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Medvedev wants to suspend diplomatic relations with UK, Finland, Poland and Baltic states
Ukrainska Pravda
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO
Sunday, 2 July 2023, 23:27
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/2/7409555/

Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, believes that Russia should temporarily suspend diplomatic relations with the UK, Finland, Poland and the Baltic states.

SOURCE: an article by Medvedev in Rossiyskaya Gazeta (Russian Newspaper), an official Russian government media outlet

QUOTE: “It would be better to temporarily suspend diplomatic relations with Finland and similar countries (such as Poland, the Baltic states and, of course, the UK), or at least downgrade their level for a while.”

DETAILS: Medvedev also said that the results of the all-out confrontation between Russia and the West should be enshrined in a new document like the Helsinki Act.

In the article, in his traditional manner, Medvedev attempts to convince readers that Russia’s war against Ukraine is an “all-out confrontation between the notional collective West and the rest of the world” that will last for decades. Medvedev once again warns that this confrontation has brought the world to the brink of World War III, and if that happens, there will be a nuclear winter, epidemics and famine.

Medvedev also maintains that Russia’s goal is to “eliminate the threat of Ukraine’s membership of NATO” - a goal it is apparently going to achieve.

“If countries involved in conflict are not accepted into NATO, that means that the conflict will be permanent, because this is a question of Russia’s existence,” he also threatens.

In his article, Medvedev mentions some “reasonable compromises” that Russia is supposedly prepared to make, but then immediately lays down some conditions: the overthrow of the legitimate Ukrainian government and a legislative ban on the so-called “Nazi Kyiv regime” in Europe. He also threatens that “the West will have to accept this, unless it wants an apocalyptic end to our imperfect civilization”.

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Infinity
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Russian Soldiers Who Do Not Want to Fight Drop Weapons!
The Pioneer
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Jul 2, 2023 1:30 p.m.. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxGfg8D6ZsU

An army full of soldiers who do not want to fight and do not believe in victory cannot succeed. Because success can only be achieved through faith. The Russian army, which is thought to have over 3 million soldiers with its reserve personnel, is one of the largest armies in the world in terms of the number of soldiers. However, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it has become clear that the strength of armies cannot be measured only by the number of soldiers.

Ten soldiers who believe in victory and are determined are stronger than 100 reluctant and faithless soldiers who don’t know what they are fighting for. When Russian leader Vladimir Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, he did not have the support of the Russian people.

Therefore, Putin faced many problems within the army throughout the war. The majority of Russian soldiers did not want to take part in the invasion of Ukraine. Because they found this war meaningless. Young people who were old enough for military service organized protests to avoid joining the army.

Military recruitment centers were set on fire. Despite all this, Putin did not give up on the occupation of Ukraine. Putin’s stubborn refusal to give up the occupation is causing Russian soldiers to lay down their arms! Since the beginning of the occupation of Ukraine, the number of Russian soldiers leaving the front line has been steadily increasing. So much so that Putin acknowledged this fact in September 2022 and declared a partial mobilization.

However, even this mobilization declaration could not overcome the shortage of military personnel in the Russian army. Because in the face of the failures in the war, Russian soldiers have chosen to surrender to Ukrainian troops or leave the front line.

Recently, the testimonies of Russian soldiers who claim to belong to the Storm Troop became a hot topic on social media. About 20 Russian soldiers, through a spokesperson they chose among themselves, expressed the problems in the Russian army and announced their refusal to fight! Because the soldiers’ losses and problems were increasing day by day. So much so that the spokesperson soldier in the video, pointing to about 20 soldiers, said: “Initially, upon arriving to the SMO [special military operation] zone, we had 150 people. After brutal fights, this is all what’s left us.”