Russia, Ukraine and the West

[Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Carlin

Russian official threatens military attacks against Finland, Sweden.

Dmitry Polyansky, a deputy representative of Russia at the United Nations, said that Sweden and Finland joining NATO would turn them into enemy countries.

I don't think Sweden and/or Finland joining NATO would be a surprise or an unanticipated move to Russia.
That outcome would have been in Russian contingency planning for decades...both Sweden and Finland have been considered to be within the Western sphere of influence and if the shit hit the fan in any armed conflict between the West and Russia, Sweden and Finland would without doubt be places that would host Western/NATO forces and logistical operations anyway.

This is merely just another MSM headline parroting the USA/UK anti-Russia narrative that the unhinged Russian's are eager to recklessly widen the operation in Ukraine and that the whole of Europe is under threat...which is a total crock of shit.

This is merely a deflection headline used by the West to turn people away from the reality unfolding on the ground in Ukraine which consists of the systematic obliteration of Ukraine's military by the Russian side.

The rabid anti-Russia narrative must be front and centre in the news cycle to justify the billions of dollars in aid being pumped into this futile effort by the USA/UK to bring Russia to its knees and to prop up Biden and Johnson in the popularity stakes at home by trying to portray them as strong war-time leaders that are squaring up to Putin.

[Carlin]

Ukraine orders Azovstal fighters to surrender to Russia. The 2 month siege in Mariupol appears to be over (Ukraine didn’t ‘end’ its combat mission in Mariupol. They were defeated by the Russians.)

UkraineNews twitter:
https://mobile.twitter.com/Ukraine66...Cz2erOvq4qAAAA