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viernes, 6 de mayo de 2022

UK dice que Rusia quiere tomar Mariupol antes del desfile militar del 9 de mayo

Reino Unido señaló que Rusia quiere tomar Mariupol antes del lunes cuando conmemora el triunfo de la URSS sobre los nazis

El Ministerio de Defensa de Gran Bretaña informó este viernes que las tropas del Kremlin quieren completar la operación en la localidad portuaria y asaltar definitivamente el complejo metalúrgico de Azovstal

El Ministerio de Defensa de Gran Bretaña informó este viernes que las tropas del Kremlin quieren completar la operación en la ciudad portuaria y asaltar definitivamente el complejo metalúrgico de Azovstal

El Ejército británico cree que Rusia quiere tomar la ciudad portuaria de Mariupol y su vasta siderurgia antes del lunes, cuando conmemora el “Día de la Victoria”.

Durante semanas, el complejo metalúrgico de Azovstal ha sido escenario de combates. Cuenta con una amplia red de refugios antibombas subterráneos que protegen a combatientes y civiles de los ataques rusos, aunque en repetidas ocasiones ha sido alcanzado por bombas de gran potencia.

“El renovado esfuerzo de Rusia por asegurar Azovstal y completar la toma de Mariupol está probablemente relacionado con las celebraciones del ´Día de la Victoria´ el 9 de mayo y con el deseo de (el presidente Vladimir) Putin de tener un éxito simbólico en Ucrania”, afirmó el Ministerio de Defensa de Gran Bretaña el viernes en su reporte diario de la guerra.

“Este esfuerzo tuvo un costo personal, de equipamiento y municiones para Rusia. Mientras continúe la resistencia ucraniana en Azovstal, las pérdidas rusas seguirán aumentando y frustrando sus planes operativos en el sur del Donbás”, agregó el informe publicado en Twitter.

El ejército británico cree que Rusia quiere tomar la ciudad de Mariupol antes del lunes

El “Día de la Victoria” conmemora la victoria de la Unión Soviética sobre la Alemania nazi en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

El enviado de Rusia a Estados Unidos advirtió en diálogo con Newsweek que los líderes de la OTAN, la alianza atlántica encabzada por Estados Unidos, no alcanzan a comprender la gravedad de un posible conflicto nuclear.

Funcionarios y figuras influyentes estadounidenses y de otros países de Occidente vienen acusando al Kremlin de convocar el espectro de una guerra nuclear por el apoyo de la OTAN a Ucrania durante la invasión rusa. Pero el embajador de Moscú en Washington, Anatoly Antonov, aseguró que se trata de “una ráfaga de flagrante tergiversación” de los dichos de los funcionarios rusos sobre la política nuclear de Moscú.

Y fue más allá al asegurar que fueron los aliados occidentales quienes demostraron ser irresponsables. “La generación actual de políticos de la OTAN claramente no se toma en serio la amenaza nuclear”, dijo Antonov a Newsweek.

Los principales líderes militares de EEUU, como el secretario de Defensa Lloyd Austin y el presidente del Estado Mayor Conjunto, el general Mark A. Milley, acusaron al ministro de Relaciones Exteriores ruso, Sergey Lavrov, de “ruido de sables nucleares” después de que asegurara el mes pasado que “el peligro es serio, real, y no debemos subestimarlo”.

En esa entrevista con la televisión estatal rusa, invocando la crisis de los misiles cubanos de 1962, cuando EEUU y la Unión Soviética estuvieron cerca de la guerra nuclear, Moscú y Washington habían entendido las reglas de conducta entre las superpotencias, dijo, “ahora quedan pocas reglas”.

(Con información de AP)

 

lunes, 2 de marzo de 2020

Turcos siguen avanzando sobre Idlib

Turkey launches 'fresh' military operation in Idlib as tensions mount

Syria has closed its airspace in Idlib province after Turkey downed two Syrian planes in the area. EU defense ministers will hold an 'extraordinary" meeting next week to find a solution to the crisis.

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Turkey said Sunday it has "successfully" continued its military operation against the Syrian regime in northwest Syria. The announcement comes as the Russian-backed Syrian military closed its airspace in flashpoint areas, as tensions rise with neighboring Turkey, which supports rebels groups in the region.

"We don't have the desire or intention to clash with Russia," Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Sunday, marking the first time Ankara has confirmed a full and continuing operation.

Violence between the two sides erupted days earlier when Syrian airstrikes killed 34 Turkish soldiers in the province of Idlib. Turkey retaliated with deadly airstrikes targeting regime forces.

Two Syrian jets downed by Turkey

Syrian state media said that Turkish forces shot down two Syrian jets on Sunday, but the pilots ejected with parachutes. Earlier Turkish media claimed that one jet was shot down.

The Syrian army earlier said it had downed a Turkish drone over the town of Saraqeb.


EU defense ministers call "extraordinary" meeting over crisis

EU defense ministers will hold an "extraordinary" meeting next week over the fallout from the conflict.

The blocs foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced the meeting in a tweet, adding that "ongoing fighting is a serious threat to international peace and security and causing untold human suffering."


Borrell called on all parties to "urgently re-engage in a political process," adding that the EU must "continue mobilizing resources to reduce the suffering of the civilian population."

The meeting will be held "in particular at the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece," read a statement from the EU, linked in Borrell's tweet.

The statement called on the EU to "redouble efforts to address this terrible human crisis with all the means at its disposal."

What is going on in Idlib?


Idlib province is the last rebel stronghold in Syria. Rebels are supported by Turkey while Syrian President Bashar Assad's government is supported by Russia.

"Our intention is to stop the regime's massacres and prevent ... migration," Akar said.

"We expect Russia to stop the regime's attacks and to use their influence to ensure the regime withdraws to the borders of the Sochi agreement."

The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which is monitoring the war through a network of activists on the ground, said Turkish drone strikes killed 26 Syrian soldiers in northwest Syria on Saturday.

Russian journalists detained


Tensions between Turkey and Russia have been growing. Russian state news agency Sputnik reported on Sunday that four of their journalists in Turkey, including the agency's editor-in-chief, Mahir Boztepe, had been "attacked in their homes" and detained.



Position of Idlib within Syria

The journalists were questioned in connection with the attacks while investigators raided Sputnik's office. They were later released after a phone call between the foreign ministers of the two countries.

Both Russian state news agencies RIA and TASS reported that retaliation measures against Turkish media in Russia would follow, citing an unnamed Russian diplomat.

The Journalists' Union of Turkey condemned the detentions, tweeting: "Journalists cannot be made to pay for the tension between states."

Volatile airspace

The Syrian military threatened to target any aircraft spotted in closed airspace in the country's northwest. "Any aircraft violating our airspace will be treated as hostile that must be shot down," a Syrian military source said to state news agency SANA on Sunday.

"Forces of the Turkish regime continue to implement hostile acts against our armed forces operating in the province of Idlib and its surroundings," the source said.

Following the warnings, Turkey shot down two Syrian warplanes. "One anti-aircraft system that shot down one of our armed drones and two other anti-aircraft systems have been destroyed, and two SU-24 regime planes that were attacking our aircraft have been downed," Turkey's defense ministry said.

The claim was confirmed by Britain-based war monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, while Syrian state media said that Turkish forces had "targeted" two of its planes over Idlib.