Putin Declares Russia Could Launch Nuclear Strike In Response to Conventional Attack | BBC News

Nov 20, 2024 | Vladimir Putin has signed a decree lowering the threshold for Russia's use of nuclear weapons. It follows a US decision to allow Ukraine to carry out long-range missile strikes on Russia using American weapons. Ukraine has carried out its first such attack, with Russia confirming that US ATACMS missiles have hit its Bryansk region.

Russia’s revised nuclear doctrine states that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack. An attack on Russia with conventional missiles, drones or aircraft could meet the criteria for a nuclear response.

The Kremlin urged other countries to study the changes. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described the decree as “a very important text” and said "it should become a subject to a very deep analysis".

Recently Russia warned it would deliver “an appropriate and tangible” response to the US President's decision to let Ukraine use ATACMS missiles to strike the country. Russia's foreign ministry said that such an attack "would represent the direct involvement of the United States and its satellites in hostilities against Russia”.

Joe Biden’s change of policy comes two months before Donald Trump is sworn in as the new US President. Mr Trump has claimed that he will help bring a swift end to the war in Ukraine.

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg, Nick Eardley, Vicki Young and Lyse Doucet.

Ukraine Vows to 'Never Submit’ to Russia as War Reaches 1,000th Day | BBC News

Nov 19, 2024 | Ukraine has said it will "never submit" to Russia as it marks 1,000 days since the Kremlin launched a full-scale invasion of the country. "Ukraine will never submit to the occupiers, and the Russian military will be punished for violating international law," the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

It comes as eight people, including a child, were killed in a drone attack on Ukraine's north-eastern region of Sumy overnight, where 89 were also killed in a separate strike on Sunday.

Trump's Ukraine Plan Will 'Blow-up' in Putin's Face | Bill Browder & Brandon Silver

Nov 12, 2024 | Bill Browder and Magnitsky Award winner and international human rights lawyer Brandon Silver discuss their work to sanction the Kremlin and why Donald Trump's election 'alpha' ego could lead to a clash with Putin that ruins Russia's plan to freeze the war in Ukraine, on Frontline with Kate Gerbeau.

Trump Wins: What It Means for Putin and His War in Ukraine

Nov 6, 2024 | “Trump will bail out on Ukraine. He will support his friend Vladimir Putin.”

The Kremlin will be “celebrating” Trump’s victory in the US election because of the likelihood he will split the West’s support for Ukraine, explains Professor Scott Lucas.

Putin's LAST CHANCE For Survival Is Trump Win - Bill Browder Explains

Nov 5, 2024

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‘Putin Saw BREXIT Hiatus as Opportunity’

Oct 20, 2024 | Former British Military Intelligence Officer, Philip Ingram, confirms that Remainers were gaslit as scaremongers by the Brexit cabal for their warnings that Brexit would embolden our enemies eg Vladimir Putin. Events now prove that Remainers were right to heed these warnings and it's important to remember who told the truth and who misled/lied.

Cameron should NEVER have called that stupid Brexit referendum. It is deplorable that Cameron called it. – © Mark Alexander

The Lincoln Project: Russia First

Oct 16, 2024 | Vladimir Putin is not a friend of the United States, but he is a friend of Donald Trump. That’s why Trump cannot be in the White House.

Vladimir Poutine agite à nouveau l'épouvantail nucléaire

LE FIGARO : Le président russe propose une révision des règles d'utilisation de l'arme nucléaire et étudie la possibilité de l’utiliser en cas de «lancement massif» d'avions, missiles ou drones contre son territoire.

La coïncidence n'est vraisemblablement pas fortuite. Alors même que se tient l'Assemblée générale des Nations-Unies à New York où le soutien à l'Ukraine reste en tête de l'agenda des Occidentaux, Vladimir Poutine donne de la voix pour «clarifier» la doctrine nucléaire russe. En l'occurrence, pour avertir que Moscou pourrait utiliser l'arme nucléaire en cas de «lancement massif» d'attaques aériennes contre son territoire. » | Par Alain Barluet correspondant à Moscou | mercredi 25 septembre 2024

Tucker Carlson's Putin Interview | ARTE.tv Documentary

Tucker Carlson was the first Western journalist to interview Russian president Vladimir Putin since the beginning of the war in Ukraine.

The former Fox News presenter and Trump supporter is a controversial and influential figure who is well-connected in American right-wing circles.

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Zelenskyy Says War Is 'Coming Home' to Russia

Aug 13, 2024 | President Zelenskyy warned on Monday night that war was “coming home” to Vladimir Putin as the week-long Ukrainian assault inside Russia forced tens of thousands to flee.

The attack in the Kursk region has been the largest incursion on Russian territory in more than two years of war, prompting Putin to claim that it was intended to “intimidate society and to undermine stability”.

Zelenskyy said in his nightly address: “Russia brought war to others, now it’s coming home. Ukraine has always wanted only peace, and we will certainly ensure peace.”

Trump’s Choice of Vance ‘Terrible News’ for Ukraine, Europe Experts Warn

THE GUARDIAN: Running mate likely to push Trump to pursue ‘America first’ foreign policy and deal with Putin to end war in Ukraine

Donald Trump’s choice of JD Vance as his vice-presidential pick has reignited fears in Europe that he would pursue a transactional “America first” foreign policy that could culminate in the US pushing for Ukraine to acquiesce to Vladimir Putin and sue for peace with Russia.

“It’s bad for us but it’s terrible news for [Ukraine],” said one senior European diplomat in Washington. “[Vance] is not our ally.”

Foreign diplomats and observers have frequently called Trump’s actual policies a “black box,” saying that was impossible to know for certain what the unpredictable leader would do when in power.

Some have soothed themselves by suggesting that names tipped for top positions, such as former national security Robert O’Brien, would maintain a foreign policy status quo while Trump focuses on domestic affairs.

But a prospective Trump administration now has a much more energetic surrogate who will fuel Trump’s skepticism towards Ukraine and Europe, while urging on the party’s aggressive trade and foreign policy elsewhere around the globe. » | Andrew Roth in Washington | Wednesday, July 17, 2024

JD Vance’s viewpoints are unstable. He has gone from being an arch-critic of Trump to being Trump’s arch-devotee. He is too youthful to have garnered much wisdom yet, and it shows in his views on the Russia-Ukraine War and America’s financial assistance to Ukraine for its defence.

If Americans are so unwise as to re-elect Trump into office along with his new sidekick, World War III will be brought one step closer. Why? Because we can bet our bottom dollar that if Putin is afforded a victory in this war of aggression with Ukraine, he will be emboldened to move on to the next vulnerable country. He will continue building his empire.

These are troubling times indeed! – © Mark Alexander

Trump has ‘detailed and well-founded’ plans to end Ukraine war, says Orbán: ‘Likely outcome’ of Trump victory means EU should reopen diplomatic talks with Moscow, says Hungarian PM »

India's Economy Benefits from Russia: What's In It for Moscow? | DW News

Jul 10, 2024 | During his talks in Moscow, Modi says he told Vladimir Putin that peace was of "utmost importance." But again, he stopped short of condemning the war in Ukraine. He said that India's economy had benefited from its strategic partnership with Russia. India has stepped up imports of Russian oil, despite criticism from Western countries that have put sanctions on Moscow.

EU Leaders Criticize Hungarian Prime Minister for 'Peace Trip' to Russia | DW News

Jul 5, 2024 | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine. Putin said he wanted to take the opportunity to "discuss the nuances that have developed" over the conflict with Orbán. Orbán said at a press conference with Putin in Moscow that Hungary viewed its six-month stint holding the rotating European Council presidency as a peace mission.

"Many steps are needed to end the war, but we took the first step to restore dialogue," Orbén said, adding that "points of view remained far from each other in Kyiv and Moscow." The Hungarian PM also visited Kyiv, for the first time since Russia's invasion, earlier in the week.

Farage Is Putin Apologist, Ex-Chancellor Philip Hammond Says

Jun 24, 2024 | Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond called Reform Leader, Nigel Farage a 'Russian apologist' for saying that Moscow was provoked into war with Ukraine. He also discussed the deepening gambling revelations reported by the Sunday Times, alleging a senior Conservative official made dozens of bets with bookmakers that Sunak would call a July election. He joined Bloomberg's Lizzy Burden and Tom Mackenzie on "The Pulse with Francine Lacqua."

'Complete Nonsense!' | Bill Browder SLAMS Nigel Farage for Justifying Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

Jun 22, 2024 | “He had huge sympathy for me and for my mission and…all the terrible things we’ve suffered at the hands of Putin.” Bill Browder says Nigel Farage is “opportunistic” in changing his tone towards Putin for the election.

In Need of Munitions, Putin to Visit North Korea

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Seeking more weapons for the war in Ukraine, the Russian president plans to return to the country on Tuesday for the first time in nearly a quarter-century.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia will visit North Korea this week for a meeting with its leader, Kim Jong-un, their second in nine months, as the two countries deepen military ties to support Mr. Putin’s war in Ukraine with North Korean weapons.

Mr. Putin last visited North Korea in 2000, when he became the first Russian or Soviet leader to visit the nation. This week’s trip, beginning on Tuesday, highlights North Korea’s growing strategic importance for Mr. Putin, especially its ability to supply badly needed conventional weapons for the war in Ukraine.

Mr. Kim met with Mr. Putin in Russia’s Far East last September, ushering in a new era of relations between the two countries.

For Mr. Kim, it was a rare moment of his country, a pariah in the West, being sought after as an ally. For Russia, it’s a strengthening of ties with a country that is providing it with much-needed munitions for its war in Ukraine. » | Choe Sang-Hun, Reporting from Seoul | Monday, June 17, 2024

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Take Putin Seriously or Risk World War III, Former Head of British Army Warns

Feb 24, 2024 | “This is a late 1930s moment, and if we don’t react to it, we’re doomed not to learn the lessons of history.” Lord Dannatt warns the UK government and our NATO allies to take the threat of Putin seriously.

‘Putin Will Spark a Third World War If Russia Claims Victory in Ukraine’

THE TELEGRAPH: Ukrainian steel magnate Yuriy Ryzhenkov warns of global fallout from the Kremlin’s war

Vladimir Putin will spark a third world war if the Russian president is allowed to declare victory in Ukraine, according to the boss of the country’s biggest private employer.

Yuriy Ryzhenkov, chief executive of Metinvest, which ran the sprawling Azovstal steelworks that became the site of a relentless Russian assault at the start of the 2022 invasion, warned of the consequences of a Kremlin victory.

“I don’t believe that if Ukraine fails, Putin will stop,” he said in an interview ahead of the two year anniversary of the war in Ukraine. “The Baltic states, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia are the next targets.”

Ryzhenkov’s comments were made just days before Putin threatened the US with a global war that will “bring humanity to the brink” if Capitol Hill deploys troops to Ukraine. » | Szu Ping Chan |Wednesday, February 21, 2024 [£]

Jon Danzig: A Vote for Brexit Was a Vote for Putin

Putin’s fingerprints are all over Brexit. There’s been suspicions of this for some time, but the evidence is now compelling and urgently needs proper investigation.

Motive is the key incentive for any crime. There have never been any benefits for Britain doing Brexit. Not even one. Any apparent motive for leaving the EU was based on a pack of astonishing, outrageous lies.

But the benefits to Russia from Brexit are both clear and enormous.

For almost two decades, Putin has harboured antagonism over the loss of the Soviet empire, to be successfully replaced by the enlargement of the EU, encroaching on what he considered to be Russian territory.

In 2005 he declared: “the collapse of the Soviet Union was a major geopolitical disaster”

Putin has used covert techniques to destabilise the European Union in his imperial goal to create a new Russian empire, starting with his invasions of Ukraine.

A win for ‘Leave’ was all part of that agenda.

𝗔 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲.

The lies that led to Brexit, in part fuelled and funded by Putin, were compelling, convincing, and used the powerful techniques of psychological warfare.

All of us were misled. But now Britain and Britons must decide where we stand and which side we support.

Our political elite allowed our country to become a stooge for Putin’s nefarious intentions, with absolutely no benefits to us.

But the reality is that it’s the EU we should be supporting, not Putin. The EU stands for what Britain and Britons really stand for and have always stood for.

We must support the EU project and start our journey – however long it takes – to rejoining our true family in Europe.

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻, 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨. – © Jon Danzig

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Fareed to Tucker Carlson: You Need to Get Out More

Feb 19, 2024 | CNN's Fareed Zakaria weighs in on Tucker Carlson's visit to Russia, and how impressed he was with the city of Moscow.