Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned on Monday that Washington’s policies have brought the US and Russia to the brink of a “direct clash.”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova made the comments in response to a statement from State Department spokesman Ned Price, who said last week that Russia was to “blame” for the deterioration of US-Russia relations.
Zakharova said that the US was at fault due to its goal of maintaining “American hegemony” while ignoring Russia’s security concerns. “This is a dangerous and short-sighted policy that puts the US and Russia on the verge of a direct clash,” she said.
Zakharova said that Russia was interested in reducing tensions with the US and called on the Biden administration to avoid escalation. “For its part, Moscow urges the Joe Biden administration to soberly assess the situation and not to unleash a spiral of dangerous escalation. We hope that they will hear us in Washington, though there is no reason for optimism so far,” she said.
Throughout the war, Russian officials have made clear that they believe they are not just fighting Ukrainian forces in Ukraine but also the US and NATO. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recently said that the US and NATO are “directly participating” in the war by providing weapons and training Ukrainian soldiers.
The US and NATO continue to escalate their role in the war, with the US planning to give Ukraine new weapons and increase the training of Ukrainian forces in Germany. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg acknowledged earlier this month that the current policy could lead to full-blown war with Russia but said the alliance must continue supporting Ukraine despite the risk.
“I fear that the war in Ukraine will get out of control, and spread into a major war between NATO and Russia,” Stoltenberg said. “If things go wrong, they can go horribly wrong.”
The Dolt Stoltenturd should have considered & should have realized that to refuse to negotiate with Russia on a threat of first strike weapons on the Ukraine border was a dangerous provocation and would endanger world peace, perhaps the very self determination of Ukraine if not its viability as an independent state. If as stated by him, “NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg acknowledged earlier this month that the current policy could lead to full-blown war with Russia but said the alliance must continue supporting Ukraine despite the risk.” Strikes me there is also then the risk that Ukraine could get totally obliterated as a civilization!!!!!! Were they aware that they could become the demonstration grounds of Russian Super Nukes, 4000 times the blast of the bombs that ended WWII…????? Just one such bomb could level every structure up to five miles out from ground zero, and 90% of structures out to twenty miles out. What were they thinking when they called Russia, world leader in lethal nuclear weapons in numbers and destructive force. Why. would they even consider presenting an existential threat to such a potent power, when they in essence have no real chance against hem. How many of the non-nuclear bomb members of that club are willing to take one one or two of Russias 200 million tons of TNT equivalent super nukes just so Ukraine does not suffer the indignity of having to negotiate with Russia.
Stoltencrook is nobody. He is taking orders from Washington the same as Zelensky does.
Yes, but at least he’s giving off a sign -he’s scared like the rest of us- however pusillanimous of human solidarity. Whereas, the true believers (i.e., neoconservatism, not good and evil), the Nuland, Blinken, Sullivan, … are pure Will-to-Power, possessed of only a half human-ness. They have no soul.
The Europeans in NATO seem precariously convinced that the US would risk a nuclear exchange with Russia if the war spreads beyond Ukraine.
NATO is not only providing weapons to Ukraine and training Ukrainian soldiers but also pays the salaries to Ukrainian soldiers, which makes Ukrainian army a mercenary army of NATO. The soldiers from other NATO countries are fighting against Russia too. Definitely it is a war between NATO and Russia.
It is a war between the US and Russia, or has it become so personal to call it Biden’s war against Putin? The NATO leaders are the war criminals.
It is left to Russia to save Europe, the world depends on Russia.
The American neocons are the real war criminals.
Russia had perfectly rational and legitimate issues and a rational American government would have respected the Russian considerations and would have settled it diplomatically.
Trump was irrational but not as dangerous and criminal as Biden. Biden is the real danger combined with the crazy clown Zelensky we are in real trouble.
Maybe, it is rather a war of American political-financial elite, supported by European elites, for the full spectrum dominance over the planet. Russia got in the way of this project. And China too. By the way, much of Russian elite, which was created in time of Yeltsin, is still pro-American; they don’t mind to have the global empire with the center in Washington. Actually, what concerns Europe, every country is divided within itself on this issue. In some countries pro-Russian people are majority, in some – pro-American are the majority. The elites mostly pro-American, lower classes mostly anti-American. The rest of the world is mostly against American domination. It is a world war for the future of the humankind.
You are right, as long as corporations are making profits it is all ok. That is why they never openly talked about the limited sovereignty of Germany and indirectly Europe. Germany is still an occupied country, American troops are still stationed in Germany and other European countries like Italy. Now the big corporations can move like the BASF but the Mittelstand, medium sized family owned companies can’t survive this. The US destroys the EU deliberately. It is a US competitor and that can’t be. Now this is the third attempt to destroy the German economic power.
That is what wars are about, economic power, not any ideals, and Trump knew it well.
In West Europe, the same as in East Europe, the elites are corrupted by the global financial elite. In US it is not much different. If Congress cared about the people and the country, the budget money would be distributed differently. They wasted more than 2 trillions only for the war in Afghanistan. Only MIC and the corrupted political elite profited from that.
Putin did clean up some of the corruption, and many of the corrupt elite took their money and moved to the USA and UK. They are the guests now on TV with talk-show pundits demonizing Putin and getting paid for doing it.
You are right about the corruption. The West used the corruption in Russia, Ukraine and in other countries quite efficiently. Those numerous, so called non governmental organizations (actually they were funded from US budget and worked for US government) were active in all post-communist countries on large scale. They also were active in Iraq and in many other countries. The governments allowed them to work for neocon agenda exactly because of the corruption. In Ukraine, for example, the book shops were full of neo-Nazi literature starting from the beginning of 1990th, the teachers in schools also promoted the far right ideas etc. It helped a lot to create a favorable for neocons situation in all post-soviet countries.
NGOs are still active in the ME as well, funded with money from the AID funds. The indoctrination of children begins practically in kindergarten. The CIA works out of every embassy organizing demonstrations and regime changes. They meddle in every country, the White Helmets were part of the undercover work. When the students in Iran took the embassy people prisoners many where CIA people, not diplomatic personnel.
I very much agree but I would add that it just seems to be human nature to test all the fates…
The human nature can be influenced by the education and the propaganda. The human mentality is changeable. We can see how much the way of thinking of the ordinary people changed in some countries in the last 30 years by persistent propaganda of LGBT, neo-Nazism and some other anti-Christian agendas. I don’t see any honest discussion of the global problems in the main stream media; just the propaganda.
Renate, in my heart I believe that ByeDone actually WANTS to go to war with Russia. The Amerikkkan regime somehow fancies itself as “heroic” and defeating big, bad Russia would be icing on the cake.
Too bad none of us will be around to “enjoy the spoils of war” when the planet is decimated.
Wow, that will be interesting, and short. Wonder what the strategic thinking is? The Ukrainians not getting rid of the mobniks fast enough? Tired of paying for a Navy that doesn’t get much use?
US Policies? Well, let’s add to that, Russian policies and the full scale invasion of a free and sovereign Ukraine.
Before the nuclear age, big wars used to begin in late spring or summer. With nuclear arms that is no longer true.
I guess that means we cannot factor in the holidays?…
Perhaps Russia will take back Alaska? Although, it may glow in the dark then.
Washington is trying to get out ahead of and frustrate the coming Russian offensive by diverting it into an attack on Poland.
There are unconfirmed rumors that Poland intends, evidently with Ukraine approval, to send its troops into Ukraine in March. There are also reports of large numbers of Polish-speaking troops in the Kharkiv region.
No one hates quite like the Polish.
“If things go wrong, they can go horribly wrong.” Wow! Such a profound statement. Did you think of it all by yourself? Although you’re not as useful as an actual A$$ Wipe, you can still be an example of how stupid NATO has become. If NATO is not ashamed to have Stoltenberg represent it, then NATO has no shame.
The argument for voting for Biden was that it was time to let the “adults” start running the country again. Thanks to these “adults”, we’re on the verge of WWIII and the southern border is wide open. Is it sheer incompetence or do these “adults” know exactly what they’re doing? Trump is a deeply flawed human being, but I doubt he would have gotten us into this mess.
I wish it was that simple. I’m no fan of those $hitlibs, but I recall Trump was actually touting the fact that he got “us into this mess.” See him in the video:
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-takes-credit-arming-ukraine-ignores-impeachment-phone-zelensky-1687547
He supplied Kiev with Javelin missiles. Each president handing off the war baton.
Trump was always ready to sell military products, the big export for US companies.
The neocons, Russophobes were always in control of Trump too, he may have liked Putin but he continued all the sanctions, not the slightest change in foreign policies. He acted in his own interest when he blocked funding for Ukraine to get dirt on Biden. Politics as usual.
Increased the sanctions.
There is absolutely no reason to think things would be different had Trump won. None.
Trump whining about taking documents to Florida with him:
“I’m the only one who can’t take anything,” Trump said on Monday night. “But maybe our country would be better off if I actually had the nuclear codes because our enemies would be afraid, unlike they are now.”
I don’t know about you but that doesn’t warm my heart.
Somehow the Washington attitude reminds me of a story I heard about the Manhattan Project physicists who first succeeded in creating a near-critical mass of uranium. That is, a mass that could, if pushed a little further, could go into a chain reaction
And one of these sober scientists, curious apes that we all are, took two sub-critical masses and pushed them closer and closer together, to see how close they get before the reaction went out of control.
Tickling the dragon’s tail, I think it was called.
It feels like that is what the US and its NATO partners are doing in Ukraine.
I believe it was as the basement of Yale University. A new gadget, the geiger counter, clicked away, slowly at first, then picked up tempo. Chain reaction would have introduced us to the destructive power of the atom. Here.
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Russian MOD announces arrival of T-90M ‘Proryv’ main battle tank in Ukraine — most advanced armoured vehicle in family of T-90; powerful 1,130 hp engine;125mm tank cannon firing new powerful munitions,new multichannel sight during day or night, armour with anti-slip coating, etc.
Welcome to the suicide cult. You are all members. No need to join.
Don’t know who are the members you have in mind?
We did not join, if anything, we have been ambushed by our corporate elite. They own MSM control PR and are making huge profits as war profiteers always do.
I think that is what he/she was saying.
I was not sure, but I think you are right.
Stoltenberg is a former Norwegian PM, his talk is mindboggling, he can’t be that stupid to say such BS with a straight face. I wonder how much he gets paid for his performance.
In the past year we have seen the Rules Based Order reach a state of criminal insanity.
They blew up the Nord Stream Pipeline which will cause the deindustrialisation of Europe. The shelling the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Station in an effort to cause a nuclear accident. The planning of a false flag nuclear weapon detonation on their own soil!!!
This is the actions of criminally insane psychopaths.
Criminally insane but cleverly insane too, the bastards … more guns, more gas, more power and jobs … mo money mo money mo money.
But they don’t ask what they need money for when there is nothing but radioactive ruins around them?
Russia is putting a shield over the power plant, where the spent rods are stored, to protect from Kiev shelling. Blowing up the pipeline harms Germany.
Actually the pipeline sabotage harms all Europeans. It was an act of war against the NATO alliance, as are the sanctions, economic warfare against allies. How crazy can it get?
So true. Biden is the most dangerous man on the planet. He is the leader of an alliance who destroys his allies economically and militarily, he and his advisers have to be insane.
He’s mainly dangerous because he doesn’t seem to know how to lead… He follows…
You are so right, he is a follower as long as it pays off. Now, in hindsight, he never wrote a bill with his name on it, no real accomplishments during all his year in government.
How can he have such an insane cabinet, no one in that bunch has any integrity, not a single official resigned, not one. All are after the money, benefits and power. They are scum, people without honor.
I would also add that not one was chosen by merit but rather which box(es) could be checked.
You hit the nail on the head. Sexual leanings and skin color the main/only merits required.
Nah. If Biden croaked today, same sh*t would continue unabated.
Right, Vietnam and Afghanistan and Iraq and all the other wars for almost a century, only they were not with nuclear powers. The clown Zelensky tells a lot, but Biden, to even think about a regime change and war with nuclear power is even more insane. They could not do it in Venezuela and Nicaragua and Cuba and Biden wants a regime change of a popular head of state of a nuclear power. That insanity is unbelievable, it beats the insane clown in Kiev.
everybody does it…
Only the western alliance leadership does it, there is not one sane person in the whole bunch.
the USA and Nato have pushed Putin who is certainly not a good guy into a position in which his countries existance is at risk.What did they think was going to happen? Was he goingbto go quietly into the night and give in to blackmail by the allied powers?Not very likely.Messing with a place like Russia with their history of being invaded is stupid.However the necessity of feeding the MIC trumps all rational reason.The war hawks are in control and the world quivers inn fear that doomsday is coming.
All will change when a half dozen nukes take out a half dozen USA cities.
When have we ever gone to war without first being terrorized by some horrible false-flag event that would put all of our calculations and best intentions off the table? Certainly not in this century or since WWII.
“You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you!
Take a drink
cause here
we’re on the brink
a direct clash
just in time
fort he holidays
between a pack of rabid dogs
and a frustrated bear
its a Christmas story
intrigue and blame
profit and loss
hegemony
from atop a hill
its not rule of law
rather
rules for thee
but not for me
and my friends
fiat power
gives my powers
marvel
wonder
the perfect storm
LOL. I don’t see myself in “a clash… with a frustrated bear.” It’s like a clash with the RS-28 “Sarmat” known as “Satan II.” It doesn’t look good for me. Sarmat is likely to win.
NA: Don’t forget the bear has lots of nukes and so do we….
NA: Don’t forget the bear has lots of nukes and so do we….
My problem is: I drink Black Russians!… Nice writing though.
russians germans huns americans-until we grow up and stop being suckers to a rigged system that divides and conquers us and erase all these illusionary borders and become one global human society based on the equality of direct democracy. Ah, but there’s that status quo thing
You are very philosophical DW.
Brian Berletic recently provided a convincing argument that US Patriot anti-missile systems are so complex that the US will have to arrange for NATO personnel to operate them in Ukraine for several weeks. I assume these people will be targeted and killed without regard for the uniforms they wear.
https://youtu.be/4LCXKve29wg
USA/NATO has been directed the war from day one, and Biden is involved from way back when he was part of the Obama/Biden regime change in 2014 and his son worked for Burisma.
The annihilation of Ukraine and all the collateral destruction of the continent and more will be Biden’s legacy.
NATO personnel could serve in Ukrainian uniforms like polish soldiers already do. They are mercenaries, volunteers.
Targets.
“A Direct War?” Where are our diplomats and strategists? “If things go wrong…” You guys rarely get it right and if you are in the position to see such negative effects then it is time to get off your a– and set things straight, in a positive way… A direct clash (WTF is a damn clash?…) It’s a damn WAR.
Diplomats and strategists? When was the last time you saw one? They must be busy counting their money at the bank or in their basement.
You are right, of course but I am fed up with incompetence…
so am I, that is why I sound as angry as I really am.
The US doesn’t do diplomacy. The US bombs. “Shoot first, talk later!”
“I fear that the war in Ukraine will get out of control, and spread into a major war between NATO and Russia,” Stoltenberg said. “If things go wrong, they can go horribly wrong.”
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MERRY CHRISTMAS CHARLIE BROWN
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What asylum did they escape from? Like naïve little kids hand on the little heart, can it get more corny than that? Even the clown Zelensky slaps his hand under his arm pit when he asks for more money. Such a ridiculous gesture.
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Biden-Harris and their shitlibs are a threat to world peace. They’re the real devils, not Putin. Not Xi. Joey is playing with fire.
I have two comments in limbo because I forgot to insert asterisks 😉 If the monitor software is going to object to plain English because it violates its rules, the user should be provided with an opportunity to “fix” the boo boo in the user’s own area and then be allowed to resubmit the laundered comment.
At least this way, we don’t lose the opportunity to make the point of the comment. The current system is kinda childish.