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It could happen any minute, any hour,
Major Taras Berezovets, of Ukraine's Territorial Defense force, told CBS News, arguing I won’t be drawn on the operational details of the conflict. It risks both operational security and, in the end, the only one that benefits from such a public debate is President Putin.”
The U.K.’s support for Ukraine is always for self-defense,
Try telling Donald Trump these helicopters and ships were getting old and were costing more to repair, he'll only hear that Britain is making cuts'
One senior naval figure remarked As we edge closer and closer to catastrophe, we should be doing everything in our power to bring about de-escalation and peace.
When the United States began providing such weapons to Kyiv in 2023, the dynamics of the war could have been changed drastically, but your administration exerted its influence over the conflict to limit the rules of engagement and the use of ATACMS,
Since your recent actions seem to be pushing the world closer to the brink of nuclear war, I hereby request a classified briefing prior to Monday, November 25, 2024, regarding full details of your administration’s agreement on Ukraine’s stipulated rules of engagement with regard to the long-range ATACMS,
If this desperate move by your administration represents an attempt by deep-state operatives to hamstring the incoming Trump presidency, it’s a dangerous miscalculation,
I write to challenge your administration’s decision to authorize Ukraine’s use of Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to strike inside Russia,
Americans do not want World War III,
We have seen over recent weeks a significant change in the [Russian] action and the rhetoric on Ukraine
Whoever controls Kursk at Christmas will be on the front foot ahead of ceasefire negotiations which could start when US President-elect Donald Trump takes office
No matter what Putin says, he doesn't want peace and is not ready to negotiate it,
French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters en route to the Group of 20 summit in Brazil So, it would be a serious gamble. But I cannot, however, rule out that the Kremlin is prepared to take its chances. Especially if Moscow feels that it can count on a weak response. We don’t know if it can,
he said on the Bluesky social media platform Merchant vessels don’t normally go and cut undersea cables for the fun of it,
This is, of course, a signal that they want to escalate. We will be taking this as a qualitatively new phase of the Western war against Russia. And we will react accordingly,
Russia also issued a warning to Ukraine regarding its use of ATACMS, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said ... Al Jazeera reported On his way out of office, Joe Biden is dangerously trying to start WWIII by authorizing Ukraine the use of U.S. long range missiles into Russia. The American people gave a mandate on Nov 5th against these exact America last decisions and do NOT want to fund or fight foreign wars. We want to fix our own problems. Enough of this, it must stop."
On X, formerly Twitter, Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote It's obvious that the outgoing administration in Washington intends to take steps in order to continue fueling the fire and provoking further escalation of tensions."
Russia also responded to news of Biden's authorization, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov saying [Russian President Vladimir] Putin and [Foreign Minister Sergey] Lavrov have been explicit—and correct [on the subject]. US/NATO satellite feeds and/or personnel are needed to fire these missiles; therefore, NATO has entered the war. So, Russia has every right under international law to attack NATO targets now."
The DoD has no comment on remarks supposedly made by a private citizen to a Russian news outlet."
In response to a request for comment, the Pentagon said
