The Kremlin is urgently calling on Washington to avoid further escalation over its support to Ukraine’s military, on the same day that President Vladimir Putin made a rare state visit to neighboring Belarus, amid growing fears that Belarusian armed forces could enter the fighting in Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Monday that the United States’ “dangerous and short-sighted policy” has put it “on the brink of a direct clash” with Moscow, according to state media reports.
“It is the US’ desire to maintain American hegemony at all costs… as well as its arrogant unwillingness to engage in a serious dialogue on security guarantees” that led to the current crisis, she continued, in reference to Moscow’s last February pre-invasion appeal for “guarantees” that Ukraine would not enter NATO.
State media described the sharp words as a necessary reaction to US State Department Spokesman Ned Price’s recently placing sole blame on Moscow for the rapid deterioration in US-Russia relations. Price had characterized the current state of relations as “unstable and unpredictable”.
Zakharova continued in the Monday remarks: “After the high-profile fiasco in Afghanistan, America is increasingly drawn into a new conflict, not only supporting the neo-Nazi regime in Kiev financially and with weapons, but also increasing its military presence on the ground.” While not specifying the precise accusation regarding a US “presence on the ground” – this could be a reference to recent widespread reporting that US intelligence has expanded its role in helping the Ukrainians, especially with things like targeting.
“This is a dangerous and short-sighted policy that puts the US and Russia on the brink of a direct clash,” the FM spokesperson said further. “For its part, Moscow urges the Joe Biden administration to soberly assess the situation and not to unleash a spiral of dangerous escalation. We hope that they will hear us in Washington, though there is no reason for optimism so far.”
This month has witnessed multiple bombshell revelations concerning the Pentagon and US intelligence’s deepening role in Ukraine, including the following:
- The White House is mulling the transfer of Patriot missiles to Ukraine.
- The Pentagon is expanding its “on the ground” program of small troop units seeking to monitor and account for US arms transfers.
- Russia is increasingly coming up against US-supplied HIMARS missiles on the battlefield.
- The US has sent an infantry company to Estonia, close to the Russian border for joint drills.
- Calls have grown louder for NATO to “close the skies” over Ukraine, including with the potential transfer of warplanes.
- US intelligence has been assisting Ukrainians with targeting Russian generals.
- The White House has indicated it believes Ukraine’s forces are capable of retaking Crimea, but which would risk a nuclear response.
- Ukraine has increased high-risk attacks inside Russian territory.
Ukraine has also grown bolder in showing off its new American-supplied toys…
A Ukrainian omen: if you see HIMARS in the sky, the number of orcs in Ukraine has decreased. pic.twitter.com/IbHZSiClmN
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) December 7, 2022
All of this and more strongly suggests to two sides are indeed inching toward direct showdown and clash, also as there still appears no appetite for so much as a plan even remotely on the horizon to get Kiev officials to the ceasefire negotiating table with Russia.
As for the ongoing speculation that Belarusian forces could enter the Ukraine conflict in support of Russia, top Russian officials are denying this “option”… for now at least.
lol
pic.twitter.com/THqfwDUNpa— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) December 19, 2022
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All right all you arm chair warriors and Monday morning quarterbacks does anyone really believe the Ukraine is worth your son or daughter.
It could be even worse ! Anyone who thinks we are honestly prepared for a full scale combat engagement with a well trained and equipped military power like Russia time to wake up to reality !
This is no Rambo movie and while our military is playing who is more diverse and woke with sensitivity training our potential enemies are training to RIP Tear and Bust , Kill people and Break Stuff !
So far believe it or not Russia has limited their military effort in Ukraine !
If they were not this would have been over in 30 days or less and the Ukrainian Army Nazis and all would be floating face down in the Black Sea or in the snow & mud or making it for a border with their hair on fire 🔥
My sons and daughters are worth more than the cesspool beltway, never mind the neo nazi’s in Ukraine.
Hopefully Russia can take out Ben Hodges and Malcolm Nance. And of course the entire extended Kagan family.
It is not that the US/NATO is batshit crazy, it is that they are becoming desperate. The BRICS alliance now control the vast majority of future natural resource reserves, and that puts them in a powerful position in a world running out of natural resources.
If I were the power brokers in the US / NATO, my focus would be on dividing and conquering BRICS, and reducing the worldwide need for natural resources, in order to preserve my hegemony.
If that indeed is their agenda, then the current course of events makes perfect sense.
The logical course to achieve those goals is reduction of consumption of natural resources by any means possible including genocide of much of the worlds population, and military conflicts designed to drain both wealth and support from the governments of the BRICS alliance.
The problem for the west is the plan is not working quite the way they intended. Sanctions are weakening Europe economically more than Russia, and helping both China and India. Military ties between Russia, China, N Korea, and Iran are strengthening, and Russia has been able to turn the war into a meat grinder for Ukraine where they can use their vastly superior numbers of artillery and mortars to inflict disproportionate casualties.
The longer the war goes on, the weaker Europe gets due to high energy / food costs, and de-industrialization. Support for the war in Europe is also declining as people suffer from high inflation and much lower living standards. With the US sliding into recession, public support for the war is also waning. This makes the situation even more desperate for the west and the chances of a dramatic false flag even more probable.