{"id":4823,"date":"2023-03-15T18:05:14","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T18:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4823"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:40:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:40:38","slug":"news-from-war-theater-of-ukraine-and-related-to-war-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/news-from-war-theater-of-ukraine-and-related-to-war-around-the-world\/2023\/03\/15\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"News from War Theater of Ukraine and\u00a0related to war around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/span><\/strong>Fresh Updated News from War Theater of Ukraine and\u00a0 around the world regarding war from Moscow ,London and Washington D.C )<\/span><\/p>\n

(Brussels Independent in collaboration with AP,AFP, Reuters, ABC News) Syed Raza- A <\/span>Russian<\/span> fighter<\/span> jet<\/span> crashed<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> propeller<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> US<\/span> surveillance<\/span> drone<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday,<\/span> forcing<\/span> US<\/span> forces<\/span> to<\/span> shoot<\/span> down<\/span> the<\/span> unmanned<\/span> aerial<\/span> vehicle.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>State<\/span> Department<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Ned<\/span> Price<\/span> called<\/span> the<\/span> act<\/span> a<\/span> “blatant<\/span> violation<\/span> of<\/span> international<\/span> law.”<\/span> He<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> urged<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> ambassador<\/span> to<\/span> lodge<\/span> a<\/span> protest,<\/span> but<\/span> that<\/span> US<\/span> Ambassador<\/span> to<\/span> Russia<\/span> Lynn<\/span> Tracy<\/span> made<\/span> a<\/span> similar<\/span> statement<\/span> in<\/span> Moscow.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>However,<\/span> Russia<\/span> claimed<\/span> that<\/span> its<\/span> fighter<\/span> jets<\/span> were<\/span> unable<\/span> to<\/span> attack<\/span> the<\/span> MQ-9<\/span> Reaper<\/span> drone.<\/span> Instead,<\/span> the<\/span> drone<\/span> was<\/span> said<\/span> to<\/span> have<\/span> maneuvered<\/span> sharply<\/span> and<\/span> crashed<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> water<\/span> after<\/span> encountering<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> fighter<\/span> jet<\/span> that<\/span> was<\/span> attempting<\/span> to<\/span> intercept<\/span> it<\/span> near<\/span> Crimea.<\/span> The<\/span> incident,<\/span> which<\/span> heightened<\/span> tensions<\/span> between<\/span> Russia<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> Moscow<\/span> War<\/span> in<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> was<\/span> apparently<\/span> the<\/span> first<\/span> time<\/span> a<\/span> U.S.<\/span> plane<\/span> had<\/span> been<\/span> shot<\/span> down<\/span> after<\/span> an<\/span> encounter<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> fighter<\/span> jet<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> height<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Cold<\/span> War.<\/span>\u00a0
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Turkey<\/span> closely<\/span> following<\/span> US<\/span> drone<\/span> incident<\/span> in<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea,<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Demiroren<\/span> news<\/span> agency<\/span> reports,<\/span>Turkey<\/span> is<\/span> closely<\/span> monitoring<\/span> the<\/span> incident<\/span> in<\/span> which<\/span> a<\/span> US<\/span> military<\/span> drone<\/span> crashed<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> after<\/span> being<\/span> intercepted<\/span> by<\/span> Russian<\/span> jets,<\/span> Turkish<\/span> Defence<\/span> Minister<\/span> Hulusi<\/span> Akar<\/span> was<\/span> reported<\/span> as<\/span> saying<\/span> by<\/span> Demiroren<\/span> news<\/span> agency.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia’s<\/span> oil<\/span> revenue<\/span> sinks<\/span> as<\/span> sanctions<\/span> bite,<\/span> IEA<\/span> says<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia’s<\/span> oil<\/span> export<\/span> revenue<\/span> sank<\/span> 42<\/span> percent<\/span> in<\/span> February<\/span> as<\/span> Western<\/span> powers<\/span> tightened<\/span> sanctions<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> country<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> wake<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> war,<\/span> the<\/span> International<\/span> Energy<\/span> Agency<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> country<\/span> earned<\/span> $11.6<\/span> billion<\/span> from<\/span> its<\/span> oil<\/span> exports<\/span> last<\/span> month<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> European<\/span> Union<\/span> imposed<\/span> a<\/span> ban<\/span> on<\/span> Russian<\/span> petroleum<\/span> products<\/span> alongside<\/span> a<\/span> price<\/span> cap<\/span> agreed<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> Group<\/span> of<\/span> Seven<\/span> and<\/span> Australia.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Turkey<\/span> could<\/span> ratify<\/span> Finland’s<\/span> NATO<\/span> bid<\/span> ahead<\/span> of<\/span> May<\/span> 14<\/span> elections,<\/span> Turkish<\/span> officials<\/span> say<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Turkey<\/span> is<\/span> planning<\/span> to<\/span> approve<\/span> Finland’s<\/span> NATO<\/span> bid,<\/span> independently<\/span> from<\/span> Sweden’s,<\/span> ahead<\/span> of<\/span> parliamentary<\/span> and<\/span> presidential<\/span> elections<\/span> on<\/span> May<\/span> 14,<\/span> two<\/span> Turkish<\/span> officials<\/span> told<\/span> Reuters<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday.<\/span> The<\/span> Turkish<\/span> parliament<\/span> is<\/span> most<\/span> likely<\/span> to<\/span> ratify<\/span> Finland’s<\/span> NATO<\/span> membership<\/span> before<\/span> it<\/span> closes<\/span> with<\/span> elections<\/span> in<\/span> mid-April,<\/span> officials<\/span> said.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Finnish<\/span> President<\/span> Sauli<\/span> Niinisto<\/span> is<\/span> scheduled<\/span> to<\/span> visit<\/span> Turkey<\/span> on<\/span> Friday<\/span> to<\/span> meet<\/span> with<\/span> Turkish<\/span> President<\/span> Tayyip<\/span> Erdogan<\/span> about<\/span> his<\/span> country’s<\/span> accession<\/span> to<\/span> NATO.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Russia<\/span> wants<\/span> to<\/span> suspend<\/span> tax<\/span> deals<\/span> with<\/span> ‘unfriendly’<\/span> countries<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia’s<\/span> finance<\/span> ministry<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> proposed<\/span> suspending<\/span> double<\/span> taxation<\/span> agreements<\/span> with<\/span> so-called<\/span> “unfriendly<\/span> countries,”<\/span> the<\/span> finance<\/span> ministry<\/span> said.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>“The<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Finance<\/span> and<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Affairs<\/span> of<\/span> Russia<\/span> have<\/span> proposed<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> President<\/span> issue<\/span> a<\/span> decree<\/span> to<\/span> suspend<\/span> double<\/span> taxation<\/span> treaties<\/span> with<\/span> all<\/span> countries<\/span> that<\/span> have<\/span> introduced<\/span> unilateral<\/span> economic<\/span> restrictive<\/span> measures<\/span> against<\/span> Russia.”<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Danish<\/span> government<\/span> establishes<\/span> $1<\/span> billion<\/span> fund<\/span> to<\/span> help<\/span> Ukraine<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The<\/span> Danish<\/span> government<\/span> and<\/span> majority<\/span> parties<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Danish<\/span> parliament<\/span> have<\/span> agreed<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> will<\/span> set<\/span> up<\/span> a<\/span> DKK<\/span> 7<\/span> billion<\/span> ($1.01<\/span> billion)<\/span> fund<\/span> for<\/span> civilian,<\/span> military<\/span> and<\/span> business<\/span> assistance<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> the<\/span> finance<\/span> ministry<\/span> said.<\/span>\u00a0
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Moscow<\/span> sees<\/span> drone<\/span> incident<\/span> as<\/span> ‘provocation’<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia’s<\/span> Ambassador<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States,<\/span> Anatoly<\/span> Antonov,<\/span> has<\/span> described<\/span> the<\/span> Su-27<\/span> drone<\/span> incident<\/span> over<\/span> the<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> “provocation”.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>“American<\/span> UAVs<\/span> deliberately<\/span> and<\/span> provocatively<\/span> moved<\/span> into<\/span> Russian<\/span> territory<\/span> with<\/span> their<\/span> transponders<\/span> turned<\/span> off,”<\/span> Antonov<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> memo<\/span> posted<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> embassy’s<\/span> website,<\/span> referring<\/span> to<\/span> drones<\/span> as<\/span> unmanned<\/span> aerial<\/span> vehicles<\/span> (UAVs).<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>“We<\/span> regard<\/span> this<\/span> incident<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> provocation,”<\/span> Antonov<\/span> told<\/span> Russian<\/span> officials<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> subpoena<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> State<\/span> Department.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

White<\/span> phosphorus<\/span> shells<\/span> fired<\/span> in<\/span> eastern<\/span> Ukraine<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

White<\/span> phosphorous<\/span> shells<\/span> were<\/span> fired<\/span> from<\/span> Russian<\/span> military<\/span> positions<\/span> in<\/span> no-man’s<\/span> land<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> town<\/span> of<\/span> Chasib<\/span> Yar<\/span> in<\/span> eastern<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> an<\/span> AFP<\/span> journalist.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Russia<\/span> begins<\/span> naval<\/span> exercises<\/span> with<\/span> China<\/span> and<\/span> Iran<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>Russia <\/span>has<\/span> launched<\/span> naval<\/span> exercises<\/span> with<\/span> China<\/span> and<\/span> Iran<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Arabian<\/span> Sea<\/span> to<\/span> strengthen<\/span> ties<\/span> with<\/span> Beijing<\/span> and<\/span> Tehran.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> Russian<\/span> Defense<\/span> Ministry<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> statement<\/span> that<\/span> a<\/span> trilateral<\/span> exercise<\/span> dubbed<\/span> “Marine<\/span> Security<\/span> Belt<\/span> 2023″<\/span> had<\/span> begun<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> Iranian<\/span> port<\/span> of<\/span> Chabahar.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> marine<\/span> portion<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> exercise<\/span> will<\/span> take<\/span> place<\/span> on<\/span> Thursdays<\/span> and<\/span> Fridays.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Russia<\/span> will<\/span> represent<\/span> the<\/span> frigate<\/span> Admiral<\/span> Gorshkov<\/span> and<\/span> a<\/span> medium<\/span> tanker,<\/span> the<\/span> ministry<\/span> said.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>During<\/span> naval<\/span> exercises,<\/span> the<\/span> ships<\/span> “will<\/span> conduct<\/span> joint<\/span> exercises<\/span> and<\/span> bombardments<\/span> day<\/span> and<\/span> night,”<\/span> the<\/span> statement <\/span>said.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Russia<\/span> wants<\/span> to<\/span> recover<\/span> debris<\/span> of<\/span> downed<\/span> US<\/span> drone<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia<\/span> wants<\/span> to<\/span> recover<\/span> the<\/span> fragments<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> US<\/span> MQ-9<\/span> Reaper<\/span> drone<\/span> that<\/span> American<\/span> forces<\/span> brought<\/span> down<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea,<\/span> said<\/span> Nikolai<\/span> Patrushev,<\/span> the<\/span> secretary<\/span> of<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> Security<\/span> Council.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>White<\/span> House<\/span> spokesman<\/span> John<\/span> Kirby<\/span> has<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> drone<\/span> may<\/span> never<\/span> be<\/span> recovered,<\/span> but<\/span> that<\/span> US<\/span> authorities<\/span> had<\/span> taken<\/span> precautions<\/span> to<\/span> ensure<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> ability<\/span> to<\/span> draw<\/span> useful<\/span> intelligence<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> craft<\/span> would<\/span> be<\/span> limited<\/span> if<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> team<\/span> attempted<\/span> to<\/span> recover<\/span> the<\/span> wreckage.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>UK,<\/span> German<\/span> fighter<\/span> jets<\/span> intercept<\/span> Russian<\/span> plane<\/span> near<\/span> Estonia<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

British<\/span> and<\/span> German<\/span> air<\/span> force<\/span> fighter<\/span> jets<\/span> were<\/span> scrambled<\/span> to<\/span> intercept<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> aircraft<\/span> flying<\/span> close<\/span> to<\/span> Estonian<\/span> airspace,<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> UK<\/span> defence<\/span> ministry,<\/span> amid<\/span> mounting<\/span> concerns<\/span> about<\/span> confrontation<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> skies<\/span> near<\/span> Russia<\/span> and<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> UK<\/span> and<\/span> Germany<\/span> are<\/span> conducting<\/span> joint<\/span> air<\/span> policing<\/span> missions<\/span> in<\/span> Estonia<\/span> as<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> NATO<\/span> efforts<\/span> to<\/span> bolster<\/span> its<\/span> eastern<\/span> flank<\/span> in<\/span> response<\/span> to<\/span> Russia.<\/span> The<\/span> UK<\/span> Defense<\/span> Ministry<\/span> said<\/span> Typhoon<\/span> Jet<\/span> responded<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> air-to-air<\/span> tanker<\/span> plane<\/span> failed<\/span> to<\/span> communicate<\/span> with<\/span> Estonia’s<\/span> air<\/span> traffic<\/span> control.<\/span> The<\/span> Russian<\/span> aircraft<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> intrude<\/span> into<\/span> the<\/span> airspace<\/span> of<\/span> NATO<\/span> member<\/span> Estonia.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>British<\/span> and<\/span> German<\/span> aircraft<\/span> will<\/span> patrol<\/span> together<\/span> as<\/span> part<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> NATO<\/span> Baltic<\/span> Air<\/span> Police<\/span> mission<\/span> until<\/span> the<\/span> end<\/span> of<\/span> April.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Such<\/span> wiretapping<\/span> operations<\/span> are<\/span> commonplace,<\/span> and<\/span> even<\/span> before<\/span> Russia<\/span> invaded<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> last<\/span> year,<\/span> NATO<\/span> aircraft<\/span> were<\/span> involved<\/span> in<\/span> about<\/span> 400<\/span> wiretapping<\/span> operations<\/span> per<\/span> year<\/span> by<\/span> Russian<\/span> aircraft.<\/span> But<\/span> the<\/span> incident<\/span> came<\/span> amid<\/span> heightened<\/span> tensions<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> Russian<\/span> jet<\/span> collided<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> US<\/span> MQ-9<\/span> Reaper<\/span> drone<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Black<\/span> Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fresh Updated News from War Theater of Ukraine and\u00a0 around the world regarding war from Moscow ,London and Washington D.C ) (Brussels Independent in collaboration with AP,AFP, Reuters, ABC News) Syed Raza- A Russian fighter jet crashed into the propeller of a US surveillance drone in the Black Sea on Tuesday, forcing US forces to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2399,2425,2450,2480,2482,26,276,280],"tags":[1228,1946,1962,1311,1947,1963,1312,1948,1964,1314,1949,1965,1324,1950,1966,1374,1951,1376,1952,1378,1953,1708,1954,76,1764,1955,154,1765,1956,933,1941,1957,1224,1942,1958,1225,1943,1959,1226,1944,1960,1227,1945,1961],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/drone.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4823"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4826,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4823\/revisions\/4826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}