{"id":60167,"date":"2021-10-30T07:50:43","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T12:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60167"},"modified":"2021-10-30T07:50:43","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T12:50:43","slug":"nato-sliding-towards-war-against-russia-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60167","title":{"rendered":"NATO Sliding Towards War Against Russia in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dk-topic dk-topic_size_m dk-article__topic i-bem dk-topic_js_inited\" data-bem=\"{&quot;dk-topic&quot;:{}}\">\n<div class=\"dk-topic__body\">\n<div class=\"dk-topic__content\">\n<div class=\"dk-topic__footer\">\n<h3 class=\"dk-topic__footer-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.strategic-culture.org\/news\/2021\/10\/27\/nato-sliding-towards-war-against-russia-in-ukraine\/\">NATO Sliding Towards War Against Russia in Ukraine<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dk-article__section\">\n<p><strong><em>As far as Ukraine goes, Ankara seems to be setting the pace for NATO\u2019s deepening involvement in the country\u2019s war.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russia is investigating reports of Turkish attack drones being deployed for the first time in Ukraine\u2019s eight-year civil war. The Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) under the command of the Kiev regime\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tass.com\/world\/1354707\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0that the drones were used earlier this week in combat against ethnic Russian rebels.<\/p>\n<p>This is a potentially dramatic escalation in the smoldering war. For it marks the direct involvement of NATO member Turkey in the conflict. Up to now, the United States and other NATO states have been supplying lethal weaponry to the Kiev regime to prosecute its war against the breakaway self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.<\/p>\n<p>American, British and Canadian military advisors are also known to have carried out training missions with UAF combat units. Britain is in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.army-technology.com\/news\/uk-reportedly-talks-sell-weapons-to-ukraine\/\">negotiations<\/a>\u00a0to sell Brimstone missiles to the Ukrainian navy.<\/p>\n<p>But the apparent deployment of Turkish attack drones is a potential game-changer. Russia\u2019s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov hinted at the graveness when he announced Wednesday that Moscow was carrying out urgent investigations about the purported participation of Turk-made Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Lavrov rebuked Turkey to stay out of the conflict and to not feed Ukrainian hostilities.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/russia-warns-nato-any-move-ukraine-will-have-consequences-report-2021-10-21\/\">warned<\/a>\u00a0that NATO\u2019s support to the Kiev regime was posing a direct threat to Russia\u2019s national security. The Kremlin\u2019s assessment can only be more alarmed on the back of NATO member Turkey being now implicated as one of the war\u2019s protagonists. In all likelihood, Turkish military personnel would be required to assist in operating the drone flights.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NATO Sliding Towards War Against Russia in Ukraine As far as Ukraine goes, Ankara seems to be setting the pace for NATO\u2019s deepening involvement in the country\u2019s war. Russia is investigating reports of Turkish attack drones being deployed for the first time in Ukraine\u2019s eight-year civil war. 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