Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on alert, cites sanctions

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[janetjanet998]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear deterrent forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers. The order means Putin has ordered Russia’s nuclear weapons prepared for increased readiness to launch, raising the threat that the tensions could boil over into a nuclear war. In giving it, the Russian leader also cited hard-hitting financial sanctions imposed by the West against Russia, including Putin himself.

[janetjanet998]

He's gone mad Jim

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "He's gone mad Jim"

Perhaps driven mad. Either way, at this point, "all or nothing" plops on the table. Except it has been there since the end of the last European war....

[The Louiswu]

[virgil]

A disproportionate response. He just needs a few pallet loads of cash from China.

[dblshot]

I’ll see your sanctions an raise 6000 nukes.

[Windcatcher]

Russians need to kill him. Now.

[Erik Latranyi]

The insane West is escalating this via direct cyber-attacks inside Russia.

[New Jersey Realist]

BELIEVE NOTHING! We have absolutely no idea of what is going on. For instance, CNN reported the death of a news correspondent in Ukraine that was already killed in Kabul last year! The crew that said Fu surrendered! All the photos being shown are old ones from other places.

This site may be ligit: https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/02/26/the-first-casualty-of-war-is-the-truth-the-current-western-propaganda-for-ukraine-is-epic-in-scale/

[cld51860]

Awaiting word from Delaware.

Corn Pop will speak to G-7 leaders, eh… probably tomorrow afternoon.

Maybe.

[FlyingEagle]

Susan Rice and Obama better wake up.

He’s likely to nuke Washington DC and NATO HQ - first.

[Psalm 73]

There was a book written in the 80's about a Soviet-Block attack against Western Europe. After a few days the attack bogged down and they tried to regain the initiative with a nuclear strike against Birmingham England - the result was a British nuclear strike against Minsk, which ended up bringing down the Soviet leadership.

Couls Putin try to regain the initiative with a similar nuclear strike?

[rbmillerjr]

We did this all the time during the Cold War, both sides.

Pooty is just having another emotional foot stomp.

[wally_bert]

I read that book several times.

[BiglyCommentary]

Putin just looks like a psychotic madman, threatening to nuke everyone. Maybe him and Kim Il Jon can hold a joint new conference, each pushing buttons and firing missles
What a sad and pathetic end. A global laughingstock.

[D Rider]

Yeah, this is the type of crap that started the first world war. Pride and arrogance does not allow anyone to pull back. Stumbling forward on compounding miscalculations.

[Empire_of_Liberty]

Can we send him the coordinates of all of the AP offices?

[bert]

The island of Java has aa larger population than all of Russia.

Russia actually isn’t

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Mene mene tekel upharsin to all of the corrupt people everywhere. Wanted to get that in before the internet goes down. Not only are the Russians profoundly corrupt, the Chinese are worse and the muslims are only second to some of the despots in Africa. A LOT of folks in the U.S. are catching up fast to our neighbors in Canada and Latin America.

Turn your backs on God and this is what happens. Evil EVERYWHERE. And then, some demented poster on here says the Orthodox catholic church is THE religion. Someone put me out of my misery.

[HombreSecreto]

Remember that book - ah, the Cold War 80s - good times.

What is old is new again...

Rise up Cold Warriors! It’s our time again!

[EBH]

Here we go!

I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know where I’m a gonna go when the volcano blow...