The War in Ukraine Is Getting Worse by the Day and Could Drag in NATO – In an interview on Britain’s Sky News aired on Thursday, United Kingdom Defence Secretary Ben Wallace warned that Russia’s goal of expanding control in Ukraine will persist. Wallace warned that Russia may become a “cancerous growth” on Ukraine.
“Well I think it’s certainly the case that Putin, having failed in nearly all of his objectives, may seek to consolidate what he’s got…sort of fortify and dig in, as he did in 2014,” Wallace said, referencing the Russian President’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.
“And just be a sort of cancerous growth within the country of Ukraine and make it very hard for people to move from them out of those fortified positions,” Wallace also said, adding that Russia’s determination to control as much of Ukraine as possible was a reason for the West to help Ukrainian forces “get the limpet off the rock and keep the momentum pushing them back.”
The West’s commitment to supplying Ukraine with weapons and ammunition since the beginning of the invasion has never waivered. That relentless financial and military support to Ukraine is exactly what the country needs to continue fighting off Russian invaders, but the harder it gets for Russia, the more likely Vladimir Putin may be to pull the trigger on striking NATO targets.
New Threats from Russia
While the Kremlin has issued threats against the West since the beginning of the “special military operation” in Ukraine, the frequency and severity of those threats have increased in recent weeks.
During an address on Wednesday, which was aired on Russian state television, Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened “lightning quick” retaliation against the West if NATO countries continue to supply weapons and ammunition to Ukraine.
“If someone decides to intervene in current events from the outside and creates unacceptable strategic threats for Russia, then [they] must know that our response, our retaliatory strikes, will be lightning-fast, quick,” Putin told his country’s legislators.
Former NATO Commander Says West Should Prepare for War
Former NATO commander Richard Shirreff told the BBC Radio 4 “Today” program this week that the West is taking “absolutely the right approach” and that the commitment to supply more aid to Ukraine must be “followed through with significant resources, and it’s got to be done right across the alliance of a whole.”
Tu-22M3M from the Russian Air Force.
Shirreff also warned that the Kremlin is likely to respond aggressively to continued aid and that the West should begin preparing for the very real possibility of war.
“The worst case is war with Russia,” he told the BBC. “By gearing itself up for the worst case, it is most likely to deter Putin because ultimately Putin respects strength.”
Russian TOS-1 MLRS. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
Jack Buckby is a British author, counter-extremism researcher, and journalist based in New York. Reporting on the U.K., Europe, and the U.S., he works to analyze and understand left-wing and right-wing radicalization, and reports on Western governments’ approaches to the pressing issues of today. His books and research papers explore these themes and propose pragmatic solutions to our increasingly polarized society.
Alex
April 29, 2022 at 3:37 pm
You need to understand that all 200 peoples of Russia are ready for a war of annihilation. Are Westerners ready for it? No.
I would like to recall how the West united many times and attacked Russia, but constantly lost. No one has ever been able to defeat Russia in history. History is cyclical and attackers on Russia will find nothing but death.
mcswell
April 29, 2022 at 9:39 pm
Alex, a trick question: Who’s attacking Russia?
The answer, in case you didn’t know: no one.
P.S. I’m still waiting to be added to Putin’s sanctions list. It would be an honor.
CK
April 29, 2022 at 8:02 pm
Funny, I recall you guys got your asses handed to you in Tsushima (admitedly, not western).
Then again in WW1.
Then again in WW2, almost (Wonder how far the Soviets would have gotten without Lend Lease, that relief you love to shit talk…)
I don’t think anyone, Russian or Western, wants a nuclear war, but if you decide to nuke us, you have to understand we don’t need polls, democracy or committees to answer in kind.
Alex
April 30, 2022 at 5:56 am
A nuclear strike was inflicted only once in history. And the United States did it against the peaceful cities of Japan. In Ukraine, the Russians will not launch a nuclear strike for two reasons:
1. Their people live there and they will hit them with a blow,
2. It is not advisable to spend such expensive weapons on Bandera pigs.
In general, it was possible to fill up Ukraine with napalm and huge power bombs (not nuclear ones) for a long time. However, again the problem is:
1. Russian brothers live there and they will hit them with a blow.
It’s nice to see how on the streets of the liberated cities of Ukraine from the Bandera Nazis, the people of these cities are greeted with tears in their eyes by the Ukrainians of Donbass and Russians. They thank them for their release and ask them not to leave anymore. That’s where the truth is. And the propaganda of Bandera bastards is just the words of bastards.
Only complete stupidity can say that someone captured Russia. On the map, Russia is the largest country in the world. The main thing is not to win a battle, but to win a war in which you either keep your own or acquire new territories. What is Ukraine? This is the formation that was called the outskirts of the Russian kingdom with a size of only 100×50 km, to which the Russian tsars and later the communists annexed lands in order to expand not the outskirts, but their empire.
According to the latest data, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania have prepared a secret document on the division of western Ukraine. Finally, the peoples of the west of Ukraine will get to Europe. But there is another document about what European countries will do with the Bandera Nazis, whom they hate. this development of events is not a secret; many analysts have written and continue to write about it. The good news is that the Ukrainians of the East will return to their Russian brothers, and we will return our original Polish territories. It’s just great!
CK
April 30, 2022 at 6:09 am
lol, Russians, so soncerned with casualties, feeding their future into the meat grinder. How exactly is losing 23,000 men helping with that population decline problem of yours again?
Sometimes, I envy your delusions Alex. The world you live in must be fascinating!
One minute you accuse us of being Bandera Nazis, the next that we will crush Bandera Nazis, one moment we are enemies, next moment we are “liberators” of Ukraine …
Go easy on that Vodka man, I hear medical supplies are so low over there you’ll soon have to be using it to clean wounds!
Alex
April 30, 2022 at 7:51 am
“NATO is a ploy, it is a structure whose purpose is to hide America’s dominance over Europe.”
Charles de Gaulle.
It must be understood that Europe will also be responsible for subordinating the United States. Questions “what are we for” are no longer important for Russia. If Europe wants to become a bargaining chip in the battle against Bandera’s Nazis, then so be it. Personally, I, like many acquaintances from Poland, are going to Russia. There are more chances to survive in Russia. And let the idiots die for US interests in Ukraine.
CK
April 30, 2022 at 11:43 am
“I, like many of my acquaintances from Poland, are going to Russia.”
You know what they say, if it sounds like an idiot, looks like an idiot, and says idiotic things like an idiot, it’s probably an idiot! ?
Alex, there isn’t a single person in Poland with an ounce of grey matter in their heads going to Russia. Although in your case, I guess that explains everything.
Bon voyage!
Illurion
April 30, 2022 at 9:19 pm
I am still waiting for the parents of the over 20,000 dead Russian soldiers and sailors to put a bullet between Putin’s eyes.
Alex
May 1, 2022 at 7:08 am
And now, not stupid propaganda from pseudo-journalists and squealing Bandera bastards, but real facts. Let’s see how Russia “lost”:
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, Russia has destroyed 143 aircraft, 112 helicopters, 660 unmanned aerial vehicles, 279 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,678 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 308 multiple rocket launchers, 1,196 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 2,503 units of special military vehicles. Destroyed 43.814 Bandera Nazis and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. 3,540 soldiers surrendered.
Utilization of US and NATO equipment is proceeding according to plan:
High-precision missiles “Onyx” in the Odessa region at a military airfield destroyed a hangar with weapons and ammunition received from the United States and European countries, and also destroyed the runway.
Every day, the flags of the people’s militia of Donbass, Russia and Chechnya are raised over a new liberated settlement. Everything can be seen on the map of hostilities.
A French journalist released another film about the atrocities of Bandera Nazi bastards. The photo and video evidence is simply amazing – these bastards of Bandera Nazis only need to be exterminated, finally and completely.
The point is that no matter how hard the pseudo-journalists try to lie, the truth inevitably comes to the surface.
By the way, Russian special forces seized important documents from one of the American biological laboratories in Ukraine. The announcement is this: the experiments that the Americans conducted on people, on Ukrainians, amaze the imagination with their cruelty.
I will say this: “Hello, new Third Reich, you will also be destroyed.” History is cyclical. Again the West is trying to defeat Russia and will be defeated again.
CK
May 1, 2022 at 8:09 am
Hey Alex, look at this! You’re in the news!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/01/troll-factory-spreading-russian-pro-war-lies-online-says-uk
“Russian internet trolls based in an old arms factory in St Petersburg are targeting world leaders online and spreading support for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the British government has said, citing research.”
“The headquarters is allegedly located in rented space in St Petersburg’s Arsenal Machine-building Factory, a company that manufactures military equipment and technology.”
“The study details how the Russian president’s regime is trying to manipulate public opinion on social media, as well as in the comments sections of major media outlets.”
“The analysis suggests one main activity is “brigading”, to steer attention of discussion on social media and in comments sections of newspapers towards favoured opinions. Manipulation of polls in western media was also observed, including to skew the results of a survey on whether sanctions against Russia were supported.”
Does this look like anyone we know? Also, sucks that they are making you work on a Saturday man! Is it that bad over there you guys can’t make ends meet?
Does Sveta not have enough clients? Reach out man, we want to help!
CK
May 1, 2022 at 9:49 am
Hey Alex, look at this! You’re in the news!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/01/troll-factory-spreading-russian-pro-war-lies-online-says-uk
“Russian internet trolls based in an old arms factory in St Petersburg are targeting world leaders online and spreading support for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the British government has said, citing research.”
“The headquarters is allegedly located in rented space in St Petersburg’s Arsenal Machine-building Factory, a company that manufactures military equipment and technology.”
“The study details how the Russian president’s regime is trying to manipulate public opinion on social media, as well as in the comments sections of major media outlets.”
“The analysis suggests one main activity is “brigading”, to steer attention of discussion on social media and in comments sections of newspapers towards favoured opinions. Manipulation of polls in western media was also observed, including to skew the results of a survey on whether sanctions against Russia were supported.”
Does this look like anyone we know? Also, sucks that they are making you work on a Saturday man! Is it that bad over there you guys can’t make ends meet?
Does Sveta not have enough clients? Reach out man, we want to help!
Here’s a reminder:
If someone wanted to know the truth about anything in Ukraine Alex, the last person they would go to is you.
Paragraphs and paragraphs of bollocks, dubious claims about “independent journalists”, random documentarians, conspiracy theorists, deluded claims that of course, have no backup, lie after lie after lie.
Classical Kremlin troll approach. Just flood the internet, the comments, the media, with tosh, doesn’t matter what it is, just make sure you write some old nonsense. Make sure to say the claim is supported by some dude in Germany, France, the states. If it’s a “documentary” (usually from youtube) then the better.
Anything that victimises Russia, always the victim, always the bullied, never the problem. It’s always the Nazis. It’s always some pseudo-historical point.
Anyone that has had the misfortune to study your “tactics” sees the forest for the trees, the pattern of lies, disinformation, blanketing of random claims, deflection, obfuscation, and other words beyond your vocabulary.
It’s hopeless Alex. Your lies are as short as your intellect. What a pathetic job, to sit in your government shed, spreading your pathetic, government lies.
A pathetic job for a truly pathetic man. A better match could not be made in heaven.
Alex
May 1, 2022 at 10:21 am
How do Bandera Nazis act against their people? A striking example:
Ukraine disconnected the Kherson region from mobile communications and the Internet, thereby defiantly abandoning these territories. Now she will stop paying pensions and benefits, as well as fulfill her bank obligations, in fact, robbing people, as was the case in the Donbass and Crimea. General scheme.
Russia has collected so much evidence of the war crimes of the Bandera Nazis and the unimaginable crimes of the Americans and the British in biolabs in Ukraine that the criminal trial will last for more than one month and possibly more than one year.
Illurion
May 1, 2022 at 12:03 pm
Alex, if he actually exists, and is not a russian intelligence bot, is certainly a very “anal retentive person.”
He claims that he is Polish, and lives in Warsaw.
And yesterday, he stated, that he and others were leaving Poland and moving to Moscow to help the Russians.
It is interesting that he seems to think that Russia “needs” his help.
Russia must “really” be in bad shape if it needs help from Alex.
Today he babbles about war crimes, and criminal trials.
I can just imagine how Alex will scream, and cry, and whine, in his seat at “his own trial” before he is executed for treason against Poland.
Him
May 2, 2022 at 7:45 am
Alex is speaking from the widespread Russian mindset created from 100 years of Communism and Putin-Totalitarianism. Alex cannot think any other way because it has been bred into him by his Russian culture that allied with Nazi Germany at the start of WW2. Russian thinking is almost indistinguishable from 1930’s Nazi thinking. It had to be similar for Soviet Russia to ally with Nazi Germany.
mcswell replied logically – but logic cannot penetrate the skull of Russians who have been bred for 100 years, under brutal dictators, to see the whole world as their enemy.
All of us know that no one wants to attack Russia – but Alex will not listen, because he is a typical Russian.
Alex, I have lived for more decades than you, and I have never heard someone in the West seriously argue that we should attack Russia. No one in the West wants to attack Russia. But when your Media has told you that from your birth, you choose to believe your Totalitarian Media.
Alex
May 2, 2022 at 8:11 am
In the meantime, the Bandera Nazi from the Ukrainian troll factory lost his voice from screeching and choked on bile, let’s talk about how the day went:
Politico reported thousands of foreigners fighting on the side of Ukraine
Combat-trained Americans, along with thousands of other foreigners, are participating in the military operations in Ukraine on the side of Kyiv. Such an assessment is given in an article published in the American edition of Politico. The publication refers to retired military and employees of American PMCs, who are currently on the territory of Ukraine.
The material notes that in Ukraine, in particular, the Task Force Yankee group, headed by the American Harrison Yosefovitz, operates. He previously worked as a police officer in Chicago, Illinois, and also served in the US Army (ground forces).
On April 29, CNN, citing the family of an American citizen and PMC mercenary Willie Joseph, reported his death in Ukraine. According to the mother of the mercenary, he went to Poland on March 12 and crossed the border into Ukraine on March 12-13. The woman noted that in the group of mercenaries, in which her son was, there were citizens of “a variety of countries.”
The mercenaries come from the USA, Canada, Georgia, Great Britain, Poland and Romania.
More than a thousand mercenaries have already been destroyed. About a thousand more refused to participate in hostilities and returned to their former extremist deployment sites.
The remaining 4.8-5 thousand foreign mercenaries should return to their states, since, according to international law, they are deprived of legal protection and “at best” they will face long-term imprisonment. As we understand, most likely they will never return home. an easy walk to hunt people turned out to be a trap forever.
Representatives of the military-civilian administration of Kherson raised the Russian flag on the building of the local executive committee in the Russian-controlled village of Chernobaevka, where the Kherson international airport is located.
Russian security forces also removed Ukrainian signs from the building of the local administration.
According to the residents of Chernobaevka, the former head of the village administration, Igor Dudar, fled to the territory controlled by Ukraine. During his reign, the Eternal Flame was extinguished at the monument to the fallen heroes of the Great Patriotic War, and photographs of veterans were taken from the village Board of Honor. Now, as assured in the military-civilian administration, all this will be corrected.
Over the past day, from 8:00 am on May 1 to 8:00 am on May 2, 159 people, including 29 children, were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoe, Novoazovsky District. Then people flee to Russia. Do you need more evidence of who is the aggressor and the killer, and to whom they run for help? Yes, propagandists and liars cannot change this.
During the day, Russian air defense systems destroyed 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Vesele, Borshchevo and Balakleya in the Kharkiv region, Kisylivka in the Kherson region, Mayak in the Zaporozhye region, Dokuchaev, Korsun and Khanzhinkovo of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as well as in the area of the city of Lugansk. Western drones turned out to be just targets for Russia and Donbass.
High-precision air-launched missiles hit 38 Ukrainian military facilities in a day. Among them are four command posts, 30 strongholds, areas of concentration of manpower and Ukrainian military equipment, and three warehouses of missile and artillery weapons in the areas of Pervomayskoye and Ilyichevka settlements.
The Osa AKM air defense system and a battery of multiple launch rocket systems in the Arkhangelovka area were also destroyed. Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit 27 strongholds, areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as a depot of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition in the area of the village of Chervonoe, Zaporozhye region. Up to 160 personnel and 26 units of Ukrainian armored vehicles were destroyed.
During the day, the missile forces hit nine strongholds and areas of concentration of manpower and equipment, as well as the BM-21 Grad and an artillery battery in firing positions. Artillery subunits hit 26 command and control posts, 78 strongholds, 359 manpower and equipment concentration areas, and 67 artillery firing positions. Six ammunition depots, up to 280 personnel and 43 units of weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, Russia has destroyed 146 aircraft, 112 helicopters, 683 unmanned aerial vehicles, 281 anti-aircraft missile systems, 2,756 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 316 multiple rocket launchers, 1,234 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 2,563 units of special military vehicles. All this is confirmed and documented. Now tell us about 200,000 dead Russians and 5,000 destroyed Russian tanks, clowns.
The Ukrainian authorities are seeking the evacuation of all those at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol to the territory controlled by Kyiv in order to hide the presence among the military countries.
Among those at the plant there are a large number of characters who will confirm the presence of mercenaries, and perhaps acting officers of the Western armies on the side of the Ukrainian radicals.
Does the elimination of the influence of a few dozen (even thousands) of Nazis deserve to put a country of forty million at risk? This is not a completely correct question. This is a question that concerns the fundamental security interests of the Russian Federation.
We all remember the beginning of Nazism in Ukraine:
persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian language and the Russian media was carried out, sales of all printed materials in Russian were stopped, laws were adopted to promote Nazi theory and practice.
The whole world understood that Ukraine is not worth starting a nuclear war, for which all the peoples of Russia are ready, but the peoples of the West are not ready. However, if crazy politicians want to try, it will be as President Putin said: “… we will all go to heaven, and you all will just die …”. Most importantly, the majority of Russians supported his words. Are you ready for war with Russia? Then go ahead and try it.