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Ukraine crisis on the brink: Russia says it caught US submarine in its waters and 'drove it out' while blasting Western 'provocation' as Biden holds phone call with Putin and airlines stop flights to Kiev – hours after invasion warning
Daily Mail ^ | 2/12/22

Posted on 02/12/2022 10:27:02 AM PST by BusterDog

The Russian military said today it caught a US submarine in its far-east waters and drove it out with 'appropriate means' after the vessel ignored a Russian request to leave, Interfax news agency has reported.

The encounter came as Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden held a high-stakes phone call, as a tense world watched and worried that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin as soon as Wednesday.

Biden warned his Kremlin counterpart that the United States 'will respond decisively and impose swift and severe costs on Russia' should it invade Ukraine.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: biden; dementiajoe; kiev; neanderthaljoe; putin; putinsbuttboys; russia; submarine; ukraine; vlad; westernprovocation
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To: BusterDog

“The Russian military said today it caught a US submarine in its far-east waters and drove it out with ‘appropriate means’ after the vessel ignored a Russian request to leave”

From past experience this probably happens to both sides more often than the general public is aware of.


81 posted on 02/12/2022 1:43:09 PM PST by SubVet72
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To: rrrod

Ridiculous. This isn’t the Red Army of 1945. Just like the US army isn’t the same one who massacred Indian women and children on the frontier.


82 posted on 02/12/2022 2:15:47 PM PST by Levy78
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To: caww

The Pentagon doesn’t control Britain’s troops. The pentagon ordered all US troops out of the Ukraine


83 posted on 02/12/2022 2:18:41 PM PST by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Apparently the idea of advisers leading to actual troop deployment hasn’t crossed your mind

There were troops there. The Pentagon ordered them to leave


84 posted on 02/12/2022 2:20:24 PM PST by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Levy78

Let’s ask members of the former Soviet block....hmmm?


85 posted on 02/12/2022 2:21:34 PM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: Chode
far-east waters

is that kinda like the Straights?

I think this refers to the Sea of Japan.

86 posted on 02/12/2022 2:26:21 PM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Charles Martel

thx


87 posted on 02/12/2022 2:29:20 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

Re US involvement, the Bulgarian (alias Tyler Durden) who owns Zerohedge - a big Putin supporter - suggests that Biden raised the possibility of direct US involvement:


https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/pentagon-pulls-forces-ukraine-safety-security-biden-phones-putin
[Biden reportedly stressed that the US stands ready to for “other scenarios” - a reference to some level of a military response in defense of Washington’s ally Ukraine.]

While I’m skeptical, it’s always occurred to me that US air support for Ukraine would mirror the Russian air force’s support for allied Communist forces during the war in Korea. If this actually occurs, it would be the fifth time starting with Red October that US troops have directly engaged Russian forces. The rest are as follows:

1) Wilson’s deployment of the Polar Bears in Russia proper after the Revolution
https://www.historynet.com/red-dawn-in-romanovka-russia.htm
2) the Russian air force in action over Korea
https://www.historynet.com/clash-titans-korea.htm
3) Russian air defense units deployed in North Vietnam against US aircraft
https://www.historynet.com/13703647.htm
4) the destruction of a company-sized Russian element in Syria that was raining ordnance on an American unit stationed there
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/24/world/middleeast/american-commandos-russian-mercenaries-syria.html


88 posted on 02/12/2022 2:37:34 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: BusterDog

Just remember the book from the 90’s The Bear and The Dragon. China makes nice with Russia and eventually tries to take over the the east for it’s timber and mineral riches. China doesn’t want Russia they want Russia’s assets. I think we’re watching this play our in real time.


89 posted on 02/12/2022 2:48:41 PM PST by WellyP (question!)
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To: Nifster

Of course we have military personnel in Ukraine. We have embassy security, military mission staff and even training personnel.

That doesn’t mean the equivalent of a tactical combat force.

Goodness.

I am amazed that folks are as uninformed or ignorant as they appear to be.

Sorry, nothing personal intended, just an observation as a military professuonal with awide range of experiences regarding how these things work.


90 posted on 02/12/2022 3:30:27 PM PST by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War" )
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To: Nifster

I know that....But Britain has pulled their troops out of Ukraine.


91 posted on 02/12/2022 3:39:44 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: Cowgirl of Justice; Jim Robinson

“No doubt looking for an aspirin factory. Just like the other Dem warmongers. “

Biden will just have the Burisma and Ministry of Justice offices bombed instead.....

Ya know, gotta tie up those loose ends and all.


92 posted on 02/12/2022 5:31:01 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
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To: Starboard

Isn’t the location of our subs are top secret, so there’s no way to confirm or deny the Russian claim.


93 posted on 02/12/2022 5:37:04 PM PST by shotgun
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To: Nifster
...in its far-east waters ...

WTH?

94 posted on 02/12/2022 6:35:07 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Starboard
A stern letter.

VERY stern!

95 posted on 02/12/2022 6:37:18 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: caww

So the west basically is saying good luck folks


96 posted on 02/12/2022 8:35:31 PM PST by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Manly Warrior

The Pentagon would not make a press release about removing troops from the embassy. The state dept seperately announced closing the embassy


97 posted on 02/12/2022 8:38:11 PM PST by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: dfwgator

No doubt. 😆


98 posted on 02/13/2022 5:35:34 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Nifster

We have advisors all over the place. Nothing new about that.


99 posted on 02/14/2022 5:49:35 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

Not a he point


100 posted on 02/14/2022 5:55:21 PM PST by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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