The Brink of War?

[cdnmatt]

The fact that Moses is even boasting about nuclear annihilation is just crazy...

Obviously the West would respond, so...

[StevieWonders]

The fact that Moses is even boasting about nuclear annihilation is just crazy...

Obviously the West would respond, so...

And In really important news https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/worldn...astic-surgery/

[dab69]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...P?li=BBnb7KzIn mid-February, Britain’s Defense Ministry started using social media in a way it never had done before: to share military intelligence on a foreign conflict.

Now, usually twice a day, the ministry tweets out a colorful blue graphic that summarizes its latest assessments about the state of play on the Ukrainian battlefield — where Russian troops are, what moves they’re making, which regions are most under threat. Sometimes these messages include a map with arrows showing anticipated lines of attack.

The United Kingdom has substantial resources in the region and banks of analysts back in London. These intelligence updates, as they’re called, are just the tip of the intelligence iceberg and sometimes detail what’s available on other open-source outlets. But they are nonetheless a constant feed of tactical information.

Russia has noticed. A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman commented last week that Ukraine was “under the leadership of Britain’s highly experienced intelligence services.”

Analysts say British and American officials are making some of their intelligence public in hopes of countering Russian narratives, rallying allies and even reaching people in Russia, though the latter became more difficult last month after the Kremlin restricted social media content within the country.

“The extraordinary thing about this war is how we’ve dominated the information space right from the beginning. We’re doing it to crowd out any propaganda from the Russians,” said Jonathan Eyal, associate director at RUSI, a London-based defense think tank. And compared with 2014, when Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea, “it’s 180 degrees difference from how Putin ran rings around us.”

[dab69]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-g...115858854.html

The Daily Beast
Russian General Lets Slip a Secret Plan to Invade Another Country and Seize Ukraine’s Entire Coastline

As Russian troops tighten their grip on the strategic port town of Mariupol, their strategy is finally becoming clear. Russian military commander Rustam Minnekaev now says the second phase of President Vladimir Putin’s “special operation” is focused on establishing a “land corridor” from the Donbas all the way to Moldova, which would cut off the rest of Ukraine from the sea.

“One of the tasks of the Russian army is to establish full control over the Donbas and southern Ukraine. This will provide a land corridor to the Crimea, as well as influence the vital objects of the Ukrainian economy,” Minnekaev said Friday at a meeting with the Union of Defense Industries, as reported by the Russian state-owned Interfax. “Control over the south of Ukraine is another way out to Transnistria, where there are also facts of oppression of the Russian-speaking population.” Transnistria is a separatist region of Moldova that has so far not been officially involved in the war despite hosting a Russian military base since the 1990s.

The general’s words suggest that Moldova’s sovereign borders would also come under threat from further Russian expansion. Phony efforts to protect Russian-speaking peoples have often foreshadowed Putin’s imperial invasions.

In reality, Russian speakers have been struck down in the hundreds in eastern Ukraine during the brutal invasion.

If successful, the strategy would include taking the port of the former seaside resort town of Odesa near the Moldovan border, which has suffered sporadic bombardments but no full-fledged invasion so far. Russia’s warship Moskva was hit about 75 miles off the coast of Odesa two weeks ago, before it sank en route to Crimea.

The refocusing of troops from northern Ukraine to the southern regions of the country has further choked Mariupol, where Ukrainian troops and civilians are holed up in a steel factory surrounded by Russian troops. Satellite imagery identified a growing number of graves outside the port city, where Ukrainian officials say up to 200 new graves have been dug since April 3.

[dab69]

Russian General Announces Plan to Invade Moldova after Ukraine

A Russian general announced plans to occupy the Transnistria region of Moldova on Friday.

Speaking at a defense industry meeting, Brigadier General Rustam Minnekayev, acting commander of Russia’s Central Military District, stated that the Russian Armed Forces plan to “make passage” into the region — in Moldova’s East, bordering Ukraine and less than 30 miles from the port city of Odessa — to create a “land corridor to Crimea,” Russian media reported. Such a corridor would also purport to connect the Russian mainland to Transnistria.

Minnekayev stated that the measure was part of Russia’s second phase in its war in Ukraine, which involves establishing full control over the Donbas Region and Ukraine’s coast along the Black Sea. No timeline was provided for the maneuver to begin, however.

In his remarks, Minnekayev cited the strategic value of the region, claiming “control over the south of Ukraine is another exit into Transnistria, where there are also facts pointing to the oppression of the Russian-speaking population.” Transnistria is a separatist region of Moldova — comprised primarily of Russian speakers — akin to Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine, which has been autonomously run by a pro-Russian faction since 1990. It is not internationally recognized by any country, including Russia, though nearly 1,500 Russian troops are stationed in the region and its trade is primarily conducted with the Russian mainland.

Ukraine’s armed forces had previously warned on April 2 that Russia was mobilizing troops in Transnistria, though this was initially denied by Moldova. Ukraine believes that such mobilization is a prelude to attacks on Odessa, Ukraine’s largest port city and a gateway for its international trade.

Russia’s occupation of Transnistria would expand the conflict with Ukraine to another European nation-state, since it began in late February of 2022.

More ominously, in his remarks, Minnekayev said that Russia was now “at war with the whole world, as it [was] in the Great Patriotic War.”




https://news.yahoo.com/russia-genera...142124312.html

[Moses]

Russian General Announces Plan to Invade Moldova after Ukraine

A Russian general announced plans to occupy the Transnistria region of Moldova on Friday.

Speaking at a defense industry meeting, Brigadier General Rustam Minnekayev, acting commander of Russia’s Central Military District, stated that the Russian Armed Forces plan to “make passage” into the region — in Moldova’s East, bordering Ukraine and less than 30 miles from the port city of Odessa — to create a “land corridor to Crimea,” Russian media reported. Such a corridor would also purport to connect the Russian mainland to Transnistria.

Minnekayev stated that the measure was part of Russia’s second phase in its war in Ukraine, which involves establishing full control over the Donbas Region and Ukraine’s coast along the Black Sea. No timeline was provided for the maneuver to begin, however.

In his remarks, Minnekayev cited the strategic value of the region, claiming “control over the south of Ukraine is another exit into Transnistria, where there are also facts pointing to the oppression of the Russian-speaking population.” Transnistria is a separatist region of Moldova — comprised primarily of Russian speakers — akin to Donetsk and Luhansk in Ukraine, which has been autonomously run by a pro-Russian faction since 1990. It is not internationally recognized by any country, including Russia, though nearly 1,500 Russian troops are stationed in the region and its trade is primarily conducted with the Russian mainland.

Ukraine’s armed forces had previously warned on April 2 that Russia was mobilizing troops in Transnistria, though this was initially denied by Moldova. Ukraine believes that such mobilization is a prelude to attacks on Odessa, Ukraine’s largest port city and a gateway for its international trade.

Russia’s occupation of Transnistria would expand the conflict with Ukraine to another European nation-state, since it began in late February of 2022.

More ominously, in his remarks, Minnekayev said that Russia was now “at war with the whole world, as it [was] in the Great Patriotic War.”

https://news.yahoo.com/russia-genera...142124312.html

He doesn't announced ""invasion".

Also about Moldova and Transnistria: Russian troops are now located in Transnistria as peacekeepers. Russian army is located in Transnistria since WWII - at this territory is located the biggest Soviet strategical ammo depot in Europe and solders keep it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobasna_ammunition_depot

There was war 1990-1992 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transnistria_War , and after peacekeepers arrival in 1992 there is no war anymore for 30 years.

[Moses]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-g...115858854.html

Russian General Lets Slip a Secret Plan [...] Seize Ukraine’s Entire Coastline
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It was clear from beginning.

How Poland sees end of war

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[dab69]

[dab69]

Now Finland and Swenden want to join NATO also to prevent more Russian invasions
for "Trumped up" reasons...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...gHp?li=BBnbfcL

“We have known for 100 years that there is evil on the opposite side of the border, but now I think people have woken up,” he said. “They understand that we must be prepared.”

[Dodger]

Now Finland and Swenden want to join NATO also to prevent more Russian invasions
for "Trumped up" reasons...

What a rotten shame!

Finland has always polled as being one of the top countries in the world on the "Happiness Scale", with excellent school systems, well-managed economy, great healthcare, healthy lifestyles, etc., resulting in people being able to live and raise their families in a safe, healthy, and vibrant society. Now, here they are, having to deal with a "fear" that's been underlying for decades. A fear that one day they would be attacked by Russia and have to fight to defend all they have built for themselves. And for what?

It seems inevitable that Finland, along with Sweden, will have to take a time-out from their positive lifestyles to deal with the insane dictator they have as a neighbor by joining NATO - which they never wanted to be any part of from the beginning.

What goes around - comes around:

As each day passes NATO forces get stronger and better armed and positioned. No Army can continually lose as many tanks, trucks, armored vehicles, missiles and missie launchers, warships, aircraft, munitions', and troops, as Russia has, without getting weaker. Even a nine year old would understand this. NATO (the Free World) is getting stronger exponentially - and Putin's Russia is getting weaker exponentially. I imagine one could consider this an important element of NATO's long-term defensive (or offensive???) strategy.

MACRON WINS ANOTHER TERM!!!

Thank God!