Posted on 05/06/2024 9:27:08 AM PDT by marshmallow
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Statements by the French President, UK officials and a representative of the US Senate about their readiness and intention to send military personnel to Ukraine require special attention and special measures, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, commenting on military drills announced by the Russian Defense Ministry.
“Actually, this is stated exhaustively in the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. There is nothing to add there. If you ask me what statements of Western representatives we are talking about, it is obvious that we are talking about the statement of Mr Macron and the statement of the British representatives. You know, they also added a representative of the US Senate, if I’m not mistaken, who spoke of readiness and even intention to send armed contingents to Ukraine, that is, to actually expose NATO soldiers to the Russian military,” Peskov said in response to a question on whether the announced exercises were connected to the threats.
"They require special attention and special measures," he added.
Earlier in the day, the ministry said that the General Staff of the Russian armed forces had started preparations for holding exercises in the near future with missile units of the Southern Military District, involving aviation, as well as naval forces, in order to increase the readiness of non-strategic nuclear forces to carry out combat missions. During the exercises, the Russian armed forces will practice a set of activities for the preparation and use of non-strategic nuclear weapons, the ministry said.
At the same time, the Kremlin spokesman noted that information that France will allegedly send soldiers to Ukraine requires verification.
Stephen Bryan, the former assistant to the US deputy secretary of defense, said in an interview with foreign media earlier this month that France had sent......
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Who was it?
Hardly a person with the authority to command anything. There's a lot of trash talk in the Duma, too.
Strategic or battlefield nukes, no diff
Pop any off and it’s ON, everyone knows that, more sabre rattling... meh
The point missed in western media is the 7th Military District is the one fighting in Ukraine.
We are going to se a tactical nuclear war. Western Ukraine may become a radiation zone between east and west.
“”””We are going to se a tactical nuclear war.””””
When do you predict Russia will attack with nuclear weapons?
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