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| Image: Russian Fighter Jet (Wiki Commons). |
Infowars.com
February 28, 2014
Russian combat pilots are training to attack “enemy”
forces in search and destroy missions as tensions continue to build,
with Ukraine’s interim government complaining of a Russian military
invasion after armed men seized control of an airport in Crimea.
Following President Vladimir Putin’s decision to order a
snap combat readiness drill on February 26, troops and aircraft that
were based in the western and central military districts of Russia have
been redeployed to operational airfields as far as 500 kilometers away
from their permanent bases.
“Crews will participate in search and rescue operations
in the designated areas. In the training, pilots will also search for
and destroy “enemy” forces and armoured objects on unfamiliar grounds,” reports ITAR-TASS.
The nature of the drills clearly suggests that Russia is
prepared to invade Ukrainian territory in the event of an escalation in
the crisis, just as it sent troops into Georgia in 2008.
