Crisis in Ukraine
Simona Ulicna
Prof. Mercantini
HIST 1000-03
MEDIA ASSIGNMENT #2
4/30/2014
Sunday, April 27th, 2014 I watched the CNBC & CBS News channels where the news regarding the Crisis in Ukraine and sending more U.S Troops to Eastern Europe were presented. I focused on Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby where he said that the exercises and training will last about a month, and initially involve about 600 troops to be send to Ukraine.
CNBC REFLECTION
The United States will send about 600 U.S. troops to Poland and the three Baltic states to take part in exercises in the coming days to reassure NATO allies following Russia's seizure of the Crimean region from Ukraine, the Pentagon press secretary Kirby said on Sunday. Admiral John Kirby, a top Defense Department spokesman, said the bilateral exercises planned for Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were in addition to the regular training schedule the U.S. military has with those countries and were added due to the events in Ukraine and will last about a month.
"The United States takes seriously our obligations under Article 5 of the NATO alliance, even though these aren't NATO exercises,'' Kirby said "It's a very tangible representation of our commitment to our security obligations in Europe."
Earlier on Monday, Ukraine's acting president called for an anti-terrorist operation to be re-launched in the east of the country after the body of a local politician from his own party was found showing signs of torture.
Ukraine's security forces had largely suspended what was a fairly limited operation to respond to the takeover of eastern town by pro-Russian separatists after an accord with Moscow last week to try to defuse the crisis.
CBS REFLECTION
U.S. Army paratroopers are arriving in Poland to begin a series of military exercises in four countries across Eastern Europe to bolster allies in the wake of Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula last month. Pentagon press
Prof. Mercantini
HIST 1000-03
MEDIA ASSIGNMENT #2
4/30/2014
Sunday, April 27th, 2014 I watched the CNBC & CBS News channels where the news regarding the Crisis in Ukraine and sending more U.S Troops to Eastern Europe were presented. I focused on Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby where he said that the exercises and training will last about a month, and initially involve about 600 troops to be send to Ukraine.
CNBC REFLECTION
The United States will send about 600 U.S. troops to Poland and the three Baltic states to take part in exercises in the coming days to reassure NATO allies following Russia's seizure of the Crimean region from Ukraine, the Pentagon press secretary Kirby said on Sunday. Admiral John Kirby, a top Defense Department spokesman, said the bilateral exercises planned for Poland, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were in addition to the regular training schedule the U.S. military has with those countries and were added due to the events in Ukraine and will last about a month.
"The United States takes seriously our obligations under Article 5 of the NATO alliance, even though these aren't NATO exercises,'' Kirby said "It's a very tangible representation of our commitment to our security obligations in Europe."
Earlier on Monday, Ukraine's acting president called for an anti-terrorist operation to be re-launched in the east of the country after the body of a local politician from his own party was found showing signs of torture.
Ukraine's security forces had largely suspended what was a fairly limited operation to respond to the takeover of eastern town by pro-Russian separatists after an accord with Moscow last week to try to defuse the crisis.
CBS REFLECTION
U.S. Army paratroopers are arriving in Poland to begin a series of military exercises in four countries across Eastern Europe to bolster allies in the wake of Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula last month. Pentagon press