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Russia warns 'the beginning of the end of Ukraine' will be imminent if it 'has to defend its citizens' - as Putin builds his forces on the border
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/ ^ | 8 April 2021 | By ROSS IBBETSON FOR MAILONLINE and WILL STEWART

Posted on 04/08/2021 10:54:31 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

Kremlin official referred to having to defend civilians from a 'second Srebrenica' Moscow claims that Ukraine is inflaming tensions by beefing up border security It comes as new footage emerged showing tanks being transported to frontier Vladimir Putin insists deployment is defensive and to check 'combat readiness\\

A senior Kremlin official today warned that if Russia is forced to defend its citizens in the disputed Donbass region it would be 'the beginning of the end Ukraine.'

Tensions have soared in eastern Ukraine in recent weeks after Vladimir Putin dispatched tanks, helicopters and thousands of troops to the Ukrainian border.

Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy flew into Donbass today in a new show of strength as he shook hands with soldiers along the frontier which separates them from Russian-backed rebels.

Putin insists the build up of military hardware close to the border is defensive and that upcoming drills are part of routine 'combat readiness' inspections.

But the deputy head of Russia's presidential administration, Dmitry Kozak, continued the Kremlin's tough rhetoric today, as he warned: 'The start of military action - this would be the beginning of the end of Ukraine.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: balticstates; donbass; estonia; helicopters; invasion; latvia; lithuania; nato; russia; tanks; troops; ukraine
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1 posted on 04/08/2021 10:54:31 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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Dontcha just love how America’s DC deep state is SOOOO concerned about Ukraine’s border - but doesn’t give a shit about America’s Southern Border?


2 posted on 04/08/2021 10:56:38 AM PDT by PGR88
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Russia will shortly invade and annex Ukraine and Biden and the EU will do utterly nothing about it.

Then Putin will move on the Baltics.


3 posted on 04/08/2021 10:57:50 AM PDT by MercyFlush (Senator Joseph McCarthy was right. )
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4 posted on 04/08/2021 10:58:25 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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5 posted on 04/08/2021 11:00:10 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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Yup.


6 posted on 04/08/2021 11:01:31 AM PDT by MercyFlush (Senator Joseph McCarthy was right. )
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To: MercyFlush

“Russia will shortly invade and annex Ukraine and Biden and the EU will do utterly nothing about it.

Then Putin will move on the Baltics.”

If Putin has an aspiration of restoring the old USSR, now is the time to do it. China is the only country not run by spineless weasels, and in our case, a retarded spineless weasel. In addition, a great portion of the worlds population is engaged in navel gazing in the form of covid fear porn.

As long as Putin doesn’t piss of China, his path is clear.


7 posted on 04/08/2021 11:02:43 AM PDT by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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To: MercyFlush

The buzzards are circling around the stink of the urine soaked vegetable pretending to be President.


8 posted on 04/08/2021 11:03:07 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: PGR88

People are - finally - copping on to the Neocon swindle.


9 posted on 04/08/2021 11:03:42 AM PDT by Jim Noble (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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Sad, but I believe this to be true.


10 posted on 04/08/2021 11:04:47 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: RomanSoldier19
And China will move to annex Taiwan.

Welp, as long as we're having banana pudding this afternoon I guess all is well.

11 posted on 04/08/2021 11:07:34 AM PDT by Obadiah
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I bet they don’t take the Baltics. Too much trouble for too little gain. But Ukraine petitioning for NATO membership signed its own death warrant. As if Mexico had asked to join the Warsaw Pact in 1973.

They will sign a nonaggression pact with Germany, demand Poland and Estonia leave NATO (which they will do), take Eastern Belarus and Ukraine and give Kresy back to a newly friendly Poland, maybe get basing rights in Talinn, and that will be that.


12 posted on 04/08/2021 11:10:00 AM PDT by Jim Noble (In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act)
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> Russia will shortly invade and annex Ukraine and Biden and the EU will do utterly nothing about it. <

And there’s not much they really could do about it, apart from issuing protesting position papers and agreeing on a few sanctions.

> Then Putin will move on the Baltics. <

That’s where it will get interesting. The Ukraine is not a member of NATO. But the three Baltic states are. So if Putin does move on the Baltics, I would expect even more protesting position papers, and even more sanctions.


13 posted on 04/08/2021 11:10:31 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Watch the “press”! Propanganda stories will start emerging on how Putin is such a great guy after all!


14 posted on 04/08/2021 11:10:31 AM PDT by gr8eman (Elder Non-Binary Sibling is Watching You!)
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To: RomanSoldier19

The Kremlin laments that when the breakup of the Soviet Union occurred Ukraine and the Baltic states were allowed to become independent. The Russians have always viewed these states as part of the Russian Federation. They view their loss as a self inflicted, catastrophic mistake that must be corrected. Taking back the Crimea was only the first step. The major question for the United States and the American people is this. Do the American people wish the sacrifice of blood, treasure and perhaps much more and see it in their security interests to go to war with Russia to secure the current European borders. IMHO: No! and get out of NATO now.


15 posted on 04/08/2021 11:11:20 AM PDT by allendale
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To: RomanSoldier19

Pray for the health of Joseph R Biden. If Kamala takes over you will have to drag out VHS copies of “Threads” and “The Day After” to prepare for what comes next.


16 posted on 04/08/2021 11:13:04 AM PDT by montag813 ("Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the Great")
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What Color have the Ukrainians selected for THIS revolution?

It better be Hunter Green, if they expect to escape to the West.

17 posted on 04/08/2021 11:15:52 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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Hunter Green


18 posted on 04/08/2021 11:32:49 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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19 posted on 04/08/2021 11:34:26 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Leaning Right

With the new scam election laws, Putin has until 2036 to try to rebuild his empire. He wouldn’t attack the Baltics right away, he’d gradually destabilize them with a few coups sprinkled in.


20 posted on 04/08/2021 11:37:54 AM PDT by rfp1234 (Caveat Emperor: Comitii asinorum atque rhinocerorum delendi sunt.)
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