Romania Expands Air Base Near The Black Sea

Work is under way to expand Romania's Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base into one of the largest NATO bases in Europe. The facility is located about 400 kilometers from Russian-occupied Crimea and 100 kilometers from Romania's border with Ukraine. The reconstruction is expected to continue until 2042.
#romania #nato #militarybase #blacksea #airbase #crimea #ukraine

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[@maxant4285]

Писали бы уж тогда по-русски

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

From Denmark, I greatly appreciate Romania's decision to bolster its defenses within its own borders. Alone, we are prey. United, we are strong.

[@AndreiAndrei-uv2mb]

А кого вы боитесь?

[@brianv1988]

​@AndreiAndrei-uv2mb obviously not Russia

[@DacianRider]

amen brother ! noroc și sănătate ! jos cu orcii !

[@Thor.Jorgensen]

​@@AndreiAndrei-uv2mb Страна, которая напала и вторглась в Грузию в 1991 году. Страна, которая снова напала на Грузию и вторглась в нее в 1992 году. Страна, которая напала и вторглась в Молдову в 1992 году. Страна, которая снова напала на Грузию и вторглась в нее в 1993 году. Страна, которая напала и вторглась в Чечню в 1994 году. Страна, которая напала и вторглась в Грузию в 2008 году. Страна, которая отправила в Сирию в 2013 году частных военных подрядчиков, спонсируемых государством. Страна, которая напала и вторглась в Украину в 2014 году. Страна, которая отправила спонсируемых государством частных военных подрядчиков в Йемен в 2014 году. Страна, которая отправила спонсируемых государством частных военных подрядчиков в Ливию в 2014 году, разделив страну на восток и запад. Страна, которая в 2017 году отправила в Судан финансируемых государством частных военных подрядчиков. Страна, которая напала и вторглась в Центральноафриканскую Республику в 2018 году. Страна, которая отправила в Венесуэлу в 2019 году частных военных подрядчиков, спонсируемых государством. Страна, которая отправила спонсируемых государством частных военных подрядчиков в Мозамбик в 2019 году Страна, которая в 2020 году направила в Нагорный Карабах финансируемых государством частных военных подрядчиков. Страна, которая напала и вторглась в Украину в 2022 году. Страна, которая отправила спонсируемых государством частных военных подрядчиков в Мали в 2022 году. Страна, которая в настоящее время владеет четырьмя марионеточными государствами в зарубежных странах, непризнанными никем, кроме России и Белоруссии. Империалистическая страна, которая называет всех остальных империалистами, в то время как она колонизирует других и отбирает земли у соседних стран, называя это «освобождением». Страна, которую осуждают 184 страны в ООН. Вот кто.

[@domasbulda]

​​@@AndreiAndrei-uv2mbdo they look afraid? 😂 they just preparing for possible war. cope with it. Ok?

[@chessnut4886]

This Putin is a great strategist. Not only is he bringing Sweden and Finland into NATO and thus extending his external border with NATO, he is even managing to build gigantic air bases on this border. So much for his invented justification for the war.

[@alanmcmillan6969]

Maybe he works for the CIA?

[@jeroenberkenbosch7072]

sarcasm ...........

[@jamesgreen1116]

The usa also brought together russia and China which was always their biggest fear ;)

[@brianv1988]

Not only has he made NATO bigger he also has made everyone in these countries wake up and now they are all stocking up on weapons and building new bases an equipment I mean just look at Poland they are buying up equipment like crazy and multiple other countries are doing the same

[@chessnut4886]

@@jamesgreen1116 If you really believe that China and Russia are pulling in the same direction, then you are wrong. They both have a common interest in weakening the West. But that's nothing new. But that's where the similarities end. On the contrary, on Chinese maps, cities that used to belong to China, but which Russia then annexed, have recently been given the old Chinese names again.

[@scotsmanofnewengland7713]

Thank you Romania for supporting freedom and democracy. As a 72 yr old US Army veteran and have served in West Germany in the early 70s I fully support you and NATO especially UKRAINE 🇺🇦

[@decaesaris5093]

Thank you America, you accepted us in NATO👍

[@danspataru8273]

we thank you as well for your service in the Army . Biden said the other day "when US Allies Are Strong the US is Even Stronger" ! God bless Everyone !

[@Neilyman]

Nato is nothing good

[@johnsolberg5611]

You do realize all this war ,chaos and inflation is because nato expanded east ?Ukraine could have remained neutral.

[@drosophilamelanogaster3957]

Thank you for serving, sir. We understand tyranny more than anyone else, communism dictatorship has brought misery to millions in many generations.

[@nian60]

Well done Romania for being on the right side. Happy to be on the same team, from Sweden. (We complete our NATO integration today, by the way).

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

Thank you Sweden for helping Ukraine.

[@drosophilamelanogaster3957]

We welcome you with open arms. Together we are stronger.

[@rmgeneral8554]

Sweden soon have to spend money on defence not on immigration.

[@DacianRider]

NATO Forever ! ruzzia NEVER ! ✊ ✌

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

Russia is 1 country still standing tall against Nafo with 32 countries 😂

[@claudiu8426]

@@JDDC-tq7qm You rusky trolls still think that you fight against NATO? This lie still work in that orc country? 😆

[@DacianRider]

@@JDDC-tq7qm if you call that slaver monstrosity a country, that's your problem. & so far NATO hasn't really unleashed hell... but keep pushing & you might find out, u orc b4st4rd ...

[@SKARA101]

@@JDDC-tq7qm how is it standing?

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

@@SKARA101 by advancing reclaiming territories growing their military expending their borders

[@eprofessio]

Thank you Romania!

[@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531]

When this is all over, perhaps Ukraine too will have a NATO air base somewhere west of Kyiv. Ukrainians are resourceful fighters. They will make fantastic allies and trading partners in the future.

[@karabotshekiso3631]

Thank you Romania for being awesome❤❤❤❤

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

nah.. romania will leave both nato/eu soon ...we dont wants to stay anymore ...join brics/china or stay neutral ... we dont support the west at all...

[@Polymorphism-fc2eo]

Ignore the Russian bot underneath you, many pretend to be Romanian. We are happy partners of NATO.

[@moisisergiu4318]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 Romanians Support Nato and EU, and Romania wont leave EU - only old comunist romanians dream of things like this , but the future for Romania is decided by the young generations , and the young generations want to live in Europe not in North Korea

[@ismail-paine-de-circ]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 as romanian i say nato and eu forever, biaci...

[@RudolphoAqui]

Thank you Romana, we can do this if we all work together

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

nah.. romania will leave both nato/eu soon ...we dont wants to stay anymore ...join brics/china or stay neutral ... we dont support the west at all...

[@RudolphoAqui]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 Haha you funny guy, ,brics for prics,, putin will give two sacks of potatoes for that most convincing nonsense. Meanwhile NATO’s largest base being built in Romania, because Romania asked for it to be built there, because we can do this if we all work together

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

@@RudolphoAqui the curent gouv invested on that base even if nobody asked for it ... to wash some money to clowns nato/usa from romania ... usa is not a friend/ally of romania and never was ... they should not even be allowed to walk in romania without visas ...all the western companys should be kicked aswell... the only think the west brings to romania is masssive depopulation and prices like in sweden with 10 times lower salarys ...

[@constantinak3206]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 mars ma jegule

[@Polymorphism-fc2eo]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 speak for yourself, I am Romanian and we fully support EU/NATO. De ce vorbesti asa?

[@decemvre]

Romania has been spending 2% on defense since 2015.

[@ArianeQube]

Mostly on salaries and pensions in the defence sector. The actual investment in new weapons and technology is a lot smaller.

[@decemvre]

@@ArianeQube You should check Romanian equipment before you talk.

[@rmgeneral8554]

​@@decemvreYou are telling after seeing how overhyped western equipment are.

[@decemvre]

@rmgeneral8554 overhyped how? Patriot shoots down hypersonic missiles, HIMARS is accurate as hell. Russia lost 15000 pieces of equipment to advance a few km.

[@ismail-paine-de-circ]

only 1.6% in 2023. mostly on salaries and special pensions.

[@soundsurgen3293]

Cool

[@BigBoss-x]

Good to hear about Romania because you don't really hear to much about what Romania contribution is to NATO besides taking in Ukraine refugees.

[@claudiu8426]

You hear about it, but you need to "dig" a little bit deeper. We are his neighbours and we are cautious, nothing more! :)

[@drosophilamelanogaster3957]

Romania has never "advertised" it's help for Ukraine for strategic reasons. However, if you can read between the lines, RO has helped Ukraine tremendously from day one and continues to do so.

[@ade9597]

Well OPSEC seems to be working fine, and given that we are somewhat in charge of the hush hush part of intelligence around the area, we're glad you noticed :))

[@drosophilamelanogaster3957]

@@ade9597 Well said.

[@MHG1023]

It´s a great place for an airbase just 100kms/60mi from the Ukrainian border. Constanta airport only has very limited passenger flights (Turkish Airlines to IST and Wizzair to London LTN). So, as room for expansion is availlable and low population density immediately around the airport this all makes sense having a NATO-airbase right at the black sea and close to Ukraine. ... and soldiers from the base can enjoy some beach time during off-time.

[@user-rs9rw7sb1x]

Nato forever , Russia never, 🇪🇺✝️

[@user-th7gd7ge4p]

Russian Federation forever, NATO never,

[@domenico_ginny6164]

🇷🇴 ❤️ 🇺🇸

[@rmgeneral8554]

Slave of America.correct definition.

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

nah.. romania will leave both nato/eu soon ...we dont wants to stay anymore ...join brics/china or stay neutral ... we dont support the west at all...

[@CalimehChelonia]

Long live Ukraine! 💪🇺🇦

[@user-th7gd7ge4p]

...under Russian administration!

[@thomastoadie9006]

Let’s go!

[@timmommens901]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦✌🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@claudiu8426]

🇷🇴🤝🇺🇦

[@therealdaveseaman]

Our tax money, spent well..NATO

[@timmommens901]

@@therealdaveseaman 👋👋👋 Dave man 😊

[@user-th7gd7ge4p]

slava BRICS!

[@timmommens901]

@@user-th7gd7ge4p BRICS 😑😑😑😊😊😊😂😂😂

[@jyy9624]

The long suffering Romanians onwards and upwards as a democracy

[@Etendard1708]

I just hope Moldova can return to Romania

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

nah.. romania will leave both nato/eu soon ...we dont wants to stay anymore ...join brics/china or stay neutral ... we dont support the west at all...

[@Etendard1708]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 LOL what a joke, ivan.

[@florintrandafir7573]

God bless Romania ! Forza,Romania !

[@givemeabreak8784]

Europe needs to be strong and fully prepared for any scenarios and integration on a short call should be a must for the EU. The EU shouldn't be US depending.

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

no ty... europe is not romania ... neither sua ... we are not friends/allys with the west and we are out soon from eu/nato

[@HKim0072]

While some countries are apprehensive about hosting military bases, it's pretty beneficial for the Eastern EU countries. Adds security and it's a benefit to their economy.

[@kenw5104]

F35 squadron base

[@dand7763]

from 2030 further , F-35 A ...for Romania , Numbers ? = 48.

[@thomassecurename3152]

Bravo and strong Romania.

[@walther2492]

Thanks Vladolf! 🙋

[@RatTerminator]

Ty Romania 🇺🇲

[@goforukraine1157]

A good move from Romania and of course from US.

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

nah.. romania will leave both nato/eu soon ...we dont wants to stay anymore ...join brics/china or stay neutral ... we dont support the west at all...

[@randydawson5403]

President Zelensky represents Courage, Strength Integrity and Loyalty.....putin stands for Corruption, Violence and Dictatorship....God Bless Ukraine from the UK.xx

[@wojtekgorajski6582]

What in the fuck do you smoke ? This is a proxy war beetween USA and their dogs against Russia,they only use ukrainian hands to do that.

[@user-th7gd7ge4p]

have you smoked marijuana or someone's dick?

[@user-rs9rw7sb1x]

💪🇪🇺✝️🌍

[@mustafacano6208]

Christian's are turning homo so you could forget a crusade

[@DacianRider]

@@mustafacano6208 allah is turning homo

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

nah.. romania will leave both nato/eu soon ...we dont wants to stay anymore ...join brics/china or stay neutral ... we dont support the west at all...

[@DacianRider]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 nope. you're gonna join jail soon, you POS. you don't speak for us.

[@JS-lh5pz]

Nicolae why don’t you move to Russia or you’re already there I presume.

[@mikeroo8736]

Well done Romania on further integration with your NATO allies and congratulations on acquiring advanced aircraft such as the F-35

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

nah.. romania will leave both nato/eu soon ...we dont wants to stay anymore ...join brics/china or stay neutral ... we dont support the west at all...

[@orig_gee_man]

👍👍👍

[@tayler2396]

Isn't it interesting how most of these Soviet satellites are among the most dedicated members of the Alliance?

[@callubogdan9729]

I'm from Romania... do you know what our life was under the Soviet Union??? Man, believe me, it was HORRIBLE. Monstrous. Brr, I got chills only I think about it and I remember these times.

[@tayler2396]

@@callubogdan9729 I read that 48% of Romanians feel it was better under communism. Does that seem true? Is the economic system more popular than the Soviet system per se?

[@callubogdan9729]

Yes, it is probably true, 48% feel in that way. I will try an explanation for this. This 48% when communism was over they were around 30 years old, strong men and women with all life in front of them. Very few, smart and lucky, emigrated to vest Europa but a large part of them stay home and try to survive with zero help, zero economy and communist mentality and propaganda hanging heavily on their shoulders. Of course they failed and Romania from 1990 to 2010 was a disaster. Today these 48% are retirees and live with 250 euros per month and they missed the train. But the younger generation are completely different people and this country for the first time in his history begins to develop in the right and correct way.

[@tayler2396]

@@callubogdan9729 Thanks for the explanation. It makes sense also that we mature people think back to when we were 20 and 30 with nostalgia, even if only for our youth and vigor! "The good ol' days." I am happy that Romania is now free. My grandmother emigrated from Romania as a young girl, just before WWII. I would like to visit your country someday. Everyone tells me it is very beautiful.

[@callubogdan9729]

@@tayler2396 if your grandmother was romanian then you are romanian also :))) so, you are obliged to see the country you come from:))) Yes is a beautiful country, with good and bad people, but geograficaly is spectacular. Mountains, Black Sea, The Danube Delta etc

[@11C1P]

My kid was deployed there last year.

[@callubogdan9729]

I would like you to know that I'm romanian and I too have kids. Little kids. And the only reason for which my kids are home now and they didn't have to run away from the russian war is your son's army presence in my country.

[@11C1P]

@@callubogdan9729 Thanks. I let him & my wife know that.

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

he is gonna come home soon ... nobody needs him here ... americans are not weecomed in romania at all..

[@stupidburp]

The Carpathian Mountains and the Black Sea provide a defensible location. But NATO still needs to build up more hardened bases, infrastructure, and fortifications.

[@hansericsson7058]

Can we please have one of those on The Gotland island in the Baltic sea please.

[@Hoophey]

Remember- Putin wanted this.......

[@domasbulda]

What??

[@Atheos-1]

​@@domasbulda"Everything is going according to plan." Putin lol

[@domasbulda]

@@Atheos-1 😭

[@komradematt8025]

turns out russia is the best salesmen for European militarization and NATO membership you just love to see it.

[@galy0]

Very good move by Romania.

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

nah.. romania will leave both nato/eu soon ...we dont wants to stay anymore ...join brics/china or stay neutral ... we dont support the west at all...

[@galy0]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 Russians-Russians constantly on the Internet pretend to be other nations.

[@galy0]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 RU-Z- constantly on the Internet pretend to be other nations.

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

@@galy0 not this time ... its just ro

[@galy0]

@@nicolaeadrian7882 I remember you very well RU-Z- from your other comments under various videos.

[@bobycatania5506]

Sunt Roman si nu imi doresc aceste baza Nato in România. Sper ca si poporul Român sa inteleaga o dată pentru totdeauna ca acestea sunt forte de ocupatie. Nu vrea rusi, nu vreau Ucraineni, nu vreau americani, nu vreau francazi, nu vreau englezi, pachistanezi, indieni pe teritoriul tarii mele. E Romania si punct. Nu suntem slugile lor.

[@bige2576]

Delete my comments? So brave..

[@JaneJetsin]

Whining isn’t going to help.

[@claudium6769]

@0:19 inca mai folosesc ARO lol si vor cea mai mare baza militara din Europa lol

[@DacianRider]

daca functioneaza pe timp de pace, care-i problema ?

[@drosophilamelanogaster3957]

Fun fact: singurele comentarii negative vin din partea romanilor.

[@florintrandafir7573]

Fleosc ! Atipisei si te-ai trezit vorbind !

[@grgapitici]

average salaries in romania are around 5oo Euro a month

[@florintrandafir7573]

Fake ! The average gross salary in February 2024 is 1,600 euros (7,990 Lei), which means a net salary of 972 euros (4,859 Lei).

[@beifeng]

It's strange that the first jet we see at the beginning of the video is a Turkish f-16 plane.

[@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531]

It's cool, Turkey is a member of NATO too.

[@florintrandafir7573]

They participated by rotation in the Air Police mission!

[@peterjaniceforan3080]

🇷🇴🇪🇺🫡

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

nah.. romania will leave both nato/eu soon ...we dont wants to stay anymore ...join brics/china or stay neutral ... we dont support the west at all...

[@fluturisialbine2585]

romania after 1945 acted as mini russia! after 70's , s as mini north korea , after 80's like a african state ,( brutal dictator, )enough is enough!

[@lucianpop3667]

Și toate astea ți se trag de la ciuma roșie bolșevică! Îți dai seama unde eram acum, fără gunoaiele de ruși pe capul nostru?!!!

[@ionbon2353]

Romanii au mai plecat la război aliați cu unii și s-au întors aliați cu alții 😅

[@florintrandafir7573]

Si bine au facut pt ca astazi n-am mai fi existat ca Stat !

[@VictorBonello]

And this is not provocation

[@Tudor356]

no It is just a side effect of the Putler imperialist plan.🙃

[@RatTerminator]

C this Putler??!! 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇺🇲💪

[@user-th7gd7ge4p]

does your mom know you're browsing the internet?

[@XX-fq8kp]

IN THE USA, WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING ON THE STREETS, SLEEPING ON CARD BOARD… STARVING… 😢😢😢😢

[@user-th7gd7ge4p]

slava BRICS!

[@Grundewalt]

they were talking about the Nato standards for the facilities, hangars, depots. In this times, I wonder why they are not learning from huthis and iranians to dig and put all these things underground , cause this way are very vulnerable to overwhelming AD with cheap drones and missiles. NATO standards are obsolete as Ukraine war has shown. I guess now combined arm tactics has to involve drones and antidrone capabilities and layered defense on top of a dispersed assets structure, underground mostly but also disguised and decoyed if above ground. It is just pure arrogance to build bases like these in 2024

[@rockfella1377]

The base is protected by 4 layers of AA. It's the NATO '' Iron Dome ''

[@HanSolo__]

NATO.

[@airmanma]

Who is paying for this?????

[@slowtheplanedown]

Good to see Romania has left their old thuggish ways far behind...

[@nicolaeadrian7882]

nah.. romania will leave both nato/eu soon ...we dont wants to stay anymore ...join brics/china or stay neutral ... we dont support the west at all...

[@user-yc4xf8cv5y]

NATO 👎👎🔥🔥😂

[@berzo5857]

keep dreaming thirdworlder 🍌🍌

[@drosophilamelanogaster3957]

Triggered?

[@user-yc4xf8cv5y]

Gay NATO troops cannot fighting with the Russian 😅😅😅

[@gluteusmaximus1657]

Drunk russian troups cannot fight against gay NATO troups.

[@drosophilamelanogaster3957]

Is Pootler still paying for trolls?

[@MathyBoonen]

Don´t talk bs. We all know soloyovs gay son is hiding in london. 😂😂

[@user-th7gd7ge4p]

@@drosophilamelanogaster3957 GAY UKROBOT DETECTED

[@user-th7gd7ge4p]

@@MathyBoonen ok now get back to research of your gender identity.

[@margelatu79]

Romania is on the wrong side of history, again! Romania, my beautiful country, has become a vassal state on the US plantation! RIP Romania!

[@berzo5857]

Mori coaie

[@elacme626]

what a load of bullshit lol

[@drosophilamelanogaster3957]

Being ruSSia's vassal for hundreds of years had brought us only misery.

[@nian60]

OK Ivan, drink more vodka.

[@cosmin_budda]

Mutate la rusi daca le duci lipsa

[@Riconald]

It’s a waste of money.😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@outofredbullagain5820]

Remember your World War history before you say that. If you can't, I suggest looking it up.

[@jeroenberkenbosch7072]

Well seems someone doesnt like freedom to win ..,.. think his education was just what he states .

[@theraiderra8798]

What russia is doing is a waste of money and lives.

[@wojtekgorajski6582]

@jeroenberkenbosch7072 freedom ? What kind ? Ewerywhere in USA spread democracy milions of people dying,its always about money

[@sovra6734]

Did somebody ask Romanian citizens about?😮😢

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

Everybody talks about how it took Britain, USA and Russia to defeat Nazi Germany but nobody mentions how it takes 32 countries to fight 1 country Russia proves how powerful Moscow is 😂

[@DacianRider]

pipe down orc. the purpose of sending money to Ukraine is specifically designed for NATO to NOT fight Orcia. keep coping and seething, like the POS. you are....

[@DavidOfWhitehills]

Ukraine is doing all the fighting.

[@drosophilamelanogaster3957]

The whole world has seen how the second most powerful army in the world had become the second most powerful army in Ukraine.

[@Awibrahor]

Russia would not have defeated the Nazis without the arms and equipment supplied by the West, especially America. Russia isn’t powerful. It’s big but stupid.

[@MathyBoonen]

Wich nato country are you fighting? It only ukrainians. Thats why russia is a big embarresment

[@timothypeterson1903]

Nothing like advertising 🤣🤣🤣

[@latexbuster]

Not only has Russia demonstrated in Ukraine how weak its military actually is but Putin has completely misjudged this whole thing and he has woken a sleeping giant. His bravado and bully language carries little weight in the face of NATO forces that could wipe his forces from the map.

[@I_Have_The_Most_Japanese_Music]

Yay Rumania!

[@jimmy31hendrix]

Cool