Kremlin snuff box, 07/08/24
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“The threat of our direct war with NATO has increased”
This opinion was expressed in a conversation with us by a general close to Valery Gerasimov.
“Today we delivered a successful blow to Kiev. I think those who organized it and carried it out will be rewarded. A truly successful strike ( by the way, sources in the Ministry of Defense also said that our rocket men began to beat the enemy better [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/4342 ] after they brought the relics of the Holy Matrona of Moscow to a number of military installations [ part of Russia’s “Back to The Middle Ages” movement ]). But there is a threat that after this strike the crests will receive missiles from NATO that will reach Moscow. And then everything will be very unpredictable,” he believes.
According to the military man, “to be honest, we are counting on the Americans and their allies to chicken out [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/4156 ]. Because we are not very ready to fight with NATO right now, there may be problems. Very big problems. There may be a situation where we simply won’t respond to attacks on a hypothetical Moscow, and that’s a shame.”
To our question about why he was telling all this, the military man replied: “There is a war going on, and our society is very relaxed. This relaxation can play a cruel joke on us. We need to prepare.”
By the way, sources close to Sergei Sobyanin confirmed the information that we published last week [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/4314 ]. They are confident that Moscow’s air defense system will protect the capital “from any or almost any shelling.”
We must say an important thing. We support the shelling of Kyiv; the enemy should not feel calm anywhere. But there is an unpleasant point that needs to be mentioned for the sake of fairness.
Back in early January, after one of the attacks on Kiev, we warned [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/3373 ]that after this the enemy might be allowed to shoot deep into Russian territory with Western weapons. As a result, NATO made a corresponding decision [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/4176 ], although it had been thinking about it for some time.
Why are we writing this? Just so that our subscribers take care of their safety just in case. At a minimum, they found a bomb shelter closest to home or thought about where they could spend a week or two in case of a possible escalation of hostilities and shelling.
Take care of yourself, friends! We can only defeat the enemy together!
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Strike on Kiev video
https://t.me/milinfolive/125627
“sources in the Ministry of Defense also said that our (Russian) rocket men began to beat the enemy better [ https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/4342 “
It does seem that Russia was more successful penetrating Ukrainian Air Defenses in this attack (8 July).
Something to analyze.
NAFO expansion is non-negotiable.
What will come out of the NATO Summit, now underway in DC (9-11 July)?
Kyiv Independent discusses CNN’s report:
“Ukraine’s path to joining NATO will be defined as “irreversible” in a draft text of the alliance’s joint communique at the summit in Washington, CNN reported on July 8, citing three undisclosed sources.
Kyiv did not receive the much-desired invitation nor a firm deadline to join the alliance during the 2023 NATO summit in Vilnius, even though NATO took steps to tighten cooperation.
Ukraine has voiced hope that NATO’s summit scheduled on July 9–11 will bring a more definite signal about its future membership in the alliance. American officials made it clear that the country is unlikely to receive an invitation during the conference.
Partners assured Kyiv that the event would define a specific position for Ukraine’s membership in the alliance, namely its irreversibility and the roadmap toward it, Olha Stefanishyna, the deputy prime minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, said in late May.
CNN reported that the question of how strong guarantees Ukraine should receive has become a key source of debate inside the alliance.
The final version of the document may contain changes, CNN wrote, but the presence of the “irreversible” Ukraine’s accession to NATO would be “a significant signal to Kyiv and Moscow.”
The White House supports this wording, as long as the document also confirms that Ukraine should continue to work on democratic reforms, an unnamed U.S. official told the news channel.
U.S. and German officials suggested that the communique should describe a “bridge” to NATO membership for Ukraine, while many European NATO members stressed the need for strong language regarding Kyiv’s prospects, according to CNN.
An unnamed U.S. senior administration official said that the alliance would make “significant new announcements about how we’re increasing NATO’s military, political, and financial support for Ukraine.”
This should include “positive news” on Ukraine’s request for seven additional Patriot air defense systems, said Julianna Smith, the U.S. ambassador to NATO.”