Posted on 02/18/2024 2:47:04 PM PST by dennisw
Kremlin threatens to unleash Armageddon on the West if it loses in Ukraine: Moscow warns it will fire nuclear missiles on London, Washington, Berlin and Kyiv if Russia is forced to give up territory READ MORE: Putin snarls Ukraine war is a 'matter of life and death' for Russia
The Kremlin today threatened to fire nuclear missiles on London, Washington, Berlin and Kyiv if Russia is forced to give up the Ukrainian territory it has invaded.
Dmitry Medvedev - a close Putin ally who served as president from 2008 to 2012 - said if a military defeat led to a return to the 1991 frontiers, when the Soviet Union collapsed, Moscow would unleash Armageddon.
'Attempts to return Russia to the borders of 1991 will lead to only one thing,' he said. 'Towards a global war with Western countries using the entire strategic arsenal of our state. In Kyiv, Berlin, London, Washington.'
Hypersonic nuclear missiles would also strike 'all other beautiful historical places that have long been included in the flight targets of our nuclear triad'.
He added: 'Will we have the courage to do this if the disappearance of a thousand-year-old country, our great Motherland, is at stake, and the sacrifices made by the people of Russia over the centuries will be in vain? The answer is obvious.'
He suggested Kyiv and the West should allow Putin to have the bits of Ukraine he thinks of as Russia.
'It's better to return everything [to us] before it's too late. Or we will return it ourselves with maximum losses for the enemy. Like in Avdiivka. Our warriors are heroes!'
Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian security council which controls the war, hit out at 'snotty Anglo-American fosterlings' who oppose Putin.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Medvedev is a peacenik who talks like that to try to set himself up to become Putin’s successor. It’s 100% a pose.
The whole point of these threats is to say “You can’t win even if you win, so be demoralized and give up.”
Just like our resident Russian propaganda artists. That’s how it’s done.
All true Americans, when threatened with nuclear attack, respond with a pledge to destroy our enemies if they even think about it.
Then we have the quislings.
That looks like a 5.56 mag to me. There is no step down on the barrel for mounting a grenade launcher though. Might be a Russian knock-off.
Sounds like what they said about the chances the Titanic would sink. before it sank
This is silly. There’s no outcome where the borders go back to 1991.
He's not Putin's spokesman.He's not speaking on behalf of Putin or the Kremlin. Wiki suggests that Putin forced Medvedev's so-called 'resignation'.
This Newsweek aligns with the MSM habit of quoting people like Medvedev who used to be President; this would be like our MSM quoting Obama because he used to be president. There's no real indication that Putin knew of or approved of Medvedev's opinion.
The following is from Wiki - so that means the deep state likely edited it to make it sound less negative.
Deputy chairman of the Security Council (2020–present)
On 16 January 2020, Medvedev was appointed to the post of deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia.[152] His monthly salary was set at 618,713 rubles (8,723.85 USD).[153] In a July 2020 interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, Medvedev said he retains "good friendly relations" with President Putin, which was in contrast with the opinion of many circles that his departure from the role of prime minister was a result of a rift in the domestic policies of the two.[154]
Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Medvedev has "reinvented himself as an arch-hawk", making a series of "shocking and provocative statements"[155][156][157] and "thinly veiled threats" of war against Western countries.[158] International analysts have described this turn as an attempt by the "once mild-mannered Medvedev" to "cover his back and shore up his political future" during the turmoil brought on by the war and Russia's increasingly nationalistic and hawkish political climate.[158][156]
They make it in 7.62x39, too.
Hmmm, London, Washington, Berlin, Kyiv. Hmmmm.
Amen!
With Biden in the driver’s seat, I’m not so sure.
feh...
There is less chance of Russia losing this conflict than there is of the sun coming up in the west tomorrow morning.
Okay, so what's the downside of this? Do we really need Washington?
Other than that, Russia has not “invaded” anything; they are conducting a rescue operation.
IIRC, Medvedev was the guy that Obambi was caught with on open mike, saying to tell Vlad he’d have more flexibility after the election.
MAD will not be too good for Pooty-Poot.
Ukraine either surrenders or tens of thousands more Ukrainians die and Ukraine will either lose or territory or cease to exist.
It's way, way past time to face reality and stop wasting money in Ukraine and/or letting the elite use Ukraine to launder money.
True. The Russians saved the ethnic Russian population in Ukraine from genocide.
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