Russia and the US are 'on the brink of direct military conflict', with Biden to blame, Putin's foreign minister warns

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-01 16:57:25 | Updated at 2024-11-05 23:34:24 4 days ago

Russia and the US are 'on the brink of direct military conflict', with Biden to blame, Putin's foreign minister warns
Daily Mail ^ | Sabrina Penty

Posted on 11/01/2024 9:14:50 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

The United States and Russia are very close to engaging in 'direct military conflict,' Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned in an interview published Friday in a Turkey daily, just days ahead of a US presidential election.

'Under the current president (Joe Biden), who has taken the downward spiral of Russophobia in the US to its logical conclusion, our countries are on the brink of direct military conflict,' he told the Hurriyet daily, without elaborating.

Asked about next week's US election pitting former Republican president Donald Trump against Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, Lavrov said the outcome would make little difference to Russia.

'We have no preference. When the Trump administration was in power, it adopted the highest number of anti-Russian sanctions compared to its predecessors,' he said.

-snip-

Lavrov's comments come just days after Putin staged a mock nuclear war, aunching scores of missiles capable of unleashing a 'massive' strike in a stark warning to the West.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...

TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: axisoftrolling; lavrov; notwinning; putin; russia; sabrinapenty; spamspamspam; spamusmaximus

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To: marcusmaximus

2 posted on 11/01/2024 9:15:34 AM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )

To: marcusmaximus

3 posted on 11/01/2024 9:18:10 AM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )

To: marcusmaximus

Tell your Biden that he’ll never succeed in getting at the feet of The Putin’s children.

4 posted on 11/01/2024 9:18:54 AM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )

To: Allegra; AndyJackson; ANKE69; bimboeruption; Candor7; Carriage Hill; C210N; Cold_Red_Steel; ...

(((PING!)))

5 posted on 11/01/2024 9:18:56 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ )

To: marcusmaximus

Ah, yes, Russophobia, e.i., any opposition to Russian imperialism. There was no conflict with Russia until it decided to invade Ukraine. Go home and we can be at peace again. Russia, it’s your play.

6 posted on 11/01/2024 9:19:44 AM PDT by Petrosius

To: marcusmaximus

If Putin can just hold off till Trump takes office in January - he’ll find much less US aggression then.

To: Petrosius

Why did Russia invade Ukraine?

To: Responsibility2nd

If Trump wins, they’ll saddle him with a war.

9 posted on 11/01/2024 9:24:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)

To: Petrosius

You make a fair point. It’s not Russophobia to criticize Russia for starting a bloody shooting war.

On the other hand, it’s not NATO-phobia (if there is such a term) to criticize NATO for taking actions Russia saw as provocative.

There are no clean hands here. I think Trump 2.0 could sort this all out. I doubt that anyone else can.

10 posted on 11/01/2024 9:24:45 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)

To: Responsibility2nd

Donald Trump Says Joe Biden’s Remarks Gave Russia the ‘Green Light’ on Ukraine

Trump told Fox host Sean Hannity: “Really what he said last night when he said, ‘They may go in, they will go in,’ and he talked about a minor incursion. I said, ‘I don’t believe he said that,’ because that’s like giving them, they use the term ‘green light.’ He was green-lighted.”

He added that the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, “could not believe what he heard. He couldn’t believe what he heard, and I couldn’t believe what — it’s whether you are for strong stoppage or not, you’re really telling them ‘You might as well go in.’”

Zelensky tweeted on Thursday that “there are no minor incursions.”

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-biden-russia-ukraine-green-light-invasion-1671488

To: marcusmaximus

putinwavingmarcus

12 posted on 11/01/2024 9:28:33 AM PDT by bimboeruption (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023)

To: marcusmaximus

Why are N Korean troops needed at Ukraine???

13 posted on 11/01/2024 9:30:55 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)

To: marcusmaximus

Why are N Korean troops needed at Ukraine???

14 posted on 11/01/2024 9:30:55 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)

To: kiryandil

US are 'on the brink of direct military conflict', with Biden to blame, Putin's foreign minister warns

What Kursk doink?

Clearly, it's Trump they fear, to the point of terror, because he's clever, unpredictable, and a great tactician.

The Putinsters are desperately trying to help Biden by pretending that they fear him and his mighty pudding-brain.

15 posted on 11/01/2024 9:31:11 AM PDT by SamuraiScot

To: marcusmaximus

I’ve seen front line Ukraine guys with US flag patches on their uniforms. Is that fake or real? Uke accent anyway.

16 posted on 11/01/2024 9:31:41 AM PDT by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)

To: marcusmaximus

Thanks for the nuclear war, you egg-loving prick.

17 posted on 11/01/2024 9:33:15 AM PDT by Lazamataz (If you are upset the bullet missed, contact me immediately. I'll make sure your bullet doesn't.)

To: SamuraiScot

Putin is terrified of President Trump’s return to office.

To: JBW1949

Because Russia is running out of troops. These Norks are cannon fodder.

19 posted on 11/01/2024 9:35:31 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)

To: Lazamataz

Tell your Putin to stop it with the silly nuke threats.

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