Thursday, August 28, 2014

Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 28, 2014



Footage Emerges Claiming To Show Russian Tanks In Ukraine After NATO Say Putin Has Sent More Than 1,000 Troops Over The Border To Fight Separatists -- Daily Mail

* Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko demands UN action over incursions
* Rebel leader admits Russian soldiers are fighting inside Ukraine
* US official claims Russians are using state-of-the-art air defence systems
* Tensions rise in south-east of country as forces take up key sites
* Ukraine calls on EU for assistance as battle for port of Mariupol looms
* 'An invasion is an invasion is an invasion!' says UN ambassador

Russian tanks have been filmed rumbling through Ukraine today as the UN Security Council holds an emergency meeting to find a solution to the crisis.

Alarm has risen as a top NATO official said at least 1,000 Russian troops had entered Ukraine and had been in direct 'contact' with Ukrainian soldiers.

Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko today accused Russia of sending troops into the country as he abruptly cancelled a trip to Turkey to meet his top security officials.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- August 28, 2014

More than 1,000 Russian troops operating in Ukraine: NATO -- Reuters

Ukraine demand EU military assistance as Russia invades -- News.com.au

Black Sea Fleet to Receive 11 New Vessels by End of Year – Russian Navy -- RIA Novosti

US Military To Send Tanks To E. Europe for Drills -- Defense News

Ukraine crisis forces European defense spending rethink -- Reuters

Obama tamps down prospect of strikes in Syria -- AP

US Surveillance Planes Reportedly Fly Over Syria -- AP

Military Skill and Terrorist Technique Fuel Success of ISIS -- NYT

U.S. seeks coalition against Islamic State, but military partners no sure bet -- Reuters

US Lawmaker Sees UK, Australia, Turkey Joining Strikes on Islamic State -- Defense News

U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq Cost $100 Million to Date -- DoD Buzz

German general becomes first non-US USAREUR chief of staff -- Stars and Stripes

South Korea military under fire over abuse -- BBC

India-Japan Talks To Focus on Strategic Ties, Possible Aircraft Deal -- Defense News

China Hosts SCO’s Largest-Ever Military Drills -- The Diplomat

China vows to respond to US military surveillance flights -- FOX News/AP

China Tells US To Reduce Or Halt 'Close Surveillance' Patrols After Near-Collision Last Week -- Reuters

Will China stop buzzing U.S. planes? Meetings at Pentagon may help decide -- Washington Post

AFRICOM postpones training Libyan troops -- Stars and Stripes

Army in the Pacific adopts new style of deployment -- Stars and Stripes/The Honolulu Star-Advertiser

New Threats Change Amphibious Assault Strategy -- DoD Buzz

Pentagon: Leaks about intelligence ‘problematic’ -- The Hill

Boeing Gets $9M More to Develop Phantom Swift X-Plane -- Defense Tech

Space junkyard: New tech designed to combat dangerous trash in orbit -- RT

Search Efforts Resume for Missing Pilot -- AP

Army IDs Soldier Who Shot Herself at Fort Lee in Virginia -- CBS

Army general forced out, forfeits star for mishandling sex assault claim -- Stars and Stripes

Do One Quarter of Military Families Rely on Food Banks? A Closer Look at the Numbers -- Council on Foreign Relations

A New Era in Anti-Submarine Warfare -- Lt. Cmdr. Jeff W. Benson, USNI News

How the US Has Justified Overseas Military Action -- AP

Limited War Is Back -- Jakub Grygiel and A. Wess Mitchell, National Interest

The Insiders: Obama and the Democrats’ problem with military voters is growing -- Ed Rogers, Washington Post

New Memoir Captures What Soldiers Never Say -- George Vlachonikolis, War On The Rocks

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