Putin Warns of Unlimited Retaliatory Measures: “Swift, Hard, and Convincing”

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During an interview on Saturday, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev warned that sending longer-range missiles to Kiev only risks further escalation. He added that he doesn’t think the US wants the war to end. Putin confirmed Medvedev’s warning in even stronger language.

[If Ukraine goes rogue, we could enter World War III, which President Zelensky has encouraged.]

In an interview with Russian journalist Nadana Fridrikhson, Medvedev denied that Ukrainian strikes against the Crimean peninsula would force Moscow to sit down at the negotiating table. “The result would be exactly the contrary. There would be no talks in such a case. There would only be retaliatory strikes,” he warned.

Medvedev insisted that if Washington wanted peace in Ukraine, it could simply urge Kiev to engage in talks with Moscow, but that US President Joe Biden’s administration and “hawks” in Congress are “simply not interested in it.”

Russia could “retaliate in any way possible” should Ukrainian forces strike targets in Crimea or deep inside Russian territory, the former president warned. “We do not set any limits depending on the nature of threats and are ready to use all types of weapons,” he insisted, adding that Russia would only be guided by its own doctrines, including the nuclear protocol.

“I can assure you a response would be swift, hard, and convincing.”

Putin’s warning

Russian President Vladimir Putin also warned that Moscow’s response to the threat would span far beyond armored vehicles. The Russian leader made the comments during a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of victory at the Battle of Stalingrad.

“Unbelievable, but true – we are once again threatened with German Leopard tanks, with crosses on their hull. And once again seeking to battle Russia in Ukraine with the help of Hitler’s followers, the Banderites,” Putin said.

“Those seeking to defeat Russia on the battlefield apparently do not realize that a modern war with Russia would be entirely different for them. We’re not sending our tanks to their borders. Yet we have something to respond with, and it would not be limited to armor use only; everyone must realize that” he added.

[He is sending tanks all over Ukraine.]

Berlin pledged to deliver 14 Leopard 2 tanks as well as allowing European countries to re-export German-made vehicles from their own inventories.

The number of Leopards expected to be funneled to Ukraine amounts to some 112 vehicles.

Washington pledged to send 31 Abrams tanks but doesn’t expect to deliver them until late 2023 at the earliest. Instead, they are sending $2.1 billion, HIMARS (that can reach Crimea), money for a glide bomb, and other weaponry.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett claimed during a nearly five-hour-long video interview to Israel’s Channel 12 on Saturday, that his efforts as a middleman came close to succeeding as both Moscow and Kiev appeared to be ready to make concessions and agree to a truce.

It didn’t happen because “I think there was a legitimate decision by the West to keep striking [Russian President Vladimir] Putin… I mean the more aggressive approach,” he said.

Bucking for war?

What many believe.


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GuvGeek
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GuvGeek
9 months ago

There is no doubt in my mind that Putin will turn Western Ukraine into a Nuclear waste land if Traitor Joe doesn’t come to his senses.

Much of Western Ukraine is in the Dark, starving and freezing. Putin has already won and people of Ukraine are paying for the White House’s Foolish Folly.

Greg
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Greg
9 months ago

Death toll rises. This is only one small cemetery. There are videos showing acres and acres of grave sites. And What For. The West? As Lindsey Graham said, to the Last Man.

https://twitter.com/AZgeopolitics/status/1622620727806500866

Tommy Payne
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Tommy Payne
9 months ago

Putin; “we’re not sending our tanks to their borders.” Jesus, what a baldfaced lie as show in the many videos of destroyed or abandoned Russian tanks in Ukraine.

John Vieira
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John Vieira
9 months ago
Reply to  Tommy Payne

Can you define the lie??? Obviously you are a product of the MSM over fifty years of ‘brainwashing’…

Greg
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Greg
9 months ago

Brian’s latest on the latest Arms package and China’s ‘spy’ balloon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt0iLMoG7XU

Greg
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Greg
9 months ago

Some parts have already begun. Ukraine lost some 1500 of their soldiers around Bakhmut over the past day. Quite a bit of military weapons supplies were also recovered.

In order to compensate, Ukraine has been targeting 16 yr. olds for military service over the objections of families. In the UK, the hosts of Ukrainians are being required to submit documentation of any males, and their ages, or be denied assistance.

Tommy Payne
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Tommy Payne
9 months ago
Reply to  Greg

Laughable and quite stupid. Over 300,000 military aged Russian men and their families have fled the conscription in the last year. If the Russians have recovered “quite a bit of military weapons supplies” they were mostly what was previously abandoned by fleeing Russian soldiers, who were getting their asses kicked.

Greg
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Greg
9 months ago
Reply to  Tommy Payne

Keep believing that; as Ukraine is soon to be leaving Bakhmut; the same as they left Soledar, Lysychansk, and a host of other cities. Ukraine hasn’t gained ground in a single area. Even in Kherson, after Russia backed away, they are taking significant losses.

John Vieira
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John Vieira
9 months ago
Reply to  Greg

People like he are responsible for the likes of biden using the Ukranians as cannon fodder to test their war machines…