The chill pill… The chill pill… …the one thing in the universe Mike Pompeo would never eat. …the one thing in the universe Mike Pompeo would never eat.
If NATO tries to move missiles into the Ukraine, I don’t really see how Russia can now invade.
Of course, that might take too long, and Russia is claiming that US intelligence contractors are attempting to stage a false flag chemical attack in the Ukraine (a la Syria) in order to get boots on the ground.
RT:
Russia’s top diplomat believes that US-NATO missiles near the Russian border would increase tension and worsen the risk of escalation.
Ukraine’s possible accession to NATO poses “unacceptable threats” to Moscow, including the possibility that missile defense systems could be placed directly on the Russian border, the country’s foreign minister said on Friday.
Speaking to Bosnian newspaper Oslobodjenje, Sergey Lavrov said that all parties need to reduce the “degree of confrontation” caused by American officials and their work with their “Ukrainian protégés.”
“The policy of dragging Kiev into NATO with the prospect of missile strike systems appearing near our borders poses unacceptable threats to Russian security, provoking serious military risks for all parties involved, up to and including large-scale conflict in Europe,” he said.
Lavrov’s comments to the Bosnian outlet come as relations between Russia and the US-led military bloc remain at a crisis point.
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Earlier this week, at an expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense, Russian President Vladimir Putin explained that, if NATO infrastructure appeared in Ukraine, it would only take 7-10 minutes for a missile to reach Moscow, stressing that this was “a serious challenge for Russia.”
I made this meme, by the way: