Royal Navy to assist in search for flight MH370
It was reported today that the Royal Navy is sending HMS Echo. The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that the UK is sending HMS Echo - a survey ship - to the southern search corridor. HMS Echo has multi-beam sonar and capability to listen for black box. "The exact role HMS Echo will play will depend on the status and...
Ukraine accuses Russian forces of ‘armed invasion’
Now that there is a Russian flag planted atop the regional Parliament in Crimea, an even more garve threat to the integrity of Ukraine has reportedly emerged. Ukraine has now accused Russia of staging an "armed invasion" of Crimea today as Ukraines ousted leader prepared to emerge from a period of hiding after gaining protection from Moscow. Unidentified armed men...
Russian Roulette: Russian forces mobilise, head for Ukraine
The recent news in Ukraine is made even more worrying due to the unconfirmed but widespread reports of the presence of a large volume of armoured vehicles in and around Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, being loaded onto vessels bound for Sevastopol. According to the International Business Times, Russian naval vessels have arrived on Ukraine's Crimean coast in what some...
