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DerAdlerIstGelandet said:

Fricken tool…

Russia's Medvedev: We'd have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who has sometimes raised the spectre of a nuclear conflict over Ukraine, said on Sunday that Moscow would have to use a nuclear weapon if Kyiv's ongoing counter-offensive was a success. Medvedev, who is deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, a...

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buffnut453 said:

It's more of the typical BS that we get from idiots like him. Note that his proposed use of nukes has a substantial caveat, "Imagine if the.. offensive, which is backed by NATO, was a success and they tore off a part of our land..." This is another example of the totally confused thinking in Moscow.

According to the Kremlin's position, the parts of Ukraine that were annexed by Russia are already part of Russian territory, including Donbas etc. Ukraine has already "torn off" some of those lands...so why hasn't Moscow already nuked Ukraine? The only logical answer is that, as we all understand, Moscow doesn't give a damn about Ukrainian territory. They only want it as a buffer between Mother Russia and those evil NATO hooligans. Thus, Medvedev's threat can only apply if Ukraine invades Russian territory.

That's my 2 penn'orth on Medvedev's latest ranting.

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Thumpalumpacus said:

Perhaps. It's hard to take Kremlin threats with a straight face, any more.

Meanwhile:

The lack of Russian milblogger reaction to a Ukrainian strike on the Chonhar bridge represents a notable inflection in Russian reporting on the war in Ukraine and may suggest that the Kremlin has directed Russian milbloggers to refrain from covering certain topics. The Ukrainian Armed Forces announced on July 29 that Ukrainian forces successfully struck the Chonhar bridge on the M-18 (Dzhankoi-Melitopol) highway between occupied Crimea and occupied Kherson Oblast.[1] ISW has not observed any Russian milblogger discussion about the Ukrainian strike or Russian milbloggers promoting Kherson Oblast occupation administration head Vladimir Saldo's claim that Russian forces intercepted 12 Ukrainian Strom Shadow cruise missiles targeting the bridge.[2] The only other Russian source to comment on the strikes was a local Russian news Telegram channel, which amplified alleged claims from Russian tourists in the area about the bridge being closed to traffic.[3] Russian milbloggers responded to a Ukrainian strike on the Chonhar bridge on June 22 with widespread outrage and concern, and Russian milbloggers routinely comment on both successful and allegedly unsuccessful Ukrainian strikes on Russian logistics.[4] The Chonhar bridge is a notable bottleneck along a critical Russian ground line of communication (GLOC), and it is highly unlikely that Russian milbloggers would voluntarily ignore a successful or unsuccessful Ukrainian strike on the bridge. ISW has previously assessed that select Russian milbloggers may be shaping their coverage of the war in Ukraine in ways more favorable to Kremlin narratives out of fear of Kremlin punishment following the removal of prominent critical voices in the Russian information space, particularly pro-war critic Igor Girkin and Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin.[5] General fear of Kremlin punishment would not likely result in such near-universal lack of coverage of a dramatic event, however, and it is more likely that a specific Kremlin directive not to cover disruptions to critical GLOCs caused this lack of reporting.

Institute for the Study of War

This page collects ISW and CTP's updates on the conflict in Ukraine. In late February 2022, ISW began publishing daily synthetic products covering key events related to renewed Russian aggression against Ukraine.

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DerAdlerIstGelandet said:

I guess you could say its very irresponsible. But then again when have the Soviets, er I mean the Russians ever been responsible adults?

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DerAdlerIstGelandet said:

I'm not talking about the threat per se. Making statements like that in general are dangerous anytime you get two nuclear powers facing off.

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Marcel said:

Or any government who invaded a neighbouring country, just to distract its citizens from the fact that they are not doing a good job in their own country.

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Thumpalumpacus said:

... he's got some tools in the toolbox, and these tools are known in other capitals too.

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buffnut453 said:

Or 3 nuclear powers...remember the ideas being floated a year ago for Russia to fire hypersonic weapons at London to obliterate it? Again, more dangerous rhetoric that had zero action behind it. My worry is that one day we'll come up against a situation where there is substance behind the inflammatory rhetoric...and that we won't detect it because we so accustomed to toothless threats.

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DerAdlerIstGelandet said:

Fricken tool…

Russia's Medvedev: We'd have to use a nuclear weapon if Ukrainian offensive was a success

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who has sometimes raised the spectre of a nuclear conflict over Ukraine, said on Sunday that Moscow would have to use a nuclear weapon if Kyiv's ongoing counter-offensive was a success. Medvedev, who is deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, a...

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GTX said:

Ukraine launches crowdfunding campaign to purchase new kamikaze drones

Ukrainian comedian and volunteer Vlad Shevchenko launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise nearly $270 thousand to purchase new Rubaka kamikaze drones for the Ukrainian armed forces. 18 Rubaka drones, unmanned aerial vehicles with a flight range of 500km, designed and built by Ukrainian...

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