No sooner does Mikhail Gorbachev declare that the world is “on the brink” of a new Cold War than a report accuses Russia of putting civilian lives at risk from its “aggressive” and “highly disturbing” military tactics.
The European Leadership Network (ELN), a London-based thinktank, claims that some Russian military planes have declined to use transponders to identify their positions when they are on forays into European airspace and therefore can not be detected by air traffic controllers.
The report details tensions prompted by the Ukraine crisis and concludes that it “adds up to a highly disturbing picture of violations of national …read more
Source: Newsweek
