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| Pravda illustration of Russian forces massed on Ukraine border |
1 April 2021: Breaking news in the past 24 hours is that both Russia and Byelorus (Belarus or White Russia) have been massing their armored forces on their mutual borders with the Ukraine (For relative background see Global SITREP D3-17). In previous Ezekiel 38/39 discussions on Eschatology Today we've discussed "Magog" being involved militarily in other conflicts closer to its homeland, and from which God will put hooks in its jaws to turn those forces around to the south, to the mountains of Israel for destruction (Ezekiel 38:4). Armed conflict in Ukraine might well be such a scenario where this prophetic passage could come to literal fulfillment in the near future.
Accordingly, the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) has placed our forces on the highest watch level of "potential imminent crisis." The map above only illustrates Russian forces facing the Ukrainian border from three adjacent Russian military districts with Russian forces in occupied Crimea being a fourth. To the far north is Byelorus. Ukraine's western border faces NATO/EU countries Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova. No doubt in many western minds that these movements are a dangerous test directed at the perceived weakness of the Biden Administration more than to the Ukrainian government in Kyiv (pronounced Keev).
This subject requires close watching going forward; updates as they occur.
My understanding this evening is that the Pentagon is very concerned about Russian intentions.
ReplyDeleteA quote from Defense-Blog:
ReplyDelete"Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Ruslan Khomchak said on Tuesday that Russia is building up armed forces near Ukraine’s borders in a threat to the country’s security, accusing Moscow of pursuing an “aggressive policy” towards Kyiv.
In remarks to parliament, Khomchak also accused pro-Moscow separatists of systematically violating a ceasefire in the conflict in eastern Ukraine agreed in July 2020."
Why has this crisis continued since 2014 despite repeated agreements to halt hostilities? Defense-Blog has the answer:
ReplyDelete"The Kremlin views Ukraine’s European choice as a major security threat and the 2014 overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych as Western-backed and aimed at isolating Russia. It wants to keep Ukraine under its pro-Western leadership unstable, embroiled in open-ended military confrontation it cannot afford, so as to return it eventually to its sphere of influence."
I agree with President Trump and will boycott the 2021 season of Major League Baseball, Coca-Cola Corporation and all other 'woke' left-wing companies protesting the State of Georgia's newly enacted election laws.
ReplyDeleteI'll not watch one MLB ballgame or use any Coca-Cola product until they renounce their opposition to free and fair elections in America.
These oligarchs are testing us more and more. It's time to start calling out the board members of these corporations by name.
DeleteNew York Post headline:
ReplyDeleteUkraine military to conduct joint drills with NATO allies as Russia threat looms
EXSUM: About 1,000 troops from a dozen NATO allies will deploy into Ukraine for exercises simulating repelling Russian or Byelorussian invaders.
The latest report from The Atlantic Council. Important stuff.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/is-putin-about-to-launch-a-new-offensive-in-ukraine/
This is the UPDATE posted to the comments section of SITREP E2-21 on 7 APRIL 2021:
ReplyDeleteOn the morning of Tuesday, April 6th 2021, Israeli naval commandos attacked an Iranian forward operations base in the southern Red Sea. The base is a converted merchant ship named Saviz operated by IRGC naval forces. It has been stationed near the Bab al-Mandab choke point since 2018.
Smoke and flames onboard the ship were reported by Arab media.
Quoting a Times of Israel report issued a few hours ago, "The US official said the attack may have been timed to let an American aircraft carrier, the Dwight D. Eisenhower, to move away from the area. The carrier was around 200 miles away at the time of the strike, the official said."
The Eisenhower CSG had made a southbound passage through the Suez Canal this past weekend.
A new Global SITREP will be posted this morning touching on a number of issues.
ReplyDeleteTaking a bit longer than anticipated...
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