America flies B-52 bombers alongside NATO’s japanese flank in present of power on third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
America today flew B-52 bomber jets less than 50 miles from the Russian border in a show of strength on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The B-52 jets are nuclear capable and were flown less than 50 miles from Russia, over eastern Estonia.
The long range bombers, which are described as providing the US with ‘immediate nuclear and conventional global strike capability’, flew from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire to the frontline NATO state.
The seven jets flew in formation over soliders and tanks, as a military parade of over 1,000 troops from NATO and the Estonian Defense Forces took place in Tallinn.
Today marks three years since Russian troops invaded Ukraine, and is also Estonian independence day.
Estonia, formerly part of the Soviet Union, has been a member of NATO for 21 years.
The B-52H Stratofortress, flanked by F35s and F-A18 fighters, flew near Russia just days after US aides met with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia to discuss ending the Ukraine war.
The flight came as prominent Russian war pundit and propagandist Sergei Mardan warned that Putin will seek to grab back control of the Baltic states, Estonia and its neighbours Latvia and Lithuania.
America today flew B-52 bomber jets less than 50 miles from the Russian border in a show of strength on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The B-52 jets are nuclear capable and were flown less than 50 miles from Russia, over eastern Estonia
The seven jets flew in formation over soliders and tanks, as a military parade of over 1,000 troops from NATO and the Estonian Defense Forces took place in Tallinn.
Meanwhile, European officials fear that US President Donald Trump is likely to withdraw troops from the Baltics, leaving the continent vulnerable to Russia.
‘They are absolutely right to be concerned,’ Mr Mardan said.
‘Looking at the map, it is clear that their concern, it is objective, their historical fate is predetermined.
‘Whether they are NATO members, [or] not NATO members.
‘In the foreseeable historical perspective, these so-called states will not exist.’
World leaders today met in Kyiv to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, in a show of support by some of Kyiv’s most important backers as the United States threatens to pull its support.
The long range bomber flew from RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire to the frontline NATO state
Russian war pundit warned that Putin will seek to grab back control of the Baltic states, Estonia and its neighbours Latvia and Lithuania
The three-year mark has arrived at a sensitive moment for Kyiv as Volodymyr Zelensky navigates a rapidly changing international environment upended by Donald Trump’s major shift of US policy and warming relations with Moscow.
Washington has been accused of freezing Ukraine out of negotiations with Russia, with Trump last week justifying doing so by wrongly calling Zelensky ‘a dictator without elections’ – despite votes only being halted in the war-torn country due to martial law.
The Ukrainian President yesterday conceded that he was willing to step down of it meant securing peace for his country, suggesting that he could do so in exchange for Ukraine’s entry into NATO or other security guarantees.
Vladimir Putin will only end the Ukraine war when there is a deal that ‘suits’ Russia, its foreign minister Sergei Lavrov today said.
