>>19172280

LAVROV: "Russia will treat F-16s in Ukraine as nuclear threat"

Moscow can’t ignore the nuclear capability of US-designed F-16 fighter jets that may be supplied to Ukraine by its Western backers, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

By continuing to provide more sophisticated arms to Kiev, “the US and its NATO satellites create the risk of a direct armed confrontation with Russia, and this may lead to catastrophic consequences,” Lavrov warned in his interview with Lenta.ru on Wednesday.

The plans to supply F-16s to Kiev is yet another example of an escalatory move by the West and in itself is “an extremely dangerous development,” he stated.

“We have informed the nuclear powers – the US, UK and France – that Russia can’t ignore the ability of these aircraft to carry nuclear weapons,” the foreign minister continued.

“No assurances [by the West] will help here,” he warned. In the midst of fighting, the Russian military isn’t going to investigate whether any specific jet is equipped to deliver nuclear weapons or not, he added.

“The very fact of the appearance of such systems within the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be considered by us as a threat from the West in the nuclear domain,” Lavrov said.

In an interview on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Vilnius on Wednesday, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said “there will be the transfer of F-16s [to Ukraine], likely from European countries that have excess F-16 supplies.”

A day earlier, Denmark announced that a “coalition” – which includes the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the UK and Sweden – would begin training Ukrainian airmen to fly the US-designed aircraft in August.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba suggested earlier this week that the first F-16s piloted by Ukrainians could take to the skies “by the end of the first quarter of next year.”

Kiev has been pressing its foreign backers for fourth-generation F-16 warplanes for months, arguing that they are crucial in providing air cover for Ukraine’s troops and defending Ukrainian airspace amid a massive Russian missile campaign targeting military facilities and energy infrastructure. The US and its allies initially ruled out deliveries of the jets, saying the F-16 wasn’t the type of hardware that Ukraine needed, but changed their stance on the issue over time.

READ MORE: West to begin training Ukrainians on F-16s next month

In June, Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was no doubt that the F-16s “will burn” once they’re delivered to Ukraine, just like what has happened to tanks and other Western-supplied weapons.

https://www.rt.com/russia/579629-lavrov-nuclear-f16-us/

prepare to dive under your school desks, children

>>19172770

>It's fucking endless excuses and delays.

HEY…. whaddaya know…. another qtard finally wakes up. maybe this IS the "great awakening?"

>>19172280

Is Sleepy Joe Biden Trying to Outdo Hitler and History?

History is one of the most interesting subjects for many reasons. One example is the fact it tends to repeat itself. Another is the curious case that some people in high places are doomed by ignorance of this "redux" factor. Take German tanks, for instance. First, let’s rehash a little history about the steppes of Russia and Eastern Ukraine and unlearned lessons. Then we may begin to grasp how all world wars were started.

From the 5th of July 1943 until the 23rd of August 1943, the largest tank battle in history took place in what became known as the “Kursk Salient.” This was an area that stretches from the tiny town of Kirov on the Bolva River in the north through Belgorod in Russia, Kharkiv, which Ukraine currently controls, and deep into the Donbas region, the focal point of Ukraine’s new Nazi hostilities since 2014.

In World War 2, Hitler’s Operation Zitadelle (“Citadel”) was carried out over a 700-mile-long front, where the best Germans tried to outgun and outmaneuver the advancing Soviet forces. It became the largest tank battle in history, pitting the most advanced weaponry Nazi Germany had against prepared and dug-in, superior Soviet resistance. The reader will find it interesting that the German high command chose Belgorod as one of the first key objectives. Today, missile and drone strikes on that Southern Russian town are ongoing.

Moving on, numerous parallels exist between the WW2 battle of Kursk and the current Western proxy war being carried out in Ukraine. First, I’d like to deal with tanks. In 1943, Germany manufactured what can be argued as the finest medium and heavy armor of World War II. Though not numerous at Kursk, the deadly Tiger played a big role. Hitler's spanking new Panther (PzKpfw V) and the giant Ferdinand tank destroyer were also deployed, and like Germany's current Leopard, were supposed to blast the Soviets (Russians today) off the battlefield.

Ironically, many of their burning tank hulks littered the countryside once the battle ended (both then and now). The Kursk battle raged for months, with neither side gaining a clear advantage. The Soviets, not unlike their modern-day counterparts on the Russian lines, created massive defensive works to sap the German offensive until a counterattack would gain a decisive effect. And it did once Hitler turned his gaze Westward.

So, when I read the other day about almost all of the highly touted German Leopards sent to Zelensky having been destroyed, this seemed like Deja Vu as a student of history. An article in the Berliner Zeitung cited Alexander Sosnowski, who used data from pro-Ukraine media channels to determine that 41 Leopard-2s, 49 T72 tanks, 31 Bradlys, 7 German Marders, 23 howitzers, and 40 MRAP infantry fighting vehicles have already been turned to scrap by the Russians. In 1943, the great Nazi war machine faced similar despair.

But what other parallels can we draw? What is going to happen next? If you ask most experts, Europe is out of ammo, tanks, and they've been out of guts for some time now. The Germans cannot even crank up and run half their remaining Leopard 2s for lack of repair, Paris is on fire, Germans are ready for any Chancellor but Scholz, Hungary seems about ready to leave the NATO alliance, the dollar may crumble toon, and even Americans grow weary of cheering a losing team. And sadly, dangerously, the U.S. president has put the O.K. stamp on sending cluster munitions to Zelensky. In an off mic bit the other day, Biden answered the question, "Why cluster munitions now," with "We are out of ammo.

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https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2023-07-12/sleepy-joe-biden-trying-outdo-hitler-and-history

>>19172922

>trump screens sound of freedom

that movie is a farce

here is what it FAILS to expose

longrunning CIA involvement in child sex trafficking and blackmail

longrunning MOSSAD involvement in child sex trafficking and blackmail

the near ubiquitous extent of child sexploitation in the MSM and gov't and financial markets

instead it EFFECTIVELY HIDES those facts by pretending to "expose" the "problem"….

and the best it can do is:

hey folks, there's some sick pervs out there….

prolly just your neighbor.

>>19172928

a fart is GAS

a virus is a PARTICLE

retarded arguments make anons look retarded

GTFOH with your retarded bullshit

>>19173034

predictable response from the pacification op shill on duty here