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Moscow warns West after Ukraine told it can hit Russia with Western weapons
BBC ^ | May 31, 2024 | Paul Kirby

Posted on 05/31/2024 6:40:12 AM PDT by McGruff

Russia has accused Nato and the US of "provoking a new level of tension" after the US and Germany became the latest allies to let Ukraine's military to use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Nato countries, especially the US and several European countries, had "entered a new round of escalating tension and they are doing this deliberately", in remarks quoted by the Tass news agency.

The UK and France had already signalled they were open to easing restrictions on Ukraine striking military sites on Russian territory, before US President Joe Biden said on Thursday night that American-supplied weapons could be used.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Germany; News/Current Events; Russia; War
KEYWORDS: escalation; killkillkillforpeace; mic; ukraine; welfarewar
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To: srmanuel

I will kill before I will let them take my son to war.


22 posted on 05/31/2024 7:01:15 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: brownsfan

The White House would be radioactive ash in such a scenario.


23 posted on 05/31/2024 7:01:33 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: brownsfan

“The cash flow is far too lucrative for the politicians to walk away from this bs war.”

**************

Ukraine has been a cash cow for them. The war will continue as long as its profitable.


24 posted on 05/31/2024 7:01:49 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: brownsfan
A hot war with Russia will help the Biden team keep the WH.

A hot war will be a loser. America rejected Truman for Eisenhower on Ike's promise to end Korea. Ditto LBJ/Nixon over Vietnam. Not saying we were right to accept defeat in either case, but that's what happened. Putin is hoping for another such collapse of popular support, and a change of leadership. Hence the barrage of threats aimed at the Western media, and the flood of "influencers" on social media, including FR.

25 posted on 05/31/2024 7:05:40 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: dfwgator

I think that sentiment will the same for millions of families around the world.

I have a nephew who was a Captain in the 101st Airborne, he recently got out on a full medical retirement, he damaged 2 discs in his back getting thrown out of a Humvee during a training exercise.

He could have stayed but decided it wasn’t worth it anymore putting up with all the Woke Nonsense, the Afghan withdraw and the potential to be thrown into a war no one wants.


26 posted on 05/31/2024 7:06:45 AM PDT by srmanuel (Q)
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To: srmanuel

What if they gave a war and nobody came?


27 posted on 05/31/2024 7:07:34 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: McGruff

The Ukes can’t shell the civilians in Donetsk like they had been from 2014 until recently, so they gotta find another way to do it.


28 posted on 05/31/2024 7:07:48 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
The White House would be radioactive ash in such a scenario.


29 posted on 05/31/2024 7:08:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: McGruff

Well if Russia doesn’t like it, they’re free to pull back to the pre-2012 borders.


30 posted on 05/31/2024 7:08:53 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.)
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To: dfwgator

I don’t know if it will go nuclear immediately, or not, but I suspect Russia will respond in a lethal fashion. A US embassy (or 10) might get bombed, or over-run by local extremists. A US warship (or 10) somewhere in the world might catch a torpedo. An American aircraft (or 10) might get blown out of the air, by a bomb smuggled onboard at a foreign airport. Or the Ruskies might just get impatient and use a tactical nuke somewhere, given the clown in the Oval Office.

Anyone who thinks the Russians will be unable to respond to US warheads landing inside Russia is smoking way too much hopium.


31 posted on 05/31/2024 7:09:17 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: brownsfan
A hot war with Russia will help the Biden team keep the WH.

A hot war with Russia will end the White House, the Biden team, and a whole lot else.

What's wrong with you?

32 posted on 05/31/2024 7:10:13 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

“A hot war will be a loser. ... “

It’s a new time. Americans tend to keep the elected officials who are in office at the time of war. If the left can keep power for the next 4 years, by then, all the illegals will be voting, and Republicans will never win another national election.


33 posted on 05/31/2024 7:10:14 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: telescope115
If Russia lobs a nuke at us, Biden will most certainly blame Trump

And if they lob 1000?

34 posted on 05/31/2024 7:11:50 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: Jim Noble

Viet Nam was a hot war with China. That is, what I think, the left is envisioning with Russia/Ukraine. Lots of munitions used, lots of corruption flowing, and distraction for the masses.


35 posted on 05/31/2024 7:12:28 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: dfwgator

Russia will show up and fight, if the USA starts a war and the actual fighters don’t show up, it will be a catastrophic defeat for the USA, which is maybe what we need to completely eliminate the MIC and all the Neocons.


36 posted on 05/31/2024 7:12:38 AM PDT by srmanuel (Q)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

It figures that a POS such as yourself would side with Biden after what he is doing to Trump and this country.


37 posted on 05/31/2024 7:14:25 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: Chad C. Mulligan
Putin is hoping for another such collapse of popular support

Pro tip: War with Russia, or Iran, or China, has no popular support.

38 posted on 05/31/2024 7:14:32 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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To: srmanuel

Oh I think you could see rebellion in Russia, as in 1917, when they had enough of the war.


39 posted on 05/31/2024 7:14:38 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Starboard
Ukraine has been a cash cow for them.

You're right but there are easier ways for them to get rich. There is something much deeper and darker going on in Ukraine. I hope the answers come out soon.

40 posted on 05/31/2024 7:18:44 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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