Armenia to exercise with US troops next week, Russia voices concern
Armenia to exercise with US troops next week, Russia voices concern
The Armenian Defence Ministry said the purpose of the exercise was to prepare its forces to take part in international peacekeeping missions.
Armenia said on Wednesday it would host a joint military exercise with the United States next week, a development that Russia said was cause for concern.
The Armenian Defence Ministry said the purpose of the Sept. 11-20 "Eagle Partner 2023" exercise was to prepare its forces to take part in international peacekeeping missions.
A U.S. military spokesperson said 85 US soldiers and 175 Armenians would take part. He said the Americans - including members of the Kansas National Guard which has a 20-year-old training partnership with Armenia - would be armed with rifles and would not be using heavy weaponry.
The only.concern Russia should have is where all those missing Russians are that keep disappearing into Ukraine. Putin says they weren't killed. So, maybe they are just wandering around lost? Maybe finding the thousands of missing citizens should be Russia's first "concern" instead of worrying about what other countries are doing.
No one is planning to invade Russia, so Putin's idiotic concerns should fall only on deaf ears.
He already knows they're either dead or deserters
Yes, he knows. But he won't admit it. So we can all play along and re-direct all of his concerns back to the most pressing matter for Russians which is "where in the world are they all mysteriously disappearing to?"
Ukraine might be. And I say good for them!
Well, a shit load of them are in fact in Armenia.
Thank you lemmy.world for defedding hexbear, otherwise I have to hear how russia is trying to prevent this Armenian genocide just like they prevented the previous Armenian genocide, I mean, no, that never happened, there was no genocide in Russia, ever, I mean, except against Russians, err, West bad!!!
Goddamn Russia nobody wants to mess with you. Stay in your own borders and take care of your own shit and you've got nothing to worry about.
They were never worried about their own security. What NATO et al. are threatening is their ability to blackmail the neighbors.
Armenia also sent their first aid to Ukraine recently. Maybe they've decided which horse to back.
nice to be able to root for the armenians once again
It's OK, Russia. You can stay on your base getting drunk while real soldiers train the Armenians.
Anything we can do to help Armenians defend themselves against Azerbaijan is OK with me.
Armenia and Georgia should become NATO members. It makes sense. With Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Cyprus, Georgia and Armenia in NATO, Turkey won't be important for NATO anymore. If Turkey doesn't like it and try to do what they did with Sweden then dissolve NATO and make a "new" NATO without Turkey. No real loss, Turkey in NATO pushes Russia's agenda and is hostile to other NATO members.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Sept 6 (Reuters) - Armenia said on Wednesday it would host a joint military exercise with the United States next week, a development that Russia said was cause for concern.
The Armenian Defence Ministry said the purpose of the Sept. 11-20 "Eagle Partner 2023" exercise was to prepare its forces to take part in international peacekeeping missions.
He said the Americans - including members of the Kansas National Guard which has a 20-year-old training partnership with Armenia - would be armed with rifles and would not be using heavy weaponry.
Russia has a military base in Armenia and sees itself as the pre-eminent power in the South Caucasus region, which until 1991 was part of the Soviet Union.
It maintains a peacekeeping force in the region to uphold an agreement that ended a war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020, the second they have fought since the Soviet collapse.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a weekend interview with an Italian newspaper that Russia had failed to protect Armenia against what he called continuing aggression from Azerbaijan.
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I feel bad for our Armenian brothers, they are in a terrible spot geographically speaking. A country with western values landlocked and surrounded by idiots.