War between West, Russia no longer hybrid, but real, says Lavrov

Via TASS

The Russian top diplomat recalled that Ukraine has adopted laws that prohibit education in Russian, media in Russian, including such media in Ukraine, laws that even, in fact, prohibit the use of the Russian language in everyday life

PRETORIA, January 23. /TASS/. What is going on in Ukraine is no longer a hybrid war, but a real war between the West and Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.

“When we talk about what is going on in Ukraine, we are talking about the fact that this is no longer a hybrid war, but a real one, the West has been preparing for a long time against Russia, trying to destroy everything Russian: from language to culture, which has been in Ukraine for centuries, and forbidding people to speak their native language,” he said at a press conference following talks with South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor.

“In Ukraine, this is all common practice. Both the former president [of Ukraine, Pyotr] Poroshenko and the current one [Vladimir] Zelensky, who were elected under the slogan of establishing peace, immediately after being elected turned into war presidents, Russophobe presidents,” Lavrov said.

The Russian top diplomat recalled that Ukraine has adopted laws that prohibit education in Russian, media in Russian, including such media in Ukraine, laws that even, in fact, prohibit the use of the Russian language in everyday life.

“Any cultural contacts related to the Russian language are prohibited. And this is all supported by the West. Just like the West supports the regular marches of neo-Nazis with swastikas, with symbols of division which were banned by the Nuremberg Tribunal, recognized as criminal. The West supports all this,” Lavrov said.

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13 Comments
ursel doran
ursel doran
January 24, 2023 1:05 pm

A fresh review of the conflict that is well done.
https://thesaker.is/going-going-gone-fiddling-while-the-west-burns/

The Orangutan
The Orangutan
January 24, 2023 1:51 pm

“The Russian top diplomat recalled that Ukraine has adopted laws that prohibit education in Russian, media in Russian, including such media in Ukraine, laws that even, in fact, prohibit the use of the Russian language in everyday life” – huh. How very “Quebecois” of them.

Anonymous
Anonymous
  The Orangutan
January 24, 2023 4:57 pm

Not really.

Quebec laws are about French language (culture) being primary in all things. English is not prohibited.

Obbledy
Obbledy
  Anonymous
January 25, 2023 6:21 am

So forcing is the same as protecting?….

Obbledy
Obbledy
  Administrator
January 25, 2023 6:24 am

It truly amazes me the people who work at these places feel ABSOLUTELY NO MORAL responsibility for their WORK in killing people….Killer gotta eat I guess…..

Joe Blow
Joe Blow
  Obbledy
January 25, 2023 3:33 pm

I worked 6 years in the defense industry ’85 to ’91 before I woke up. Bush Senior’s little foray did it for me.

Aunt Acid
Aunt Acid
January 24, 2023 3:19 pm

Some USSA or EU gubbermint imbecile is going to get us all killed.

World War Zeke
World War Zeke
  Aunt Acid
January 24, 2023 5:46 pm

Everybody is in the dead pool.

YourAverageJoe
YourAverageJoe
January 24, 2023 4:52 pm

Not me Sergey…NOT ME!

B_MC
B_MC
January 24, 2023 6:07 pm

Tactics without Strategy is the Noise Before Defeat

The problem now is hardware.

First, NATO cannot replace “one for one” ex-WTO MBTs, IFV/APCs, SAM, etc. Not only is NATO hardware expensive, there are simply not enough stores to fully compensate for the huge losses inflicted by the Russians.

Second, WTO hardware was not only familiar to the Ukrainians, but it was much easier to secure the kind of supply/maintenance flows needed to operate it than would be the case with NATO hardware (which is mostly inferior to ex-WTO kit, with a few exceptions).

Third, most of NATO hardware performed terribly. None of the promised Wunderwaffen made any real difference, at least in military terms. In terms of murdered civilians, the Russians have now reported that since the delivery of long range munitions to the NATO forces in the Ukraine (because that is what they are), the number of civilian victims murdered by NATO has increased by a factor of four!…

Which brings us to today’s situation.

The Empire is now facing a simple and extremely dangerous dilemma: NATO forces in the Ukraine are running out of both hardware and personnel….

So what can the US/NATO bring to the table?

A world class C4ISR (very useful, but also potentially very vulnerable)
A world class submarine force (useful only to fire cruise missiles)
A large amount of subsonic and mostly outdated cruise missiles
A comparatively small ground force (with no real air defenses)
Air forces which have no experience operating in a *very* dangerous environment.
A very robust nuclear triad

Since we know from Sun Tzu that “tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat” we can immediately see that none of these capabilities has any chance to avoid a NATO defeat. In other words, US commanders will soon have to face an even worse choice: defeat or nuclear war.

https://thesaker.is/tactics-without-strategy-is-the-noise-before-defeat/

Obbledy
Obbledy
January 25, 2023 6:20 am

The TRUMP impeachment was ALL ABOUT THIS WAR!That treasonous puke A.Vindman said so!”he was going against established policy”….who was?The PRESIDENT,the only person VESTED with authority to establish policy!….the deep-state bolsheviks were by God going to have their war!…..says not a single “conservative”pundit or pol !……..
So damn obvious!….hello!?!…Mcfly!……

The Central Scrutinizer
The Central Scrutinizer
January 25, 2023 11:40 am

Well, that settles it. Shit just got real.