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2022-09-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

‘The Time Has Come': Top Putin Official Admits Ugly Truth About War

[Daily Beast] Vladimir Putin’s defense minister sent a clear message to the people of Russia on Wednesday: Their country is at war not just with Ukraine, but with the entirety of the West.

"I cannot but emphasize the fact that today, we are at war not so much with Ukraine and the Ukrainian army as with the collective West," Sergei Shoigu said in a televised speech, according to TASS.

"At this point, we are really at war with the collective West, with NATO," Shoigu added.

Shoigu’s warning comes as Putin announces that Russia will be running a "partial mobilization" to better tackle the war in Ukraine, days after a series of resounding defeats on the battlefield in Ukraine as Ukrainian forces have run successful counteroffensives in the south and northeast. In a speech announcing the move Wednesday morning, Putin suggested that the West had been considering using nuclear weapons against Russia and threatened nuclear weapons use in return—without providing any evidence of the West's supposed threats.

"To those who allow themselves such statements regarding Russia, I want to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction," Putin said. "It’s not a bluff."

Posted by Besoeker 2022-09-22 09:26|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 "At this point, we are really at war with the collective West, with NATO," Shoigu added.

And you are getting spanked

Posted by DarthVader 2022-09-22 09:51|| 2022-09-22 09:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Who picked that fight?

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-22 09:59|| 2022-09-22 09:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Hard to believe the incredibly bad advice he received.

Posted by Croque Fliting8030 2022-09-22 11:58|| 2022-09-22 11:58|| Front Page Top

#4 You are playing the Junior Varsity, coached by the Varsity.

If you rattled your nuke sabre at the Varsity, DEFCON would already be in red.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-09-22 12:18|| 2022-09-22 12:18|| Front Page Top

#5 The Pentagon has long had the Pizza Index to assess when serious events are keeping the lights on and staff working far into thenight, a sure signature of dangerous times.

I wonder if a Vodka index exists around the Kremlin these days. I suspect the delivery might reveal delivery is in pallets by now!

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-09-22 13:02|| 2022-09-22 13:02|| Front Page Top

#6 Hard to believe the incredibly bad advice he received.

He received exactly the answers he demanded.

Posted by Angstrom 2022-09-22 13:46|| 2022-09-22 13:46|| Front Page Top

#7 You're probably right about the Vodka Index. Not the kind of decision you make sober.

The Soviet Union ain't coming back.

Posted by Fred 2022-09-22 17:59|| 2022-09-22 17:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Kremlin officials 'have hit the vodka', with Putin 'worried by drinking among his inner circle' as senior staff 'fret about disastrous Ukraine war'

Posted by Snash Shairt9621 2022-09-22 18:50|| 2022-09-22 18:50|| Front Page Top

#9 I doubt they're stopping at vodka.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-09-22 20:22|| 2022-09-22 20:22|| Front Page Top

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