Iltalehti ti 28.5. klo 22.49. Iskut Venäjän ydinohjusten ennakkovaroitusjärjestelmään ovat uusi käänne Ukrainan sodassa, ja niiden seuraukset voivat olla kauaskantoisia.
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Torstaina 23.5. Ukraina iski Armavirin kaupungissa Krasnodarin alueella sijaitsevaan tutka-asemaan. Heti perään maanantaina se iski tutka-asemaan Orskin kaupungissa Orenburgin alueella.
Huhtikuun puolivälissä Ukraina yritti iskeä Kontainer-järjestelmään Mordvan alueella.
The Local (Germany's news in English) AFP/DPA/The Local/jcw 21.5.2012: "NATO leaders on Sunday gave the go-ahead for the new European missile shield, provoking anger in Russia. The US air base in Ramstein, western Germany, will host part of the system."
TheGuardian 17 April 'What is certain is that Barack Obama's rapacious coup in Ukraine has ignited a civil war and Vladimir Putin is being lured into a trap.' On 23 April, Obama will begin a tour of Asia to promote his "pivot" to China. The aim is to convince his "allies" in the region, principally Japan, to rearm and prepare for the possibility of war with China. By 2020, almost two-thirds of all US naval forces in the world will be transferred to the Asia-Pacific area. This is the greatest military concentration in that vast region since the second world war.