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I believe that in 2024 we can absolutely believe that the Third World War has begun.
Valery Zaluzhny, who is now Ukraine's envoy to the United Kingdom, told the UP100 award ceremony in Kyiv The war in the east is entering a decisive phase, we feel that the unknown is approaching,
Tusk told a teachers conference Don't think that someone somewhere is bluffing, unfortunately, nobody is bluffing and, unfortunately, we are walking into mild disaster'
It is necessary to demonstrate the full murderous power of Russian long-range weapons,
Putin is clearly signalling increased reliance on strategic weapons - including nuclear and longer-range missiles - to push the U.S. and NATO to stop its support for Ukraine,
said Jon Wolfsthal, a former special assistant to President Barack Obama and now director of global risk at the Federation of American Scientists They are sitting there in the West and it is warm and quite calm. So let them feel on their own skin what a real war is,
The signal Putin is sending to the world is that we consider these strikes as the direct entry of the United States and Britain into a war against Russia,
Putin is saying to the West stop - halt - back off,
Sergei Markov, a former Kremlin adviser, told Reuters The Russian side has clearly demonstrated its capabilities, and the contours of further retaliatory actions in case our concerns are not taken into account are clearly outlined,
I don't think he has any intention to go nuclear in a war he is winning, but he appears to want us to worry a lot, perhaps to make it easier for Trump to cut and run,
The events of the last few dozen hours show that this threat is really serious and real in terms of a global conflict,
We all know it, we feel that the unknown is approaching. None of us knows the end of this conflict, but we know that it is taking on very dramatic dimensions at the moment,
We have no doubt that the current administration in Washington has had the opportunity to familiarize itself with this announcement and understand it,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, referring to Putin’s statement a day earlier The key message is that the reckless decisions and actions of Western countries — which produce missiles, supply them to Ukraine and subsequently take part in carrying out strikes on Russian territory — cannot go unanswered,
These weapons are used to destroy people, not to destroy objects,
said Artiukh, according to Suspilne These are rockets that are fired and then guided to a target via an electronic system, which requires the world's most advanced technology and satellite communications capability,
Orban said on state radio It's not a trick...there will be consequences,
Russia may be seeking to use this capability to try to intimidate Ukraine and its supporters or generate attention in the information space, but it will not be a game changer in this conflict,
Deploying this capability will neither change the course of the conflict nor deter NATO allies from supporting Ukraine,
said spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah, Under the current circumstances, all parties should remain calm and restrained, work to cool the situation through dialogue and consultations, and create conditions for a political settlement of the crisis [as China refers to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine – ed.], in order to achieve a ceasefire as soon as possible
