Posted on 04/06/2025 2:52:43 PM PDT by ransomnote
Vladimir Zelensky announced after a conversation with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that military officials would hold a meeting to prepare for the deployment of foreign troops to Ukraine. According to him, such a step is being taken "to achieve peace and ensure security," Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports.
"Recent statements by the leaders of a number of European countries, including Great Britain, France and Germany, about their readiness to send troops to Ukraine are an alarming signal," Russian military expert Yury Knutov pointed out. "Russian service members say that oftentimes, they only hear foreign speech from the other side of the frontline. That said, foreign troops are already engaged in combat under the guise of private military companies. However, if contingents from NATO countries are openly deployed there, it will mean the bloc’s direct involvement in an armed conflict with Russia," he added.
According to the analyst, given the new risks, Moscow will have to make official statements, warning about the possible use of force against the bases of the countries that choose to deploy troops to Ukraine. "It won’t be enough to use the Oreshnik missile system against Ukrainian targets because the previous strike that involved this ballistic missile and hit Ukraine’s Yuzhmash defense plant in November 2024, apparently did not duly impress Kiev’s Western allies," Knutov remarked.
The expert also highlighted the need for Moscow and Washington to boost joint efforts to prevent such developments. "We know that US President Trump is against a new world war but the Democratic Party, which is in opposition to the current US administration, is interested in sparking a conflict like that. Its members maintain ties with European leaders, inciting further tensions in their bid to harm Trump. And it looks like this behind-the-scenes force has gone all-in as it is confident Russia will not give a tough response. This is exactly why European leaders suggest sending their occupation forces disguised as peacekeepers to the conflict zone. They will inevitably get involved in military operations, albeit not immediately," Knutov noted.
Since most of the news posted to Free Republic is NATO media or Ukraine based, I thought I'd post from Tass to show what the Russians are saying as Zelensky begins to publicly invite foreign troops from NATO nations into Ukraine. The Ukraine was started as a result of the US overthrowing the Ukraine in 2014 in order to put NATO troops on Russia's border - within 4 days of the coup in Ukraine, Russia annexed border regions to create a buffer zone.A few weeks ago, Zelensky bragged that Ukraine now had missiles which could reach Moscow; this was something Putin tried to avoid by barring NATO troops from Ukraine in the first place. Trump responded by hinting that the US may have to get directly involved in Ukraine (to stop Zelensky) and Zelensky dropped the topic.
Alexander Mercouris and others have noted that NATO tactics via Zelensky in Ukraine have been a series of attempts to start a war involving the US versus Russia. Hegseth has already told NATO nations that the US would not support article 5 (mutual defense) if they are attacked by Russia re Ukraine.
Before peace can happen, NATO and Zelensky are trying to start the war they've been after by inserting NATO troops into Ukraine again, by not calling them NATO troops.
TASS
Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
Телеграфное агентство Советского Союза
I think I would trust TASS much more than the Globalist, Establishment, left-wing sources you post your Pro-Zelensky propaganda from!
You’re one evil person, that’s for sure.
Stop posting this Evil Russian Sea of lies here .
Paid Russian Troll .
Trump has been pushing the Europeans to bear more the burden. He may get them to do so, but not in the way he expected.
Hey, why dont you post again what ol blood and guts said about the Russians?
Or what he said about the Asians, Jews, Blacks, irish, etc.
Then i will post what a theater commander said about the Russians.
If the Brits are stupid enuf (and I think they are) to deploy troops to Ukraine, then the population of Britian better get ready for some kinetic fun on *their* homeland.
French Surrender Monkeys should be deployed first.
They have had a few Foriegn Legion in country for a while now.
BTW, Wait till a few French and Brittish regulars come back in body bags...or flag covered coffins.
FOOLS.
No to US troops to Ukraine..NO!
Where did you pull that number out of?
Your ass?
Brits have about 150 to 190 ready for use. All of them on top of rockets we supply them.
France has about 250 or so.
The Russians have over 6000. About 2000 ready.
Aside from that. They launch the new hyper sonic missiles from their launch sites, niether the Brits nor the stupid Frogs will be able to respond before their major cities become a nuclear wasteland.
Its called Russian roulette for a reason.
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Press review: Ukraine gets ready to host foreign troops as US prepares for trade war , pierrem15 wrote: Russia can't even defeat Ukraine on the ground. How will they do so if the Europeans intervene directly? They can't nuke France or Britain because -each- has about 500 deliverable warheads for Russian consumption. Trump has been pushing the Europeans to bear more the burden. He may get them to do so, but not in the way he expected.
NATO has been directly fighting Russia in Ukraine; that's why there are no journalists authorized to film the war - too many foreigners. Russia is fighting the combined forces of NATO in Ukraine, and Russia is winning. Even the New York Times admits the role of NATO in Ukraine and that Russia won.
Russia doesn't want to nuke anyone. It's zelensky who urged proactive strikes on Russia. NATO is trying to get a war started between US and Russia. The US will not intervene. You seem unaware that NATO allowed its military to completely atrophy because it expected to pit the US against Russia. Should Russia turn it's attention to NATO nations, those nations will regret it.
I don't want war or anyone striking anyone else. Let there be peace despite NATO's push for WWIII.
The only participation has been indirect by providing intel or instructions on how to target weapons from US bases in Germany. That's what the NY Times talked about. Not troops on the ground.
The constant refrain that "NATO is already in Ukraine" is copium for the fact that the Russians are incapable of defeating the despised hohols and justification for continuing the war.
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Press review: Ukraine gets ready to host foreign troops as US prepares for trade war , ncalburt wrote: Stop posting this Evil Russian Sea of lies here .
Paid Russian Troll .That insistance that only one side, NATO, speak about Russia's intentions, is a both a CCP and lefty tactic. The lefties/CCP eliminate the legitimacy of anyone presenting the news other than lefties - the world according to lefties. It's how and why they cancel voices they want silenced. They misrepresent Trump's attitudes, thoughts and actions in lefty news and then scream that conservative news sources are evil and should be eliminated from polite society. NO SALE. It's a good idea to listen to both sides. The MSM's habitual lying, and the lies of NATO and Zelensky, assure us that what they say is usually self-serving propaganda. So why not have both sides of news, not just one side?
Ukraine's state run newspaper, the Kyiv Independent (love the name!) is not unbiased!
I've been called a Russian troll for posting memes against WWIII in Ukraine - anything that departs from the NATO/UKRAINE party line is deemed 'Russian propaganda' etc. False, boring...and yet another attempt to clear the airwaves and reserve it for NATO talking points.
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