[TASS] Claims by Kiev that Russia should pay reparations for its reunification with Crimea and that it should return the peninsula to Ukraine are being raised on the eve of the Crimean Platform and have no prospects, First Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Vladimir Dzhabarov told TASS on Tuesday.
Earlier, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of Uncontrolled Territories Alexei Reznikov stated in an interview that Russia would pay Ukraine reparations for reuniting with Crimea.
"Any reparations are out of the question. Then we can ask for the reparations for the fact that at the time they acquired Malorossiya, Novorossiya that had never been [part of] Ukraine and belonged to the Russian Empire. They were handed over to Ukraine by the Bolshevik government in order for this union republic to be larger, so it would have more proletarians," the senator said.
He added that at the time, Crimea didn’t simply join Ukraine but was handed over with all its land and property "which was built at the time by the Soviet Union, above all, Russia."
"I understand that all this talk emerges in light of the approaching Crimean Platform. Well, then this agency [on Reintegration of Uncontrolled Territories] needs to demonstrate that they are earning their keep, they need to show some activity.
Although I am sure that each one of them realizes that work on returning Crimea is absolutely futile, because Crimea is the subject entity of the Russian Federation and it will never return to Ukraine where it ended up because of Khrushchev’s willful error," he noted.
The senator said that Kiev’s attempts to return Crimea are "time and effort spent in vain" and expressed hope that sooner or later the Ukrainian authorities would realize this and would "leave Crimea alone."
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced the creation of the Crimean Platform to coordinate efforts on the international level to reinstate Ukrainian jurisdiction on the peninsula. The venue should open with a so-called inauguration summit scheduled for August 23, 2021. It is planned that it will function on several levels: heads of state and government, foreign ministers, lawmakers, a network of experts.
Earlier, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry promised to name the participants closer to the event. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba previously said that 32 countries had already confirmed their participation and Kiev hopes that a joint declaration will be approved as a result of the forum.
After the coup d’etat in Ukraine in February 2014, Crimea and Sevastopol held a referendum, in which 96.7% of Crimeans and 95.6% of Sevastopol voters chose to secede from Ukraine and join Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the reunification deal on March 18, 2014, which the Federation Council (upper house of the Russian parliament) ratified on March 21, 2014. Despite the convincing results of the referendum, Kiev has refused to recognize Crimea as part of Russia.
The T-14 is a big change in Russian tank design, discarding with "inverted frying pan" motif of traditional tank turret design. The bigger change s the improved 125mm smooth bore main gun, said to be even more powerful than previous iterations.
[TASS] The Russian Army will receive 20 latest T-14 ‘Armata’ tanks by the end of this year, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said on Tuesday.
"This year, 20 latest T-14 'Armata' tanks will arrive for the troops," the defense official said during the single military output acceptance day.
Also, "65 (each)T-90M Proryv serially produced tanks" will be handed over to the troops this year," he added.
The domestic defense industry will also deliver 18 medium-and heavy-class reconnaissance/strike drones to the Russian troops while a brigade set of the Iskander-M tactical missile system will arrive for the Army ahead of schedule, the deputy defense minister said. A Russian missile brigade is about 20 launchers.
The Armata is a heavy tracked standardized platform serving as the basis to develop a main battle tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier and some other armored vehicles.
The T-14 tank based on the Armata platform was shown to the public for the first time at Red Square’s Victory Day Parade on May 9, 2015. The new combat vehicle features fully digitized equipment, an unmanned turret and an isolated armored capsule for the crew.
2021 state defense order
According to Alexey Krivoruchko, this year's state defense order was fulfilled 34% in January thru June.
"As at the end of the first half of the year the 2021 state defense order for the supplies of new weapons and military equipment has been fulfilled more than 34% of the annual amount, which is in accordance with the expected target," Krivoruchko reported to Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu.
He added that the conclusion of long-term state contracts had proved highly effective and guaranteed steady supplies of weapons and military equipment for the armed forces throughout the calendar year.
"The industry's pace of providing new weapons and military equipment ensures the fulfillment of the state defense order," Krivoruchko said.
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"This year, 20 latest T-14 'Armata' tanks will arrive for the troops," the defense official said during the single military output acceptance day.
By way of discussion, that means a production rate of 1.66 vehicles per month. Keep in mind that this rate includes typical Soviet Russian QA standards.
Although the M1 Abrams is currently not in production (Congressional pork meant that we overproduced to requirements for years), the Lima (OH) Tank Plant is capable of - and has in fact done so - thirty tanks a month.
Keep an eye on it, but don't worry too much.
Mike
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The bigger change s the improved 125mm smooth bore main gun
Took them long enough. The M1 outranged them as early as the first Gulf War. Using the laser rangefinders our guys knew that and exploited it. See the flash then a sand cloud kick up 100 meters out. Followed by return fire on target.
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Took them long enough. The M1 outranged them as early as the first Gulf War. Using the laser rangefinders our guys knew that and exploited it. See the flash then a sand cloud kick up 100 meters out. Followed by return fire on target.
Russians has similar fire control enhancements the US has, and has had them for a good while. And they have retrofitted many of their T-72s with those improvements. (T-72B3)
What they didn't have was an improvement in the 125mm gun itself, and its ammunition.
As far as the shooting in Desert Storm, the M1 could range out to that, but the optics couldn't. Dunno if it's still a problem.
We still do not know, even at this late date, just how good/bad the Russian 125mm smoothbore is, since the Russian "customers' don't receive the same gun/ammunition the Russian Army itself uses. It could well be as good or better than the Rheinmetal 120mm.
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I have seen some chatter about the Armata being a platform for autonomous fighting vehicles. In the tank version, the gun is operated 'remotely' from inside the armored cabin rather than from the turret and it uses an autoloader rather than an extra crewman. Lots of interesting possibilities, IMHO.
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[REGNUM] Turkey and Azerbaijan intend to create a joint Turkic army. Negotiations on this issue are already underway. This was announced on July 28 during a press conference in Ganja by the speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Mustafa Shentop .
“Our idea is one nation, two states. And it will always be so. In this regard, took a lot of negotiations and agreements," quotes the Sputnik Azerbaijan Shentopa.
He also added that within the framework of the agreements, including the military exercises of the two countries, the parties are also taking steps to strengthen economic cooperation.
Speaking about the situation on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Shentop said that the shelling of the border Azerbaijani regions by the Armenian military is a threat to the security of the region.
"If these provocations do not stop, then even more bitter consequences are inevitable. The world community should also urge Armenia to stop provocations that pose a threat to peace in the region," he stressed.
As REGNUM reported earlier , early in the morning of July 28, Azerbaijani Armed Forces units launched an attack on Armenian positions in the northeastern direction of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, as a result of which local battles unfolded. There are casualties on both sides.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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