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U.S. Military Steps Up Planning For Evacuation Operation In Ukraine As Crisis Deepens: Report (Updated)
News of more active contingency planning with regards to Ukraine came ahead of a meeting between Presidents Biden and Putin today.
U.S. Military Steps Up Planning For Evacuation Operation In Ukraine As Crisis Deepens: Report (Updated)
News of more active contingency planning with regards to Ukraine came ahead of a meeting between Presidents Biden and Putin today.
www.thedrive.com
The Pentagon has been conducting more immediate planning for potential evacuations of U.S. diplomatic personnel and other American nationals from Ukraine in the event of a new, large-scale Russian military intervention into that country, according to a report from CNN. At the same time, U.S. officials are warning that there may be limited options to deter the Kremlin from conducting such an operation. This news came ahead of a virtual summit between U.S. President Joe Biden's with Russian President Vladimir Putin today over this brewing crisis, with intelligence assessments already warning for weeks that Russia could launch a new invasion of its neighbor as soon as January.
Victoria Nuland, the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, included details about U.S. military contingency planning in briefings to members of Congress on Dec. 6, 2021, according to CNN. The State Department would need to formally request support from the Department of Defense to carry out a so-called non-combatant evacuation operation, or NEO, before any such mission could be carried out.
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CNN's report, however, had not been the U.S. government was considering whether or not to actually conduct such an evacuation operation, but that planning had been stepped up.
Commentary:
Indeed, Joey Xi Bai Dung and his trio of Winken, Blinken and Nod will use the Afghan blueprint...that seemed to have work well.
His first directive is to run away. Retreat. We are facing a military threat in the Ukraine, an ally for many years.
In the meantime, Joey Xi is building up another $100 billion in military equipment to the Ukraine to abandon before the Russians move in.
Perhaps, the Ukrainians would be better off if they forgot Biden and NATO and instead invested in the Israeli drone system the Azerbaijanis used to decimate and defeat the Armenians and their armor. Otherwise, it is certain the Russians will take the Eastern Ukraine which historically has had a strong Russian and Orthodox heritage.