European countries are now faced with the need to transfer their economies to a military footing, since it is already obvious that Russia will not limit itself to seizing the territory of Ukraine. This means that instead of efforts aimed at improving people’s lives, shells and missiles will be manufactured that will cause yet another mass of deaths.
Really? Obvious? Can you provide any source, colonel?
It doesn't look obvious to me at all. Russia will be exhausted after the war and they can't confront the entire NATO. That's BS. And why do your think Russia is going to seize the territory of Ukraine? Please quote any Russian politician or government official saying that.
Nobody is forcing them to manufacture weapons. They themselves decided to choose a side in this conflict.
To begin with, Russia, until the last day before the full-scale invasion of Ukrainian territory in February 2022, also denied that they were going to attack Ukraine. At the same time, top Russian officials, including Putin, have repeatedly denied the existence of invasion plans and even ridiculed such Western fears. But they deceived and attacked.
I give examples.
The American newspaper The Washington Post was the first to publicly report the suspicious gathering of Russian troops to the border with Ukraine on October 30, 2021, and on November 1, this information with published satellite images was confirmed by Politico. The first reaction from the Russian side came on November 3, when the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called these messages an “information salvo” and a “fake campaign.”
On November 12, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov also joined in the denials. "Headlines like this are nothing more than empty, baseless escalation of tension. Russia poses no threat to anyone," he said. Later, Peskov tried to present this information as “camouflage to cover up the aggressive thoughts” not of Moscow, but of Kyiv, which allegedly wanted to “solve the problem of the southeast by force.”
On December 26, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation answered Vladimir Solovyov’s question whether Russia would attack first: “Russia has never attacked anyone first.” On February 20, Peskov expanded on this idea: “Russia, which has experienced so many wars, is the last country in Europe that even wants to utter the word “war.”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also actively tried to convince the world community that Russia would not start a war. Speaking on January 21 at a press conference in Geneva after a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, he said, answering a question from an American journalist: “You are claiming that we are going to attack Ukraine, although we have already explained many times that this is not so. that this will happen, you immediately ask: “Why now?” And when should we not attack?” It seems that on February 24, a serious answer appeared to Lavrov’s humorous question.
On February 15, nine days before the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry called statements about an impending attack by Russia “information terrorism” and laughed at a Polish journalist who, at a press conference between Lavrov and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau, asked: “That is, invasion will not be?". The head of Russian diplomacy called the media employee “unintelligible.”
Personally, Russian President Putin has also repeatedly denied plans to attack Ukraine. At the “Russia Calling” investment forum on November 30, 2021, he answered a direct question from one of the businessmen: “Should investors be wary of the possible deployment of Russian troops to Ukraine?” Putin reassured him: “Look, they talked about the possible entry of Russian troops into Ukraine at the beginning of the year - we conducted the Zapad-2021 exercises - but, as we see, this did not happen.”
After negotiations with French leader Emmanuel Macron on February 8, the Russian President again emphasized that the fears are unfounded: “The movement of our troops on our own, I want to emphasize, territory is presented as a threat of Russian invasion - in this case to Ukraine. The Baltic countries allegedly also feel in danger, and other states are our neighbors. On what basis is not very clear."
Even on February 22, having announced the recognition of the self-proclaimed “DPR” and “LPR” within the borders of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine, Putin argued that this did not mean war: “We expect, and I want to emphasize this, that all controversial issues will be resolved during negotiations between the current Kyiv authorities and the leadership of these republics."
Moreover, de facto declaring the start of war with Ukraine, the Russian President continued to contradict himself: “At the same time, our plans do not include the occupation of Ukrainian territories. We are not going to impose anything on anyone by force.”
At various times in recent years, the Kremlin has expressed threats of attack against Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Moldova, Poland, Kazakhstan and even Germany. What, are they also lying?
Regarding why Russia attacked Ukraine, the reasons and goals of this attack are still periodically changed there. From the “demilitarization” and “denazification” of Ukraine in the early days of the attack, to the statement by the governor of St. Petersburg that the motivation for such an attack was the fight against the mythical gender-neutral toilets in Ukraine.
https://24tv.ua/ru/rossijskaja-propaganda-gubernator-peterburga-zajavil-chto-rossija_n2472841You have written whole 12 paragraphs of text but 0 proof. No facts, no sources. You have ignored my point, my question completely. Like a typical troll.
I will paste my questions below once again: Really? Obvious? Can you provide any source, colonel?
It doesn't look obvious to me at all. Russia will be exhausted after the war and they can't confront the entire NATO. That's BS. And why do your think Russia is going to seize the territory of Ukraine? Please quote any Russian politician or government official saying that.
Which part of it you don't understand? I will translate this post into Ukrainian for you:
Meнi цe зoвciм нe здaєтьcя oчeвидним. Pociя виcнaжитьcя пicля вiйни i нe змoжe пpoтиcтoяти вcьoмy HATO. Цe БC. I чoмy, нa вaшy дyмкy, Pociя збиpaєтьcя зaxoпити тepитopiю Укpaїни? Бyдь лacкa, пpoцитyйтe бyдь-якoгo pociйcькoгo пoлiтикa чи ypядoвця, який би цe cкaзaв.
And you're unhappy I'm calling you retarded? Only retarded people can't comprehend what they're being told.
