Sambisa Forest: 4 battalions of Nigerian Army to Rescue the Abducted School Girls

Four battalions of the Nigerian Army are set to invade the Boko Haram Evil forest called "Sambisa forest" this weekend to rescue the 276 abducted school girls of the Government Girls’ Secondary School (GGSS), Chibok, Borno State.

A military Source, who made this known on Thursday night, said that a little more than a Brigade of the Nigerian Army had been moved to the forest where the girls are believed to have been held captive.

Nigeria Army Admits Two Soldiers Killed, Six Missing in Sambisa Forest

Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, who is the The Director of Nigeria Military Defence Information confirmed the death of two troops with six others missing in a clash between the Nigerian military Special Forces and the insurgents between Friday and Saturday in a very fierce encounter in Sambisa forest.

Director of Military Defence Information said that most of the 20 soldiers who were reported missing in the latest battle at the Sambisa forest as a result of communication misunderstanding between the ground troops and the Air force, had returned to military base and were already taking part in the mission.

Olukolade further confirms that a very large number of the Boko Haram insurgents were killed in the combined operation between ground troops and the Nigerian Air Force fighter jets. According to him, the Military Special Forces on the Sambisa forest operation discovered a larger number of Islamist insurgents which made one of the units to call for additional reinforcement to enable them to finish off the assignment.

Tensions: Obama sends six fighters for NATO Baltics patrols Over Ukraine Crimea

[AFP] The United States sent six additional F-15 fighter jets to step up NATO's air patrols over the Baltic states, mission host Lithuania said as West-Russia tensions simmered over Ukraine.

"I have had confirmation that the air police missions will be reinforced by six additional F-15 fighters," Defence Minister Juozas Olekas told AFP.

The move is a response to "Russian aggression in Ukraine and additional military activity in the Kaliningrad region," Russia's exclave bordering  Lithuania and Poland, he said.

BREAKING NEWS: Russia tells Ukrainian forces in Crimea to surrender by 9pET tonight or face a “military storm”

BREAKING: Russia tells Ukrainian forces in Crimea to surrender by 9pET tonight or face a “military storm”

Interfax news agency has quoted the Defence Ministry as saying on Monday that Russian fighter jets twice violated Ukraine's air space over the Black Sea during the night,