In the next four days , the world will face the most serious threat since the Cold War ended , following the start of the peak ( or perhaps even anticlimactic ) from West crisis - Russia regarding Ukraine .
Crimea decision to hold a referendum March 16 later on whether autonomous republic in Ukraine 's joining the giant neighbor , Russia , the political climate could further boil the world , let alone the diplomatic efforts , including in the framework of bilateral talks and forums UN Security Council , did not reach the point of encouraging .
Instead the world is getting spooky atmosphere by military maneuvers disputing parties , including the U.S. military exercises with a number of East European countries neighboring Ukraine . Meanwhile, Russia itself is said to have alerted 200,000 troops along the eastern border of Ukraine with Russia , including the Crimea .
Ukraine has asked for help from the U.S. and UK to protect Ukraine from the threat of Russian annexation in Crimea , Belarus otherwise allied with Russia and bordered by Poland and Warsaw where U.S. hold military exercises , starting with the sultry NATO maneuvers .
President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko also asked Russia to send fighter planes to Belarus .
Therefore, the March 16 referendum in Crimea that the result will not be recognized United Nations and the West will be the most alarming point in international relations .
How is the balance of military power Russia and Ukraine at this time . CNN , compiling data from IHS Jane's and a number of sources , comparing the Russian and Ukrainian military , the following :
POPULATION :
- Ukraine : 44,573,206
- Russia : 142 500 482
ARMY
- Ukraine : 139,000
- Russia : 774 500
TANK TEMPUR
- Ukraine : 735
- Russia : 2,850
warship
- Ukraine : 25
- Russia : 219
fighter
- Ukraine : 221
- Russia : 1,389
NUCLEAR CAPABILITY
- Ukraine : non- nuclear
- Russia : 1,480 strategic warheads , 1,022 reserve strategic warheads , 2,000 tactical nuclear warheads
MILITARY EXPENDITURE
- Ukraine : $ 1.6 billion
- Russia : 78 billion dollars
According to the BBC , theoretical Ukraine seem credible military power despite inferior to the Russians who had four times the number of active troops and tanks rather than active combat Ukraine doubled compared to Ukraine .
If Russia invaded eastern Ukraine , the Ukrainian forces must be able to fight better than a smaller Georgian offensive against Russia in 2008 .
In fact , according to the BBC , the Ukrainian military in disarray , not combat ready and most berperlengkapan old war .
Maybe that's why the Ukrainian request assistance through the UK and the U.S. umbrella Budapest Memorandum of 1994 which guarantees protection to Ukraine (and Belarus and Kazahkstan ) as payoff of the willingness of these countries into a non- nuclear state .
The problem , according to AFP , the protection is only granted if Ukraine gets a nuclear attack on a country .
The new leaders of Ukraine is likely to sign a political agreement with the European Union 's long-awaited next week , said the Prime Minister while Arseniy Yatsenyuk Wednesday after talks at the White House .
" I am confident that next week Ukraine will sign a political part of the association agreement and make a very solid pace and strong to make Ukraine an integral part of the European Union , " said Yatsenyuk to the group " think tank " based in Washington after meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama .
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday morning that the deal was likely to be signed during the next EU summit , set March 20 to 21 .
The announcement signals the acceleration of a formal relationship between Brussels with the new leaders of Kiev 's pro-Western , who served last month .
The decision last year by the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych , who was ousted in part with the EU association agreement sparked protests pro - democracy for several months on the streets of Kiev .
Yanukovych fled late last month , and then perform a new interim leadership .
But Moscow has deployed thousands of troops to the Crimean peninsula , which plans to hold a referendum on Sunday to break away from Ukraine .
" We will never give up . We will do everything to save my country , in order to save my people , " said Yatsenyuk .
" This is not just a crisis between Ukraine and Russia . 's Even worse , the global crisis , " he said .
" If Russia moves further away , it would undermine global security . "
Sunday denounced the referendum as illegitimate , leader meanwhile said he believed that Russia " will become partners in the future . "
" We still believe there is an option to overcome these challenges by diplomatic , " he told the Atlantic Council think tank .
" We need Russian Federation immediately withdraw its troops back to the barracks , " he said . Speaking in English , he added that his government is "ready to hold open dialog . "
He also vowed to uphold all international agreements , multilateral and bilateral , including one that set up the placement of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea .
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