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NATO fighter planes scrambled after Putin's newest drone attack risks WW3
Mirror UK ^ | 2/1/2025 | Will Stewart, Susie Beever

Posted on 02/01/2025 3:34:10 AM PST by marcusmaximus

NATO fighter planes were scrambled today amid a brutal Russian missile and military drone onslaught on civilian, energy and military sites in Ukraine.

Harrowing footage showed residents in Poltava screaming after a strike destroyed ordinary apartment blocks triggering fires amid the debris of smashed buildings. The wave of attacks by Vladimir Putin - which led to power cuts in multiple regions - came soon after Donald Trump announced in the Oval Office that his administration was actively talking to Moscow.

“We are having very serious discussions about that war, trying to get it ended,” said the US president. On whether he had spoken directly to Putin, Trump said: “I don’t want to say that.”

The massive strikes - which killed at least four and led to multiple injuries - may be a sign that Putin has no intention of ending his attempt to crush Ukraine. He used strategic nuclear-capable bomber aircraft including Tu-95s and Tu-22s in the attacks, unleashing Kh-22 missiles among others.

The scale of the blitzkrieg led NATO to scramble Polish and allied warplanes on the alliance’s eastern front. Warsaw’s operation command said: “Attention, due to the attack of the Russian Federation performing strikes on facilities located, among others, in the west of Ukraine, the operation of Polish and allied

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1 posted on 02/01/2025 3:34:10 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus
Trump has his way of negotiating and Putin has his.


2 posted on 02/01/2025 3:37:21 AM PST by nathanbedford (Attack, repeat, attack! - Bull Halsey)
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To: marcusmaximus

Why would NATO scramble their aircraft for an attack by the Ruskies in the central northeastern part of the Ukraine?


3 posted on 02/01/2025 3:42:39 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Because every day, the keep creaking open the door to WWIII.


4 posted on 02/01/2025 3:45:50 AM PST by Jonty30 (If you ate your twin in the womb, your pronouns should be we/us.)
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Russian cruise missiles were also launched on western Ukraine near the Polish border as well as near the Romanian border.

Patriot missiles sent by Israel to Ukraine last weekend helped defend Odesa against this attack.


5 posted on 02/01/2025 3:47:33 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Why do the Brits so often put “risks WW3” on their headlines? This is BS, the conflict may be a worthless bloody and fatal draw in the end but a world war will not happen, it smells of clickbait and reduces the true nature of articles.


6 posted on 02/01/2025 3:49:33 AM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: marcusmaximus

The statement “The massive strikes - which killed at least four” does not compute. You can see the bias in this article from a mile away. All they harp on is supposedly innocent apartment blocks getting hit but then only four people get killed, all civilians? Your trust in UK tabloids is misplaced. Only Hitler was stupid enough to waste good money and precious war resources attacking civilians with missiles. It’s a huge waste of time, effort and resources. I’m sure there were troops and government facilities wherever those missiles hit. Ukrainians are well known for hiding their military in civilian infrastructure because they’re pusbags.


7 posted on 02/01/2025 3:49:41 AM PST by wildcard_redneck ( )
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To: nathanbedford

Trump and Rubio called out Putin on the infrastructure attacks on Ukraine and Putin just did it again anyway. Not smart of Putin.


8 posted on 02/01/2025 3:50:44 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: nathanbedford

Yes. To Both.


9 posted on 02/01/2025 3:53:53 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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10 posted on 02/01/2025 3:56:48 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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War is politics with bloodshed - Mao baby.

Trump is equally as brutal as the smiling serpent deep state democrats and republicans, but forthright.

Putin has his way, in between.

Negotiations underway.


11 posted on 02/01/2025 4:04:28 AM PST by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: Tom Tetroxide

“Why would NATO scramble their aircraft for an attack by the Ruskies in the central northeastern part of the Ukraine?”

To try to convince Trump that the country which has spent 3 years trying to secure 20% of Ukraine is about to roll west and TAKE OVER EUROPE!!!!


12 posted on 02/01/2025 4:06:04 AM PST by BobL
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Why would NATO scramble their aircraft for an attack by the Ruskies in the central northeastern part of the Ukraine?

If one of your neighbors starting lobbing Molotov cocktails at another neighbor, would you continue lying there, on your terrace, sunbathing, without a care in the world? Would you at most wrinkle your nose at the stench of burning human flesh?

Or would you adopt a defensive posture, grab a weapon, send your children into the basement, etc.?

Regards,

13 posted on 02/01/2025 4:25:59 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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Daily Mirror headline -

NATO jet scramble vs Putin gives Zeeper morning wood.


14 posted on 02/01/2025 4:27:02 AM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: quantim
Why do the Brits so often put “risks WW3” on their headlines?

For the same reason that every thread about the war here on FR included at least one hysterical post from a Pooper that screeched that US and other international aid to Ukraine’s efforts to defend itself would start WWIII.

Funny that you’re just noticing that now.
15 posted on 02/01/2025 4:32:57 AM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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What is a Pooper? Are you talking about FReepers?
Please post a few of those “hysterical “ FReepers “screeching” comments, claiming U.S. aid to your Ukraine will start WW3.
You must have hundreds of examples if this is in every thread.


16 posted on 02/01/2025 4:47:42 AM PST by ANKE69 (✌️🇺🇲 Let's MAGA)
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To: alexander_busek

That’s weird. Poltava is nowhere near the Ukraine’s neighbors of Poland, Belarus, Slovakia, Moldova, Hungary or Romania. It’s much closer to the southwestern border of Russia.


17 posted on 02/01/2025 4:50:41 AM PST by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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Poopers are the Putin-supporting FReepers here.

You are one of them. Congratulations.


18 posted on 02/01/2025 4:53:26 AM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: Tom Tetroxide
That’s weird. Poltava is nowhere near the Ukraine’s neighbors of Poland, Belarus, Slovakia, Moldova, Hungary or Romania. It’s much closer to the southwestern border of Russia.

That's right: The neighbor getting Molotov cocktails lobbed into his living room lives a whole three doors down from you, so it's none of your business, and you can remain sunbathing on your patio while the stench of burning human flesh wafts over the hedge - or until the attacking neighbor decides it's time to take you into his sights.

"Nothing to see here! Go about your business!"

Regards,

19 posted on 02/01/2025 4:55:35 AM PST by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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I'll be darn, I thought you were talking about pooper Joe Biden and his puppets.

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20 posted on 02/01/2025 5:05:55 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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