Russian International Minister Sergei Lavrov warned of the danger of nuclear struggle over Ukraine, at the same time as he signaled a willingness by the Kremlin to have interaction in talks with the U.S. to attempt to resolve the confrontation.
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Risk of nuclear war? It's probably a good time to whip out that old cable wherein Germany assured Russia they wouldn't expand NATO east past the Elbe: "Bonn's representative Jürgen Chrobog said at the time: 'We made it clear in the two-plus-four negotiations that we would not expand NATO beyond the Elbe. We can therefore not offer NATO membership to Poland and the others.'"
Yes the Nuclear threat is very real and there is no need to escalate. Otherwise it is a "dead-end" road literally, even if you use tactical nukes.
US and the West needs to control sometimes its temper and go with the longer term soft power approach as well. What we have here in Ukraine is a failure to communicate with an inexperienced cocky artist as the president, a master influencer and manipulator. It is not bravery, it is stupidity almost. And it is appalling to see many countries politicians follow and get rallied up down a very dangerous path by this Ukranian president. A very irresponsible, Nuclear path. Maybe he is thinking if Russia is attacking me I will take everyone else down with me. Really, Mr. Zelensky? With all due respect, please come to your senses and sit down at the table and give power or rights or whatever you need to give to those Russian leaning citizens of yours and be done with it. We don't need a second Israel and forever wars and bitterness among people of the Earth Because you are not in that position as a country.
From what I recall it was ok for Ukraine to join the EU ( by the Russians). Just don't place any offensive weapons. Just like US and Russia back in 1962 with Cuba and all the rest we can remember.
Wait it out and keep working it. Time is on democracy side.
Let us not loose sight of history and changes in countries and borders. What is now Ukraine, was a place that never was, as it is today. Polish had a stake in it. Lithuania too. Also the Germans. Then also the Slavic people as well. Search the history. How about the Crimea Turks and Tatars and all the Asian cultures that came through there and ruled there?
The best answer to all this was the Italian president's tweet that said the biggest blunder of history was the collapse of the Roman empire ( intended as a satire because all those lands we talk about today were Roman Empire.
All this talk is only about today.
So many years. Who is to say a Ukraine that goes under Russia sphere today will not be back in Europe 20 or 50 years later? Or 100.
And in the mean time it is scary to see many, as armchair quarterbacks, from the post-CoVid or the new normal and comfort of their homes still talk about an acceptable nuclear risk.
Biden started right but in my opinion we are going down a dangerous path by ratcheting up arms supplies etc. This is a superpower game and maybe US needed to accept some others at the superpower table. This is what that is.
aint nobody doing nothing just keep continuing grinder those russian potatoes 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸
Biden needs to step back he is leading us to nuclear war !!!
Why do we need Ukrain in Nato the world was doing fine without it being in Nato
It's time to admit that USA wants war . Dogs of war are at it again industrial war machine needs to make money . Bankers (Rothchilds) need war so the Russians were thrown out of swift system.
We have learned this past two months that Russian forces are plagued by incompetence: it ain’t just size, but quality and application that matters. After only 2 months, Putin has blown through over 15% of this military capacity- he can not sustain these levels of losses while pulling resources from elsewhere without introducing vulnerabilities all around his gangster empire. Were a vassal state like Belarus or Kazakhstan to require Putin’s mercenaries again to suppress their citizens, Putin will not be in a position act; this represents a huge contraction of power. As we have witnessed in Ukraine, Putin’s “advanced” weaponry have suffered significant failure rates; is there any reason to expect his nuclear arsenal is in any better shape? No. Putin has already imploded the Russia economy- the notion that he will survive growing domestic turmoil is uncertain. Political strategies involving nuclear weapons are predicated on NOT engaging in a nuclear showdown, and deterrence. The idea that Russia or Putin would exist on the other side of a nuclear exchange is laughable- no serious person forecasts any long term upside for Putin were he to elect a nuclear first strike. Putin could have twice as many nukes as he does now and would be no more powerful- weaker, actually, as the cost of production and maintenance would be crippling.
This nuclear chest thumping is unconvincing.
I've been telling a friend since the early days of the war that it was Washington's goal to weaken Russia. It was pretty obvious since they would only give them weapons to shoot down aircraft and blow up tanks. Why? The less hardware they have the less risk to Europe. It;s a sick game and they are throwing the Ukraine under the bus. ALL THOSE DEAD UKRAINIANS ARE ON OUR HEADS!!! Next election is a shite show. You have corrupt and incompetent Trump or Biden who I;ve grown to hate. We lose either way and the Ukraine is screwed either way because Trump is more likely to send aid to bloody Russia!
Who will make more money from this war? Is it USA or China?!
This war could have easily been avoided well before the invasion! There were many opportunities that we could have avoided this war. If UK stayed within EU and USA’s and NATO’s troops stayed in Afghanistan, this war could have been avoided. Recent evacuation of USA and NATO troops from Afghanistan exposed USA’s and NATO’s weakness, which gave Putin to make a date for the invasion. Brexit is a major blow for EU’s stability and security. Brexit has delayed global peace by 200 years. War between Russia and Ukraine have delayed global peace by another 300 years. All together, the capitalism and market economy will remain number ONE threat to global peace for many hundred of years.
Several months ago, well before the invasion, USA and NATO know that Russia is going to invade Ukraine. NATO could have moved some of their troops with their hi-tech equipment to Ukraine when Russia was positioning their troops by the border of Ukraine. If Russia sees NATO troops in Ukraine, there was no way Russia would have invaded Ukraine. USA was waiting for this war for their economic and political gain.
This war could also have been easily avoided if President of Ukraine declared neutrality when President of Russia was requesting numerous times well before the invasion. President of Ukraine could not declare neutrality because Ukraine was mislead by the USA and NATO with a “resisting strategy” for their own economic and political gain at global stage. USA is the only winner from this war. When I USA, I mean USA government, politicians, billionaires, millionaires, and shareholders. USA government wants this war much more than Russia wants this war. Capitalism and market economy will not exist in USA without on going wars and on going regime changes elsewhere.
Putin will not go home with empty handed when he already lost significant amount of soldiers and economic sanctions! There is no point isolating Putin further and further. Putin would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons as a final resort if Putin thinks its game over for him without a significant win. USA and NATO will need to come up with something that Putin can feel a victory. If USA and NATO cannot come up with something substantial for Putin's victory, the war will last several months or years!, which means more lives, buildings, schools, hospitals, factories, shopping centres, and other infrastructures will be under threat. And, more refugee crisis and mental health issues are inevitable. USA and NATO must play major part to find a solution in order to stop this war and rebuild the Ukraine. So far Ukraine will need between $2 to $3 trillions dollars to rebuild the country but cost can go further if the war last for years. All funds will be provided by USA, NATO and Russia. It is their war in Ukraine's land. It is not a war from Ukraine! USA will contribute more than others because USA is the only winner from this war!
USA and its NATO expansions are a collective institutional progression. We will not hear gun shots in the beginning of expansions. NATO’s economic and political expansions take place every seconds through their Market Economy's core structure of elements such as education, training, employment, language, media, music, film, tv, banks, dollar, swift, stock markets, shares, IMF, foreign policies, trading, contracts, exploitation, drilling & digging earth, emitting C02, greed, organised corruptions, treaties, summits, conferences, sanctions, UN, G7, G20, spying, military basses, threats, warnings, creating demand and supplying war machines, arms sales, nuclear system sales, consultations and so on. Sadly, we will see more wars in the future on any part of the world as long as the capitalism and market economy exist on this tiny planet! I am not making up a conspiracy! You can look it up by yourself about the NATO’s membership requirements!
The solution is calling for an "International Referendum" for a non-trade borderless "One World and One Planned Production & Services" for all humans around the globe. We are sure majority of global people overwhelmingly will vote for a united "One World" for everyone around the world in order to protect the mankind from the capitalism and market economy. The new civilisation will have an ultimate global peace, global resources for everyone, healthy race relations, sustainable climate, good human health, stable mental wellbeing and good living standard for everyone around the world. No Presidents. No Prime Ministers. No party political broadcasts. No rigged democracy. No puppet governments. No borders. No trading. No market economy. No stock market. No private ownership. No hedge fund managers. No banks. No billionaires. No millionaires. No shareholders. No army. No navy. No air force. No wars. No terrorist groups. No proxy wars. No war machines. No arms sales. No nuclear arms. No space wars. Everything is belonging to everyone around the world. Everyone will receive same wage. Everyone will have a peaceful live. Everything will be researched, planned and managed by the "People Councils" around the world using all available global resources for everyone with the all required structures for the entire world.
If you listen to this idiot Lavrov, he said that the "UN was created for the sovereign equal library of states". Yes, it was, then the hell is RUSSIA! Breaking that RULE! The legit definition of irony. . .
Russia will always play the Nuclear card….but I'm afraid this planet is in need of a "reset"
Biden is a hard hearing man to know what's happening around the WH… Even the easter bunny had to shoo him away when he was about wandering toward the safety fence. Brain or without brain, biden is counting his time in the WH nursing home. Impeach him to save America.
Drop the BOMB on f…….ing russia especially on f……..ing lavrov
Thanks
The UK has the Trident nuclear submarine deterrent carrying hundreds of hypersonic nuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles patrolling our seas 24/7, the Dragon Fire Laser Air Defence System capable of destroying multiple hypersonic targets at light speed, HELWS (High Energy Laser Weapons Systems) at sea — which can vaporise multiple hypersonic targets before they can deploy their payload, STARStreak, the fastest high velocity missile in the world, Sky Sabre hypersonic air defence units, Infrasonic weaponry, the SAS (Special Air Service), the SBS (Special Boat Service) the SRR (Special Reconnaissance Regiment) all regarded as the top elite special forces units in the world, the Royal Marines, 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment, 3 Commando Brigade, the Parachute Regiment, other elite special units, the Royal Gurkhas, a state of the art air and naval fleet with stealth aircraft and autonomous stealth drone platforms both at land and sea. The UK is also an integral part of NATO, the head of the Commonwealth comprising of 54 countries with access to additional multiple combative resources and is a battle-tested country having won 2 World Wars. Good luck to any nation that threatens us or our allies.
Also Lavrov: "We do not plan to attack other countries. We didn't attack Ukraine, either."
this is why it's happening. Vlad subjugated the Russian tax payers and then he stole over a trillion dollars from them. he's a little worried his loyal subjects might find out. anything that keeps Russian's focused on anything but his greed is really good. war works best for Vlad. i mean why not, he's got a rat hole to crawl into (Russia would be totally destroyed if they started a nuclear war)
Why do they think they’re the only one that have nukes. Almost half of NATO nukes are pointing at Russia🧟♂️🤷
Every time they threaten nuclear war…all I hear is them admitting they are losing this war badly. It’s all they have left.
Jesus Christ saves from sin.
Romans 3: 23
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Hebrews 9: 27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Isaiah 64: 6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Revelation 21: 8
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Romans 5: 8
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
John 3: 16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 14: 6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Romans 10: 9-10.
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Jesus said John 5: 24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
1John 5: 10-13
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God..
Ephesians 2: 8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Romans 8: 1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
1 Corinthians 15: 3-4
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
2 Corinthians 5: 21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him………..
So what if they degrade Russia's conventional arms capacity, when their nuclear capability is improved.
How many times has Russia not threatened with the nuclear option? Boring…
"For reasons long forgotten two mighty warrior tribes went to war and touched off a blaze which engulfed them all. Without fuel they were nothing. They’d built a house of straw. The thundering machines sputtered and stopped."
Putzky and and his side kick will be the first to be vaporized.
ALSO LAVROV: "We are not planning to attack other countries. We didn't attack Ukraine, either." (10 March 2022)
Russia forgets about the Ohio class submarines off their coast 😐
Lavrov better find a bunker to hide in! Don't mess with the U.S. or our NATO allies!
Хочешь молиться что эта блеф, очень страшно когда в твоей стране идёт война прямо километров 50 од тебя. Моя семья уже готовить уехать из Украины в Польшу, или в Словакию. Надеюсь что и вас в стране всё будет мирно.
Before accepting the next news report, perhaps we would be better off to question the motives behind the news report.
Is it really the truth that is being reported, or could this information benefit the billionaires and governments who are sharing it with us?
https://youtu.be/Uv_WWzjrUrI
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It’s such a pity for us all but especially the children that the west and their thirst for war with their incessant goading of Russia will destroy us all. These journalists talk about this situation like it’s something we can all go back to work afterwards.The west is desperate for war
ViVa mother Russia 🪆
Lavrov the bob of Baghdad is really the mad barking dog like Putin of Russia spreading Putinphobia!
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. (John 11:25-27)
In 60 AD Apostle Saint Andrew traveled to the area of Kiev, preached, and said, one day a great city would be built here with many churches to the glory of God. Today there is a church to Saint Andrew in Kiev. The peoples in the area were Slavic. Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv, three brothers and the sister Lybid founded Kiev in 482 AD, Kiev was named after the older brother Kyi. Kiev the older brother was King. Herodotus wrote that Hercules had founded this land.
The Rus were Viking tribes that settled peacefully in Kiev as far back as 750 AD with the Slavs there, 400 years before Moskva existed. The name Russia, coming from the city Moskva, has no connection to the RUS. Russia coming from Moskva started with Batu Kahn much later as a vasal under Mongolian rule. All the early Czars were Mongolian and of no connection to the RUS. The Rus were with the Slavs to the south in Kiev. Moskva were Finnish Urgic Tribes; Mosk means cow and Va water, which are Finnish names. There was no RUS there. The ethnic background of Moskva is Finnish-Urgic and Mongolian. The Rus developed the religion, city Kiev, alphabet, churches, and had its saints. The founder of Kievian Rus (800) or the Rus was a Viking named Askold or Oskold (Norse) from Sweden; not Oleg as in the Russian story. Kievian Rus exists long Before Novgorod and Oleg’s arrival there. Askold is the Slavic name. Oskold, the first King of Kievian Rus was in Kiev before Oleg in Novgorod. Oskold had 200 ships and 20,000 warriors. Oskold was baptized in Constantinople (128 years before Volodymyr) and sent the first bishop back to Kiev. Oskold and Dir were the first Dynasty of Kievian Rus. Askold rules from the 40-60s and Dir to the 80s. Askold is buried in Kiev and the first Kievian Christian King & Dynasty. Oleg followed coming from Sweden through Novgorod and was a pagan. Russia as named today started in the city of Moskva over 400 years later after Kievian Rus or Rus. From Kiev, the capitol of Rus, Kievian culture was spread, much like the Greeks Hellenized the known world, or like the British anglicized the world by the English language. This process does not make Moskva to become RUS in as much as Persian are not Greek. How we are misled by a name; Russia. The capitol of the RUS has always been Kiev. There is no other RUS and no RUS in Moskva. Many say Ukraine began recently; but the culture of the RUS is Kievian RUS, both culture and ethnic background. Ukraine is a name given by Poland meaning outer lands. The land of the RUS before the Mongolian invasion was very large. The name RUS is a Norse name which means men that row; there are no men that row in Moskva. So Moskva adopted the name Russia while being a Mongolian vassal, essentially traitor to the RUS; and all the Czars were Mongolian-Finnish. The Culture of the Mongolian was centralized power, and that cultural imprint was passed on to present day Russia. Ukraine’s real name should be Kievian RUS, or Kievskarus! Russia began in Moskva by Batu Kahn and Novgorod conquered much later, still no connection to the Rus.
Putin & Lavrov should be ashamed of themselves, the USSR was an occupation; it never had the status of a sovereign state and due process of law that would be associated with a free society. Even today the mentality of the gulag exists. There is no freedom of press and speech, people are arrested for speech, there is no due process of law, and the religion is state run making it a totalitarian theocracy. As such, it did not deserve to exist in a free world; and history has shown such totalitarian organizations fail over time and author in many gulags. The true culture of Russia is Finno-Ugric and Mongolian, having nothing to do with the RUS (Kievian), expect borrowed as in the sense of Hellenized or Anglicized "forms" as a comparative reference. The centralized form of Russian politics is a very Mongolian imprint on culture. The actions of Putin seem to be another Mongolian invasion of Kiev; here I suggest as to the correct metaphor. I believe so. Putin & Lavrov insistence to have purview over eastern Europe also seems like paying tribute to the Mongolian Horde. Moskva started as an agglomeration of Finnish tribes, combining a Finnish name meaning cows water and developed by Mongolian culture. Mosk means cow and Va means water. The RUS are men that row, Vikings, Norse, established Kiev 400 years before (750 AD) Moskva even thought to exist. The name Russia for current nation is totally inappropriate. The current Russia started in Moskva; how misleading is the name Russia coming from Moskva that has no connection to the RUS. All the lands should be returned to Kiev; the West of Russia to Finland, and the East to Mongolia. Russia’s place on the globe appears as a temporary aberration in my view. To use threats of Nukes publicly strikes at the heart as adolescent behaviour; surely any nation or person that issues such threats and being an ally to such while not even having war imposed on them is not fit to rule. This would include allies of Russia. Oh yes, I remember, Russia didn't invent the bomb, they stole it in the 1940's and gave it to Kurchatov. Russia struggles with an identity crisis since its beginnings unoriginal to the ethnic groups. Its errors are numerous, 50 million killed by Stalin in WW2, allied to the Nazis to kill the Poles for their defeat in WW2, Holodomor where millions of Ukrainians were killed and grain stolen, and constant antagonist with Europe. We even have the Holy Mother announcing Russia’s errors at Fatima. Russia is a Mongolian culture and all the first Czars were Mongolian and Batu Kahn is the author.
Oskold was the grandson of Ragnar the king of Sweden, his name is old Norse and spoke old Norse, the name Rus is old Norse, he settled peacefully in Kiev and the Slavs made him king, he brought Christianity to Kiev with his son dir…his burial mound is where St Nicholas church is built, Oleg wasn’t even in Novgorod when this happened, and Oleg is not a Rus nor old Norse name. The Slavs called Oskold the name Askold. After came Dir, Oleg was a pagan who assassinated Dir, Oskold becomes the first dynasty…later when the line of kings get to Vladimir, he is captured at a trading post by the Mongols, the post is called Moskva, and the king killed. Moskva as a city was a Mongolian invention, and Novgorod becomes a part of that Russia by conquest, although having nothing to do with the Rus. Oskold line is Ragnar, ironside, Oskold from the King of Sweden Ragnar. Oleg is via Rurik coming much later. The accounts of Oskold are within the time, Al Mamun an Arab writer of the time wrote of Oskold, the Russian chronicles come hundreds of years later. In much the same way accounts of relevant history are better understood by those of the times, much like the Bible, dating to the original times makes the account authentic. The Russian chronicles are merely a tale and inaccurate.
Kiev was a city over 1000 years before Russia even existed. Kiev was Kievian Rus before Novgorod and when Oleg arrived. Putin is kidding himself if he thinks any part of Ukraine belongs to Russia. We can see that Israel belongs to the Jews, similarly all the lands around Kiev of Kievian Rus belong to Kiev as a single nation and city state. Russia's beginnings are a wanting child begun as a captive insurgency having nothing of its own; a captive state that was reeking in servitude to Mongolia and invented by Mongolia. The entire culture of Russia from Moscow is Mongolian centralized power, a pagan culture of no empathy and Christianity. The Christianity is tainted as a state religion or theocracy and politicized. History is often obscured by being written by the ones in charge. The history of Ukraine has been obscured by the Soviet Occupation and cultural appropriations. Moscow in an attempt to appropriate a history not its own, rewrote the narrative of history to cover up its compromised origins; Kiev and Ukraine is a history much older and more civilized; making contributions to civilization. Russian despotism becomes the blueprint, foundation & model for every despot nation, look at its allies; the error of its ways has spread throughout the globe; much like the message from the Holy Mother at Fatima. Those that are sympathetic to Russian atrocities can find similarities in their own histories. Ukraine has a democracy at a local level Moscow never had and fears. Russian boundless ignorance is a type often found in the poorest of nations, and usually the poorest have a history of the hardest tyrants over them that also inflict poverty, physical and spiritual, on others they attempt to subjugate, a reflection of their own lives, an abomination of desolation.
Askold was in Constantinople in 860 and Oleg arrived in Novgorod not until 862. The Arabs referred to Askold as the Slavic King or King of the Slavs which he had been for a while. Pontius says Askold brings Christianity to Kiev from Constantinople and a bishop. Ragnar the Norse King of Sweden was born in 767 AD, his son Bjorn ironside was born in 796 AD, and grandson Oskold (Askold) was born in 820 AD. Askold arrived in Kiev in 840 and had a son Dir, Both become King and the first Christian dynasty. Askold dies and gets a burial mound in a park in Kiev. Dir follows as King. Dir is assassinated by Oleg who is a pagan. Nobody knows who Rurik is or who the father is . Oleg is a generation away from Askold. Olga of Kiev builds a church on Askold’ s burial grounds. Pontius of Constantinople says Askold brings a Bishop and Christianity to Kiev. Russia much later is a Mongolian invention…………
A war that Russia would lose bad
Have Lavrov to fix his oyster sack mouth.
The person who lives a sinful life belongs to the devil, because the devil has been committing sin since the beginning. The reason that the Son of God appeared was to destroy what the devil does.
1 John 3:8-10
God didn’t spare angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, where he has secured them with chains of darkness and is holding them for judgment.
2 Peter 2:4
Hmmmm, this to Russia’s Lavrov: Russia better think twice about using any sort of Nuclear War on any NATO country or Russia could very well be the receiver of the most catastrophic destruction that it has ever known. Russia needs to remember that it is not the only country with nuclear power and that those countries are not afraid of anything Russia has and that more than one country can play their games.