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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts)
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 12:50 PM Jun 2022

Putin Ally Announces First City Russia Will Strike if World War 3 Starts

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.

-snip-

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.

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Putin Ally Announces First City Russia Will Strike if World War 3 Starts (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
He said it would be London NBachers Jun 2022 #1
Wonder if he selected it because his ex-wife lives there? Baitball Blogger Jun 2022 #3
LOL BannonsLiver Jun 2022 #2
+1 ProfessorGAC Jun 2022 #5
Yeah that's a terrific point. BannonsLiver Jun 2022 #6
When you see oligarchs wives and children fleeing western cities thats the time to worry..nt mitch96 Jun 2022 #4

BannonsLiver

(16,370 posts)
2. LOL
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 12:56 PM
Jun 2022

“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 can’t even take down Ukraine. They’re 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 would’ve laughed in his face.

ProfessorGAC

(65,000 posts)
5. +1
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 03:26 PM
Jun 2022

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)
6. Yeah that's a terrific point.
Sat Jun 25, 2022, 03:37 PM
Jun 2022

The state of their nuclear weapons triad is probably pretty suboptimal at this point.

As for the giving up scenario I hadn’t thought of that but it would seem to be their M.O.

“We declare special operation successful. Now we leave.”

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