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Putin tells WWII event West is waging a ‘real war’ on Russia
The WashingtonTimes ^ | May 9, 2023

Posted on 05/09/2023 4:16:27 AM PDT by McGruff

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday told his country’s traditional Victory Day parade on Moscow’s Red Square that the West’s “untamed ambitions, arrogance and impunity” are driving “a real war” against Russia, while the Kremlin’s forces fired another cruise missile barrage at Ukraine.

“Today civilization is once again at a decisive turning point,” Putin said at the annual commemorations celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. “A real war has been unleashed against our Motherland.”

Putin’s remarks came just hours after the Kremlin’s forces fired its latest barrage of cruise missiles at Ukraine, which Russia invaded more than 14 months ago in what it officially refers to as a “special military operation.”

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: failedinvasion; paranoidkook; russianmonsters; warmonger
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1 posted on 05/09/2023 4:16:27 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

Russian Ambassador in Poland was prevented from laying flowers at the memorial cemetery in Warsaw

The Russian ambassador arrived at the memorial cemetery to honor the fallen and lay flowers, but a crowd of angry Poles prevented him from doing so, demanding that he remove… pic.twitter.com/zqbX2PkswQ— Zlatti71 (@djuric_zlatko) May 9, 2023


2 posted on 05/09/2023 4:25:20 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: McGruff

More of Putin’s saber rattling. His talk of using nuclear weapons to defend Russia from NATO is almost as laughable as his dire warnings of attacking Ukraine to stop it from becoming part of NATO in January of ‘22.


3 posted on 05/09/2023 4:26:36 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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More of Putin’s saber rattling.

Or Putin's body double saber rattling, right? So disappointing. You promised multiple Ukrainian attacks on the Victory Day parades.

4 posted on 05/09/2023 4:38:51 AM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: McGruff

“Putin has repeatedly framed the war in Ukraine as a proxy conflict with the West.”

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Anyone with any sense knows that is the truth. Many lie about it.


5 posted on 05/09/2023 4:40:57 AM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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and how did this unnecessary conflict start?

oh yeah, Russia again illegally invaded another neighboring sovereign country without provocation

Russia started this BS, so it’s a little rich for Russia to be complaining now ... they wanted a war, they got what they wanted


6 posted on 05/09/2023 4:53:27 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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Putin has repeatedly framed the war in Ukraine as a proxy conflict with the West.”
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Vlad is correct, this war is all about NATO expansion and the Russian Derangement Syndrome that was invented by the Dems back in Trumps time.

Even if you don’t see it, much of the world can see it AND most importantly the Russian population knows this. The collective West led by senile Joe is failing, miserably.

This war by Biden is bringing down America in many ways.


7 posted on 05/09/2023 4:54:45 AM PDT by delta7
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To: McGruff
Putin “A real war has been unleashed against our Motherland.”


8 posted on 05/09/2023 4:55:23 AM PDT by tlozo ( Better to Die on Your Feet than Live on Your Knees )
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Why is “real war” in quotes?

Our leaders have openly stated their intentions to use our power against Russia, and attempted to drag other nations into our goals, to violently remove their leader, destroy their economy, demean and destroy their culture, and dissemble their nation into western-controlled mini republics ….using proxy troops funded by us using intelligence logistics support and weapons provided by us, to gloat about how many Russians we claim our proxy kills.

That is a real war, not an alleged war in quotes.


9 posted on 05/09/2023 5:00:42 AM PDT by silverleaf (It’s not propaganda just because you disagree with it. )
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“A real war has been unleashed against our Motherland.”

I wonder what he was smoking?

10 posted on 05/09/2023 5:13:24 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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11 posted on 05/09/2023 5:16:21 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: delta7
The collective West led by senile Joe is failing, miserably

then why is Vlady complaining? LOL


12 posted on 05/09/2023 5:18:13 AM PDT by canuck_conservative (there would be no more need for NATO, if Russia could just stop attacking its neighbors)
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To: delta7

Yes much of the world can see it.
China
Cuba
Iran
north Korea
Nicaragua

You’re in good company, Commie.


13 posted on 05/09/2023 5:27:50 AM PDT by nbenyo
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If Ukraine stops fighting there will be no Ukraine

Ukraine and the West is finding out what happens when you mess with the bear...never should have poked it in the first place.


14 posted on 05/09/2023 5:30:37 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: McGruff

Bkmk


15 posted on 05/09/2023 5:32:07 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: everyone
Pretty subdued celebration.


16 posted on 05/09/2023 5:35:38 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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“A real war has been unleashed against our Motherland.”
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Imagine what a real war would look like against the Russians. Imagine if they faced Tomahawks, F35s, Abraham’s, and first line munitions.

If Putin thinks he is facing NATO, it shows how delusional he is.


17 posted on 05/09/2023 5:37:10 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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If we were waging a real war against him, Putin wouldn’t be sitting outside in Red Commie Square, he’d be hiding in one of his bunkers.


18 posted on 05/09/2023 5:37:39 AM PDT by Boogieman
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“Ukraine and the West is finding out what happens when you mess with the bear...”

The bear whines a lot?


19 posted on 05/09/2023 5:39:59 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: canuck_conservative
and how did this unnecessary conflict start?

oh yeah, Russia again illegally invaded another neighboring sovereign country without provocation

WRONG AGAIN, BRANDON!

It started when....

-NATO broke its word (as promised in the early 90s) not to expand eastward and then promptly doubled in size to the east over the next 30 years.

-Then, the West broke their promise to honor the Minsk Accords to stop the Uke's slaughter of people of eastern Ukraine, which they signed but never honored

-Then, the covert invasion of Ukraine by the US in the Maidan Revolution to "regime change" the country. I assume you may be smart enough to understand that an invasion is an invasion if you send in your spooks and your state department heads to stir up a color revolution to meddle in a sovereign country.

So, Putin sees the handwriting on the wall. You know, like we did way back in the 60s when Russia got too cozy with Cuba, right on our doorstep, and we invaded and blockaded a sovereign country which was perfectly okay.

Brandon. Get your facts straight!

20 posted on 05/09/2023 5:53:27 AM PDT by icclearly
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