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RUSSIAN TROOPS: Obeying orders to obstruct
By Guy Dinmore at Pristina airport, Kosovo.
Financial Times of London
Captain Nikolai of the Russian brigade that
sped through Serbia to beat Nato to Kosovo
stood his ground with a smile.
His armoured personnel carrier blocked the
approach road to the main airport just outside
the capital, Pristina, holding up a vast column of
British and Canadian vehicles and hundreds of
Nato troops anxious to set up their command
centre.
"Mines," he said. "We are not letting you in for
your own safety." Then he reversed his vehicle
to allow busloads of fleeing Serbs and gypsies
to pass along the same road to join an exodus
of refugees fleeing north.
For Nato, it was humiliating. "A disaster," said a
British colonel. Just over 100 of his
paratroopers had managed to get into the
airbase on Saturday, some by helicopter, but
without their armoured vehicles. They found the
Russians already there. Others, coming by
road, were cut off by Yugoslav troops clearly
acting in concert with the Russians.
That night, it poured with rain. Yugoslav tanks
circled them, the Russian vehicles went through
their ranks. Behind the smiles, Nato officers
believed it was the most serious eyeball to
eyeball stand-off between Russian and allied
forces since the Russians cut off Berlin 50
years ago.
Yesterday afternoon, after hours of fruitless talks
between a Russian general and a British
brigadier, Captain Edward Melott of the Irish
Guards turned his Warrior fighting vehicle
around and pulled back in a cloud of dust. "We'll
chill it out," he said.
Captain Martin Gorwyn of the Royal Artillery
said: "It takes political will to resolve this one.
I'm not going to bully my way through."
Yugoslav troops, with their own armour, relished
the scene. For them, it was one, perhaps the
last, chance to get back at Nato after enduring
11 weeks of intensive air strikes. For the
Russians, it was a serious business - a strong
bargaining chip to back their demands to
control their own sector in Kosovo like the
British, French, German, Italian and US troops.
On Saturday night, what was supposed to be a
celebratory address turned into farce as the
Nato commander, Gen Sir Mike Jackson, flew
in by helicopter to the Russian-controlled base.
"It's a very good time to be here," he said to
looks of disbelief. "I would like to welcome the
Russian contingent."
Out on the road, Captain Nikolai shrugged. "I'm
just a soldier obeying orders," he said.
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