{"id":1508274,"date":"2024-12-16T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T03:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1508274"},"modified":"2024-12-16T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T03:20:00","slug":"west-pushing-russia-beyond-red-line-while-building-up-troops-in-europe-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/west-pushing-russia-beyond-red-line-while-building-up-troops-in-europe-putin\/1508274\/","title":{"rendered":"West Pushing Russia Beyond ‘Red Line’ While Building Up Troops In Europe: Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Pushing Russia Beyond ‘Red Line’ While Building Up Troops In Europe: Putin<\/span><\/p>\n

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The month of December has already witnessed several waves of US-supplied long-range ATACMS target inside Russian territory. Many have been intercepted, but others have struck Russian bases.<\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday addressed a meeting of his defense ministry wherein he warned that the Western allies are pushing Russia beyond a red line<\/strong>. He stressed that this means Moscow is pushed into a situation in which it must retaliate.<\/p>\n

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He began the comments by accusing the US of seeking “to weaken our country and inflict a strategic defeat”\u00a0\u00a0by continuing “to pump a de facto illegitimate ruling regime in Kiev with weapons and money, sending mercenaries and military advisers, thereby encouraging further escalation of the conflict.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Putin continued, according an English translation in state media, “They push us to the red line\u2026 we begin to respond, and then they frighten their population.”\u00a0<\/strong>He said that Washington authorities in this way use “simple tactics” to keep the American population in fear, allowing escalation of threats to continue.<\/p>\n

According to another translation by Reuters<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Russian president said: \u201cThey [Western leaders] are simply scaring their own population that we are going to attack someone there using the pretext of the mythical Russian threat<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThe tactic is very simple: they push us to \u2018a red line\u2019, from which we can not retreat, we start to respond and then they immediately scare their population<\/strong> – in the old days it was with the Soviet threat and now it\u2019s with the Russian threat.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

He not only warned that Russia and other independent nations are facing West-sponsored “hybrid wars” – but that NATO is increasing its force posture in Europe near Russia’s borders.<\/p>\n

“The number of American service members in Europe has already exceeded 100,000 troops<\/strong>,“<\/strong> he said, also noting that Washington’s presence in the Asia-Pacific region has increased too.<\/p>\n

Putin in the comments further hinted that though Moscow currently abides by the INF Treaty, even after Washington pulled out, all self-imposed restrictions could immediately be lifted should the US begin deploying its medium and short-range missile systems in violation of the now defunct treaty.<\/p>\n

“If the United States begins to deploy such systems, then all our voluntary restrictions will be lifted<\/strong>,” he warned<\/a>. “The relocation and deployment of these missile systems in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region is already being practiced.”<\/p>\n

President-Elect Donald Trump on Monday said that he could immediately reverse the Biden admin’s policy of allowing Kiev to hit Russia with US missiles. He has vowed to rapidly de-escalate and negotiate toward peace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nMon, 12\/16\/2024 – 17:20<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/west-pushing-russia-beyond-red-line-while-building-troops-europe-putin<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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