after the United States on Friday passed a bill allowing the provision of lethal military aid to Ukraine and lawmakers approved fresh economic sanctions against Russia.
  • Rogozin, known for his outspoken comments, also slammed the US reaction after Russia this week clinched a deal with India to build 10 nuclear reactors during a visit by President Vladimir Putin.
US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Friday said of the deal that "it shouldn't be business as usual" with Russia.
"They behave like nasty little children," Rogozin said. "They envy others' successes and are glad of others' failures and try to trip up others everywhere."
AFP
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/117812.aspx
13/12/14
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2 comments:

  1. Ucrania debe buscar “en su interior” las amenazas a su seguridad ...

    La víspera, el ministro ucraniano de la Defensa, Stepán Poltorak, dijo que además de la inestabilidad en el sureste, Ucrania enfrenta también otra amenaza a su seguridad en el sur del país que limita con Transnistria.

    “Poltorak habla de una doble amenaza a la seguridad, pero la mayor de ellas no se encuentra ni en el oeste ni en el este. Deben buscarla en su interior”, escribió Rogozin en su Twitter.

    El titular de la Defensa ucraniana anunció ayer que en 2015 el Ejército ucraniano trasladará nuevas tropas al sureste del país y reforzará su presencia en el sur “porque existe una amenaza por parte de Transnistria”.
    http://mundo.sputniknews.com/mundo/20141213/1032335048.html
    13/12/14

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  2. Ukraine/sécurité: «menace transnistrienne», une fable de Kiev (Moscou) ...

    L'Ukraine doit chercher "en elle-même" la menace à sa sécurité nationale, a estimé samedi le vice-premier ministre russe Dmitri Rogozine, commentant la déclaration du ministre ukrainien de la Défense Stepan Poltorak sur une menace militaire émanant entre autres depuis la Transnistrie.

    "Quant à M.Poltorak (déclarant que la menace militaire pour l'Ukraine émane non seulement depuis l'est, mais aussi depuis le sud, notamment depuis la Transnistrie, ndlr), ce ministre et les autres dirigeants à Kiev doivent chercher en eux-mêmes la principale menace à leur sécurité. Elle n'est ni à l'est ni à l'ouest", a écrit M.Rogozine sur son compte Twitter...............Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_12_13/Ukraine-securite-menace-transnistrienne-une-fable-de-Kiev-Moscou-6619/
    13/12/14

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