Comments by "Tadas Blindavicius" (@tadasblindavicius8889) on "Ukraine ambassador warns of 'World War Three'" video.
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The EU says its sanctions against the Kremlin in the light of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine could involve suspending some military co-operation.
The ambiguities of national positions and limitations of Western leverage aside, there is one particular area which should immediately be on the table for discussion - exports of military equipment and military technology transfers that are taking place between some EU countries and Russia.
Germany is expanding its military exports to Russia.
Among many others, one recent sale is particularly worrying: German authorities sold to Russia a state-of-the-art brigade-level training facility, which is currently available only to the most technologically advanced Western nations.
For Rheinmetall Defence, one of Germany’s largest producers of military equipment, the order is worth over €100 million.
It will enable Russian brigade-sized units to test combat readiness for combined-arms operations, using Rheinmetall equipment to simulate realistic battlefield conditions and assess troop and staff performance.
This will be not a step, but a leap forward for the Russian armed forces and their capability to conduct large-scale conventional military operations.
The German deal constitutes a significant transfer of technology, with sensitive computing and communications hardware and software ending up in the hands of the Russian military - to be studied, copied and built-upon in the future.
It means that for Germany - Russia - Moscow is a partner, despite its aggressive behaviour in Georgia in 2008 and now in Ukraine.
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The EU says its sanctions against the Kremlin in the light of Russia’s intervention in Ukraine could involve suspending some military co-operation.
The ambiguities of national positions and limitations of Western leverage aside, there is one particular area which should immediately be on the table for discussion - exports of military equipment and military technology transfers that are taking place between some EU countries and Russia.
Germany is expanding its military exports to Russia.
Among many others, one recent sale is particularly worrying: German authorities sold to Russia a state-of-the-art brigade-level training facility, which is currently available only to the most technologically advanced Western nations.
For Rheinmetall Defence, one of Germany’s largest producers of military equipment, the order is worth over €100 million.
It will enable Russian brigade-sized units to test combat readiness for combined-arms operations, using Rheinmetall equipment to simulate realistic battlefield conditions and assess troop and staff performance.
This will be not a step, but a leap forward for the Russian armed forces and their capability to conduct large-scale conventional military operations.
The German deal constitutes a significant transfer of technology, with sensitive computing and communications hardware and software ending up in the hands of the Russian military - to be studied, copied and built-upon in the future.
It means that for Germany - Russia - Moscow is a partner, despite its aggressive behaviour in Georgia in 2008 and now in Ukraine.
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