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A lawmaker in Russia has become the latest guest on Kremlin-backed television to warn of a missile strike on a European capital, naming the city that he believes should be Moscow's first target should World War Three break out.
Andrey Gurulyov, a former deputy commander of Russia's southern military district, made the comment during a discussion about Lithuania's blockade of the neighboring Russian exclave of Kaliningrad.
Moscow has threatened to retaliate after Vilnius enforced sanctions of embargoed goods transiting and entering the Russian Baltic Sea territory.
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Both Estonia and Lithuania are NATO countries and any invasion by Russia would trigger Article 5, potentially causing a Third World War, which Gurulyov said the west would have no stomach for.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-ally-announces-first-city-russia-will-strike-if-world-war-3-starts/ar-AAYRpXA
Put your dick back in your pants Gurulyov.
NBachers
(17,107 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,700 posts)Someone should tell him she moved to Moscow.
BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)He has expressed firebrand views before, telling another Kremlin propaganda channel Russia-1 this month that Russia was ready for a "big colossal war."
These filthy scumbags cant even take down Ukraine. Theyre using ice cream trucks to transport supplies. Some of those supplies were made in the 70s. And guess what? The UK has nukes too! 🤦
The false bravado does border on great unintended satire though. If this guy said that to me I wouldve laughed in his face.
ProfessorGAC
(65,000 posts)Excellent post, BL.
That dude also better check how many of their nukes actually work b4 he starts talking WW3.
Over a third their technical materiel didn't work as it was supposed to, historically. Now, a lot of age is on some of that stuff.
Wouldn't surprise if this bluster is a prelude to giving up on Ukraine. "We left to preserve peace, because WE didn't want WW3."
BannonsLiver
(16,370 posts)The state of their nuclear weapons triad is probably pretty suboptimal at this point.
As for the giving up scenario I hadnt thought of that but it would seem to be their M.O.
We declare special operation successful. Now we leave.