UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday that the world is heading toward a “wider war” as the conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate.
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine is inflicting untold suffering on the Ukrainian people, with profound global implications. The prospects for peace keep diminishing,” Guterres told the UN General Assembly.
“I fear the world is not sleepwalking into a wider war. I fear it is doing so with its eyes wide open,” he added.
Guterres’ comments come as the US and its allies continue to escalate military aid for Ukraine, bringing NATO and Russia closer to a direct clash, which could quickly spiral into a nuclear war.
The UN chief is the latest world leader to warn that the war in Ukraine could spark a global conflict. Even Western officials in charge of the policy of flooding Ukraine with weapons have recognized the risk.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned in December that he feared “the war in Ukraine will get out of control, and spread into a major war between NATO and Russia.” He said that when things go wrong, “they can go horribly wrong.”
President Biden said in October that the world was closer to “nuclear armageddon” than at any time since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Despite the realization, his administration has continued to test Russia’s red lines.
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists believes the risk of nuclear war is higher now than at any time during the Cold War. The group placed their Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been.
The Rand Corporation, a Pentagon-funded think tank that has been shaping US policies for decades, recognized in a recently issued report titled “Avoiding a Long War” that a protracted conflict brings a greater risk of nuclear war.
And the media/social media keeps cheering for more. I’m sure some bots or trolls or warpigs will be HERE, cheering for more. At least they’ll burn with us.
UN Chief Fears Russia-Ukraine Conflict Could Turn Into ‘Wider War’ Thanks to the US
Guterres is working for American oligarchy. He contributed a lot in degrading of UN.
Turkish Hurseda Haber. Link to Mossad. 14 January 2023. Losses of NATO and Ukraine.
Ukraine: militaries over 157 000 killed, 234 000 wounded, 17 230 got in captivity.
US and UK military instructors: 234 killed.
Militaries from Germany, Poland and other NATO countries: 2458 killed.
Mercenaries: 5360 killed.
Airforce – 3o2 airplanes and 212 helicopters destroyed.
Tanks and other armored vehicles: 6320 destroyed.
Wow those are some numbers, on our side the estimate is 300k Russians killed or injured. These are high loses both sides are lying I suppose the only way to get at the truth is wait until one side of the other collapses and then we declare the other guy the “winner”. In any case the US goal of bleeding the Russian military and gathering lots of intelligence on the Russian military has already been achieved.
It is not difficult to find in internet Hurseda Haber. They are providing also the Russian casualties:
18 480 killed, 44 500 wounded and 323 got in captivity.
Oh numbers are easy to come by no shortage of numbers, an infinite supply really. The truth, now that is a bit harder to come by.
Turkey is NATO country and Mossad is also rather pro-American than pro-Russian. That is why their numbers are interesting. Usually from NATO side they are providing to us a 100% nonsense.
By the way, many experts are arguing that the number of Ukrainian casualties is much higher. A lot of Ukrainian dead are not counted. Ukrainians usually leave their dead in the field. Russians put them in mass graves and no one cares about them.
I watched the new All Quiet on the Western Front recently, and the Ukrainian war seems to be quite the IRL re-play of the movie. We know the war will end with negotiations and concessions, but before that let’s continue the bloodshed for as long as humanly possible so we can pile up the body count to high heaven. Wake up! Peace comes through talks and never through escalations.
Urban and trench warfare on an industrial scale.
America’s time has come time to wipe them off the face of the earth
Videos showing nerve agent use are surfacing. I can link one, but it’s very disturbing. Very.
This has already begun.
Yes Ukrainians are preparing drones to drop Biochemical substances on Russian troops and civilians.
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/ukraine-begins-escalating-chemical
“UN Chief Fears Russia-Ukraine Conflict Could Turn Into ‘Wider War’ Antonio Guterres says the world is heading toward a wider war with ‘its eyes wide open'”
An empty suit at the UN.
Does anyone remember when Antonio Guterres visited Kiev. With Zelensky right next to him on camera the Ukrainians set of air raid sirens. They ran to a bunker and the Ukrainians blew up a building close by.
They blamed it on Russia and said that it was a missile attack when no missile was fired and there was no radar trace of a missile.
This staged incident put the fear of god in Antonio Guterres and he instantly took the side of Ukraine at the UN.
Just more false flags, lies, and propaganda from Ukraine the most corrupt country in the world.
Why this war is a meat grinder. Urban and trench warfare on an industrial scale and America keeps it going rather than using diplomacy.
The UN is pretty good at distributing food and medical supplies. That’s about it.
As for preventing war? Ha.
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine is inflicting untold suffering on the Ukrainian people, with profound global implications. The prospects for peace keep diminishing,” Guterres blames only Russia for the entire debacle in Ukraine and peace diminishing. Is it a bit odd that he sounds exactly like Zelensky, Stoltenberg, and Biden? (Sarcasm alert)
Well, it was Russia who invaded. Their choice.
In 1945 Russian army invaded Germany. Poor Germans were very much unhappy about that.
The Red Army was acting in self defense. It was the Germans that invaded the USSR first. As Noam Chomsky points out, in Ukraine Putin’s war of aggression is the same as the 1939 invasion of Poland by Hitler and Stalin.
They explained to you that Germans were guilty because Americans in WW II were on Russian side. Now Americans are together with Germans and with the rest of NATO against Russia. That is why they are saying to you that Russia is guilty.
I don’t pay attention to what “they” say. (BTW, who is the “they” you speak of?) I am on the side of the right of people to self determination and peace. That is why I oppose Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
If Ukraine was self determined, they would’ve made peace years ago after 2014 or better yet, two months after Russia invaded their country.
You opinion or my opinion on what Ukrainians should do doesn’t matter. Whatever problems the Ukrainians have in their own country they need to sort out themselves. As long as they don’t invade another country. And Ukraine has not fought a war of aggression against any of its neighbors in many centuries.
8 years Ukrainian artillery were bombarding civilian targets in Donbass, thousands of civilians were killed and you cynically talking about peaceful Kiev regime. In February 2022 Russia recognized DNR and LNR as the independent countries, so they were, according to the international law, the independent countries and therefore had the right to reunite with Russia if they wish. At the moment Ukrainian/NATO military forces are occupying Russian territory and killing Russian civilians. NATO propagandists may twist the story as much as they wish, it can’t influence the determination of Russia to defend Russian people and Russian land.
If you believe in “self determination” of people, you should definitely condemn US aggression against Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya. Also you should condemn the coup 2014 in Ukraine which removed from power the democratically elected government. And what about Venezuela? Why Americans are trying so hard to undermine the elected government over there? By the way, what do you think about the right of self determination of people of Donbass? Why Ukrainian military forces are still occupying a part of Donbass? May be you don’t know that people in Donbass decided on their referendum that they don’t wish to be a part of neo-Nazi Ukraine?
I have repeatedly condemned “US aggression against Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya.” and Venezuela, Vietnam, Granada, Cuba. Over the past 60 years I have spent most of my political time opposing US aggression and very little time opposing Soviet or Russian aggression. In th epost WWII era the US has usually been wrong and the USSR/Russia have often supported liberation movements that I support. However there have been instances such as the Soviet aggression in Afghanistan or the Russian invasion of Ukraine where people of good conscience recognized the need to recognize that Russia has an imperialistic tendency that needs to be opposed. were ca the The only times I condemn soviet or Russian wars of aggression. I condemned the US campaign to overthrow Yanukovich and US interference in the Maidan movement and the US effort to replace Yanukovycy with a puppet regime. But I also recognized that although he was elected Yanukovych devolved into a corrupt dictator who betrayed his people and was universally despised when he fled the country in fear and shame. As for the Donbas, that is an internal Ukrainian matter. Russia has no business interfering beyond diplomacy.
Donbass is not internal Ukrainian matter. Donbass and all Novorossia were cut from Russia by a criminal Bolshevik gang which came to power illegally. They never won any single election. Besides in the referendum 1991 people of USSR voted against the disintegration of their country. Why do you think their votes are less valuable than the decisions of Kiev government which came to power as the result of coup?
You do agree yourself that Kiev regime is just a puppet regime of American oligarchy. The people of Donbass had the right not to recognize the Kiev regime because it came to power as the result of an anti-constitutional coup. Donetsk oblast in 2010 voted for Yanukovich with overwhelming majority over 90%. Why they should accept the unconstitutional removal of their president from the power?
8 years Putin tried to squeeze Donbass back into Ukraine hoping to make Ukraine a bit more democratic and less Russo-phobic. You should know that Minsk Agreements were sabotaged by NATO, not by Russia. The reason of the sabotage was that NATO needed a Russo-phobic regime in Kiev for a new anti-Russian crusade. So we have it now. How far the escalation will go depends upon NATO.
Noam is much older now and less informed than he used to be. He may not approve of turning down negotiation and refusing to end the slaughter.
He may know more about the corruption and the arming and training of Ukrainians with NATO in Ukraine, and he would consider what Merkel and Holland said about Minsk I & II, they participated negotiating, which were never meant to be implemented. Both said so and the Ukrainian president at the time said so. Three heads of state said it, all three were present in the room, the UN confirmed it as a legal.
Now, True or False?
If the Ukrainians and the West lied to take advantage of Putin, it still does not justify a war that has wrecked Ukraine and hurt the entire world. Russia is acting like a bully. This is a classic imperialist war of choice and conquest. Russia has no chance of winning. The consequences of Putin’s war are much worse than the consequences of his grievances.
You make no sense. You need to study some history and read some books so you can form your own opinion.
Who are you to say that Chomsky is “less informed than he used to be?” What is your evidence? He sounded pretty cogent to me on Lex Fridman’s podcast.
Right, so under those rules Ukraine can invade Russia maybe take Rostof as a prize.
i am pretty sure that Mikhailovich was being facetious there
Get real, the Ukraine and NATO started provoking Russia in 2014 with a regime change and the immediate arming and training of Ukrainians to NATO standards, getting ready for war with Russia, so SAID Merkel and Holland. And the Ukrainian head of state at the time confirmed it.
For Russia it is self-defense, honest people know it.
Noam did not know all that, Merkel/Holland told the truth months later.
Yes to all that, and I would only add that US/NATO began this well before 2014. The Wolfowitz Doctrine from 1992 looks like a blueprint for the actions that followed: enlisting East European countries into NATO, initiating Color Revolutions in the nations bordering Russia (including Ukraine in 2004), and systematically demonizing Russia as if the USSR still existed.
You are so right. The Wolfowitz Doctrine, did it become PNAC with the Kagans on board and the infamous Kagan spouse Victoria? And after a chain and decades of failures the two Kagans are still around, how is that possible?
Informed people know better.
No point in reminding someone who doesn’t do history, …., of history …
Same line back to you, Mr. History.
They have their talking points that they in the MSM including NATO parrot. Very little independent thinking. It’s Russia bad all the time.
The US is in control of the UN like they are in all international institutions. The UN, Amnesty International, the nuclear institution in Vienna and the NGOs and others have lost all credibility. The officials from the Vienna nuclear inspection team could not even tell where the shells fired at the UNPP came from while they were inside the plant.
American oligarchy is really a great achievement of human civilization. Their monster IMF is doing a wonderful job. It is unbelievable but Russian central bank and the ministry of the finance are taking orders from IMF even now.
Add to that the fact that European and American people for decades believed that the US was in Europe to protect Europe from the Russians. It was always to protect American interests. But what an accomplishment, credit where credit is due. The USA was the occupier and still is, DE Gaulle knew it and got out of NATO and blocked Maggy to join the EU twice, the UK came in after DE Gaulle retired. It was close to where 3 continents meet, Europe, Asia and Africa and lots of oil and other natural resources.
US contributed a lot in prosperity of Europe and protecting it from Russia. There was no military danger from Russia to Europe after WW II but there was a danger of communist ideology. Until 1991 Russia was ruled by communist elite which claimed they can create better living standards for the working people than in developed capitalist countries. So there was not only the competition in arm race but also in welfare. About 40 years ago it became clear to the majority of people even in Russia that the living standards in so called “golden billion” are higher than in USSR. Now no one is talking about “golden billion” because the living standards since that time improved a lot in Russia and China but stay about the same or worse in “golden billion”. So the main danger to American oligarchy is the prosperity of people in China and Russia. That is why they started the economic war also against China. But still the goal number one is to create a miserable life for Russian people. That is the only way to defeat Russia. 8 years ago Obama announced that Russian economy is “in tatters” but it was a lie. Russia is still okay and the people believe in their government. 2022 was a bad year for NATO. Particular for the European part. Many experts believe, next winter will be even worse. So, the military confrontation is the only option left, but it could be even more disastrous.
The fight between the systems saved Germany to be sure. They could not risk another Versailles and its consequences. To keep Germany occupied and pretend it was not occupied was the solution. The protection against Russia was a good cover to keep the troops stationed in Germany. Germany’s economic recovery made it all look great and kept the peace. Russia was just as devastated as Germany was and not able to go to war or even wanting war. They still don’t want war, they know war, they experienced war.
The only problem with saved Germany, it is ready again for a new crusade against Russia. By the way, the wise woman Thatcher was categorically against the reunification of Germany.
Germany and Russia were business partners. the Anglo-Saxons do not like that idea. Russia and Germany together would be a formidable competitor. And that is still true. Germany relied on Russian dependable energy, the Anglo-Saxons put an end to it when they sabotaged the pipelines. The US is can and does use energy as a political tool to extort Germany. It is insane to believe that the US is a reliable partner. Russia always was reliable, there was never any dispute about business agreements, both sides kept their word. Russia was one of Germany’s biggest trading partners. when Germany and Russia are partners there is peace in Europe.
That is why UK got involved in Europe starting WW I. Their empire was fading and Bismarck Germany was the economic competitor, now Russia and China are the US competitors, and the EU has to go. So the pipeline sabotage has sound economic reasons, the USA with help from other NATO members did it. That is why we are not told who did it. NATO partners did it against Germany and Russia.
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh confirmed that the sabotage of Nord Stream was organized by US. It was obvious for many people from the beginning.
Americans forced Germany to stop the economic cooperation with Russia but it only pushed Russia closer to China. Russia/China alliance is much stronger than Russia/Germany alliance. Germany anyway was under American occupation and also a member of NATO while China is an independent superpower. This anti-Russian crusade is counterproductive.
Seymour Hersh one of my favored Journalists is still active, good to hear it.
“The Morgenthau Plan was a proposal to weaken Germany following World War II by eliminating its arms industry and removing or destroying other key industries basic to military strength. This included the removal or destruction of all industrial plants and equipment in the Ruhr. It was first proposed by United States Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. in a 1944 memorandum entitled Suggested Post-Surrender Program for Germany.[1]”
They could not go through with that, they needed Germany, but part of the war booty were some 500 000 German patents, mostly international patents. the bottom line, wars are always for more power and natural resources, money makes the world go round, not ideals.
Gee, thanks for that nugget of information, Einstein.
Well then, clearly the quick solution is to STOP FLOODING THE UKRAINE WITH WESTERN ARMS AND SUPPORT. It’s not rocket science, and those in charge in the West have known this was going to be the result all along. But, as long as the fat MIC-padded paychecks keep coming in, it’s all good no matter how many people die.
with is fingers crossed. like a child on christmas even