Posted on 04/22/2024 12:53:38 PM PDT by Red Badger
Russia warned Monday that the risk of a “direct military clash” between Russia and nuclear powers in the West is rising.
“Westerners are dangerously balancing on the brink of a direct military clash between nuclear powers, which is fraught with catastrophic consequences,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a video message to the participants of the Moscow Nonproliferation Conference.
The comments come after Russia reacted angrily to the U.S. House of Representatives passing a $61 billion foreign aid package for Kyiv at the weekend.
House lawmakers approved the aid Saturday despite long-standing objections from hardline Republicans; the bill now passes to the Democratic-majority Senate, which is expected to approve the legislation later this week before it’s passed to President Joe Biden to sign it into law.
The aid is a lifeline for Ukraine, whose forces in the east of the country have had to ration their usage of shells amid shortages of supplies; Russian forces have been making gains in the Donbas region, with Ukraine pleading for more air defense systems, artillery and ammunition to turn the tide in the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked U.S. lawmakers saying the bill passed by the House “will keep the war from expanding, save thousands and thousands of lives, and help both of our nations to become stronger.” He urged the Senate to pass the bill as quickly as possible.
Did you get a little Ukrainian flag from Mike Johnson?
There are a lot of appeasers on this forum; they'd have fit right in with the democrat party in the 1970s and 1980s. Some of them even use the same symbols as the communist sympathizers did back then.
If NATO countries want to put enough boots on the ground in the Ukraine they will need to institute the draft first. Can you imagine the revolutions as NATO countries tried to draft their citizens and leave the illegal alien invaders untouched? Try you imagine what would go through conscripted young citizens' minds as they are sent off to die overseas while Muhammad from Algeria stays back at home taking their jobs and f*cking their girlfriends?
PS Russia’s GDP is 1 1/2 Texas.
We really need to stop poking the bear.
Putin and the 8D chess combined with the state of the art military is still in Ukraine two plus years later.
This reminds of 1959 Vietnam!!! Besides of course Russia being an economic weakling, borrowing money at 16% and nowhere near the might of the USSR-besides that minor detail, it is an identical situation.
I bet there is a resort camp in the Catskills that needs a comedian. &nsbp; You'd be a shoe-in.
OK - I’m about fed up with the Putin-loving & defending Comrades...
Seriously -
One doesn’t have to be “pro-Ukraine” to grasp what is going on. Yes - Biden’s weak foreign policy and systematic destruction of the US military encouraged Putin to take his swipe at Ukraine -
Yes, Ukraine has more than its fair share of abjectly corrupt systems and politicians (I think they are a hybrid of Russian and American corruption).
No, this was was NOT about supposed “Nazis” (that was propaganda - Russia and Belarus has as high a population or more of Nazis).
The reality is - Putin is trying to get what he wants. HE chose to invade a neighboring nation (didn’t really matter which one -other than a direct invasion of a NATO nation - that’s a whole other situation). This wasn’t really even about NATO expansion - AS Putin has created his own moving border via retaking nations politically to expand his empire West-ward.
And it is Russia that has escalated this into a possibly greater war “between superpowers”.
100%
Putin should play Russian Roulette with a Makarov.
I see you’re still flying the flag of a foreign country. Go back to Ireland ... or Russia, troll. How much did your lord and master Putin pay you to post here?
I have posted the truth. You appear to be in the category of people who can’t handle the truth.
Simple, isn’t it?
Likewise in Gaza - if #HAMAS would surrender, laying down their arms, and turning over all remaining Israeli hostages... that conflict would end in a matter of hours, saving many civilian lives.
Well said, sir.
Europe—but Not NATO—Should Send Troops to Ukraine
To Halt Russia's Advance, Kyiv Needs More Boots on the Ground
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/europe-not-nato-should-send-troops-ukraine
That is how a moron thinks or a Marxist would lie. You really don't see that American is and empire do you? It is an empire but they just call it the "Rules Based Order" and you are dumb enough to be fooled.
Indeed.
How much $$$$ is being pumped into politician’s pockets by Raytheon and other defense contractors to keep this conflict (and others) hot? Every old 155mm artillery shell, every Patriot missile fired in defense, every round of ammunition fired - means more $$$ to both add to the pile and to replenish US and ally stores...
Northmountain is coming across as a bit of an imbecile.
🇺🇦 Here you go, Zeeper. Courtesy of Iron Mike Johnson.
Wildcard_redneck has proven his ignorance and lack of intelligence.
Have a nice day, wildcard_redneck.
THANK YOU! I’ve been saying nearly the same for two years now as folks all over, including right here of FR regurgitated the Russian propaganda.
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