Russians Are Second to None in Human Decency & True Christian Values Bandaging Ukrainian Soldier After Russian POWs Were Tortured to Death in Ukraine (Pictured is Russia’s Gift to America Over 9/11: TearDrop Memorial)

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About 100 Ukrainian soldiers captured as they escape from Azovstal

 06.05.2022 14:38Incidents

A video of the alleged capture of a group of Ukrainian military men has appeared on the Internet. https://vk.com/video_ext.php?oid=-95492900&id=456239933&hash=38c854fc1630a0d1&hd=2

It is believed that the video was made in Mariupol. 

It was said that about a hundred Ukrainian military men were captured while trying to break free from the Azovstal steel plant.

There is no official confirmation to the video from the military departments of either Russia or Ukraine.

The video shows many Ukrainian military men lying on the ground face down. One of them receives medical help as two servicemen apply a bandage on his leg.

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Russia Alleges Ukraine Torturing Russian POWs, Launches Probe After Videos Go Viral

A Ukranian serviceman stands on top of a Russian tank captured after fighting with Russian troops in the village of Lukyanivka outside Kyiv, Ukraine (Image: Reuters)

A Ukranian serviceman stands on top of a Russian tank captured after fighting with Russian troops in the village of Lukyanivka outside Kyiv, Ukraine (Image: Reuters)

The videos showed Russian soldiers lying on the ground bleeding, some of their legs broken and were being interrogated by what appeared to be Ukrainian soldiers

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Videos released last week of Ukrainian soldiers allegedly torturing Russian prisoners of war has invited widespread criticism of Ukraine’s leadership. The footage and its contents could not be independently verified by News18.

A Russian investigative committee will now launch a probe to see if excesses were committed to Russian POWs, news agency RT said in a report. The video was originally shared by Maria Dubovikova, an independent journalist.

The video shows Russian soldiers lying on the ground, some bleeding profusely and amid all the commotion a Ukrainian soldier allegedly shoots a Russian soldier on his leg and proceeds to beat all of the wounded Russian soldiers.

Dubovikova shared two videos. The first one is a longer version of more than 2 minutes where bleeding Russian soldiers are seen being beaten up and interrogated. The second video which is only 13 seconds-long shows newly arrived POWs being shot directly on their legs at point blank range.RELATED NEWS

“Ukrainian soldiers shoot Russian prisoners of war in the legs and afterwards give them a severe beating,” she said in a tweet. “It might give the impression that the Russian military were captured after having been wounded. But that’s not the case. At the end of the video, we can see Ukrainian soldiers shooting all the newly arrived prisoners through their legs,” she tweeted while sharing the second-clip.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=cnnnews18&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1508002623252750341&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Frussia-alleges-ukraine-torturing-russian-pows-launches-probe-after-videos-go-viral-4917221.html&sessionId=715cd00d07d3e34b0cfcd37168242b041dfdf6c3&siteScreenName=cnnnews18&theme=light&widgetsVersion=c8fe9736dd6fb%3A1649830956492&width=550px

The tweeted videos have so far garnered over a million views.

Independent journalist and founder of Bellingcat, Eliott Higgins, whom pro-Russian observers claim to have taken Ukraine’s side, also said that the allegations levelled against Ukrainian service members must be investigated. “A very serious incident that will require further investigation, maybe the videos in this thread can be geolocated?” he said in a tweet.https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=cnnnews18&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfX0%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1508189157675388938&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news18.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Frussia-alleges-ukraine-torturing-russian-pows-launches-probe-after-videos-go-viral-4917221.html&sessionId=715cd00d07d3e34b0cfcd37168242b041dfdf6c3&siteScreenName=cnnnews18&theme=light&widgetsVersion=c8fe9736dd6fb%3A1649830956492&width=550px

However, it should be mentioned that adviser to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky Oleksiy Arestovich asked Ukrainian soldiers to adhere to Geneva convention which says that all prisoners of war should be treated humanely. It also bars ‘passing of sentences and the carrying out of executions without previous judgment pronounced by a regularly constituted court’.

Earlier, pro-Russian accounts also tweeted videos of Russophone people being mistreated in Ukraine’s east and south by members of the Azov Battalion, which is considered by many as a neo-Nazi outfit.

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Taliban Issues New Diktat, Orders Women To Wear Head-To-Toe Burqa

The Taliban claimed that women could provoke men and hence asked them to cover themselves fully with burka in a new diktat (Image: AP Photo)

The Taliban claimed that women could provoke men and hence asked them to cover themselves fully with burka in a new diktat (Image: AP Photo)

The Taliban issued a decree where it said that in order to avoid provocation when meeting men who are not relatives women should cover themselves fully

The Taliban on Saturday imposed one of the harshest restrictions on Afghanistan’s women since seizing power, ordering them to wear the all-covering burqa in public.

The militants took back control of the country in August last year, promising a softer rule than their last stint in power between 1996 and 2001, which was dominated by human rights abuses.

But they have already imposed a slew of restrictions on women — banning them from many government jobs, secondary education, and from travelling alone outside their cities or Afghanistan.

On Saturday, Afghanistan’s supreme leader and Taliban chief Hibatullah Akhundzada announced a strict dress code for women when they are in public.RELATED NEWS

“They should wear a chadori (head-to-toe burqa) as it is traditional and respectful,” said a decree in his name released by Taliban authorities at a ceremony in Kabul.

“Those women who are not too old or young must cover their face, except the eyes, as per sharia directives, in order to avoid provocation when meeting men who are not mahram (adult close male relatives),” it said.

The order was expected to spark a flurry of condemnation abroad. Many in the international community want humanitarian aid for Afghanistan and recognition of the Taliban government to be linked to the restoration of women’s rights.

Akhundzada’s decree also said that if women had no important work outside it was “better they stay at home”.

During their first regime, the Taliban had made the burqa compulsory for women.

Since their return to power, their feared Ministry for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has issued several “guidelines” on what women should wear but Saturday’s edict was the first such national order.

The hardline Islamists triggered an international outrage in March when they ordered secondary schools for girls to shut, just hours after reopening for the first time since they seized power.

Officials have never justified the ban, apart from saying the education of girls must be according to “Islamic principles”.

That ban was also issued by Akhundzada, according to several Taliban officials.

Women have also been ordered to visit parks in the capital on separate days from men.

Some Afghan women initially pushed back strongly, holding small demonstrations and protests where they demanded the right to education and work.

But the Taliban cracked down on these unsanctioned rallies and rounded up several of the ringleaders, holding them incommunicado while denying they had been detained.

In the 20 years between the Taliban’s two reigns, girls were allowed to go to school and women were able to seek employment in all sectors, though the country remained socially conservative.

In a deeply conservative and patriarchal Afghanistan, many women already wear the burqa in rural areas.

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Palestinians In Jinba Fight For Their Right To Remain Despite Threat Of Eviction

A Palestinian child walks in the West Bank Beduin community of Jinba, Masafer Yatta. Israel's Supreme Court has upheld a long-standing expulsion order against eight Palestinian hamlets in the occupied West Bank, potentially leaving at least 1,000 people homeless. (Image: AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

A Palestinian child walks in the West Bank Beduin community of Jinba, Masafer Yatta. Israel’s Supreme Court has upheld a long-standing expulsion order against eight Palestinian hamlets in the occupied West Bank, potentially leaving at least 1,000 people homeless. (Image: AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Khalid al-Jabarin is resolute as he stands outside his shack with his goats, he claims that the Israeli government cannot remove him

Everything here is makeshift, a result of decades of uncertainty. Homes are made from tin and plastic sheets, water is trucked in and power is obtained from batteries or a few solar panels.

The lives of thousands of Palestinians in a cluster of Bedouin communities in the southern West Bank have been on hold for more than four decades, ever since the land they cultivated and lived on was declared a military firing and training zone by Israel.

Since that decision in early 1981, residents of the Masafer Yatta region have weathered demolitions, property seizures, restrictions, disruptions of food and water supplies as well as the lingering threat of expulsion.

That threat grew significantly this week after Israel’s Supreme Court upheld a long-standing expulsion order against eight of the 12 Palestinian hamlets forming Masafer Yatta — potentially leaving at least 1,000 people homeless.RELATED NEWS

On Friday, some residents said they are determined to stay on the land.

The verdict came after a more than two-decade-long legal struggle by Palestinians to remain in their homes. Israel has argued that the residents only use the area for seasonal agriculture and that they had been offered a compromise that would have given them occasional access to the land.

The Palestinians say that if implemented, the ruling opens the way for the eviction of all the 12 communities that have a population of 4,000 people, mostly Bedouins who rely on animal herding and a traditional form of desert agriculture.

The residents of Jinba, one of the hamlets, said Friday that they have opposed any compromise because they have lived in the area long before Israel occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war.

Issa Abu Eram was born in a cave in the rugged mountainous terrain 48 years ago and has endured a tough life because building is banned here.

In the winter, he and his family members live in a cave. In the summer, they stay in caravans near the cave. His goats are a source of income, and on Friday, he had laid out dozens of balls of hardened goat milk yogurt on the roof of a shack to dry.

He said his children grew up with the threat of expulsion hanging over them. They are attending a makeshift school in Jinba, with the oldest son now in 12th grade.

“He did not live in any other place except Jinba. How are you going to convince him … to live somewhere else?” he said.

The Palestinian leadership on Friday condemned the Israeli Supreme Court ruling, which was handed down on Wednesday — when most of Israel was shut down for the country’s Independence Day.

Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, said the removal order “amounts to forced displacement and ethnic cleansing, in violation of international law and relevant U.N. Security Council resolutions.”

Also on Friday, Israel’s interior minister said Israel is set to advance plans for the construction of 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank. If approved, it would be the biggest advancement of settlement plans since the Biden administration took office.

The White House is opposed to settlement growth because it further erodes the possibility of an eventual two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The West Bank has been under Israeli military rule for nearly 55 years. Masafer Yatta is in the 60% of the territory where the Palestinian Authority is prohibited from operating. The Palestinians want the West Bank to form the main part of their future state.

Jewish settlers have established outposts in the area that are not officially authorized by Israel but are protected by the military. Last fall, dozens of settlers attacked a village in the area, and a 4-year-old boy was hospitalized after being struck in the head with a stone.

For now, the families say they have only one choice left: to stay and stick to their land.

“I don’t have an alternative and they cannot remove me,” said farmer Khalid al-Jabarin, standing outside a goat shed. “The entire government of Israel can’t remove me. We will not leave … we will not get out of here because we are the inhabitants of the land.”

Referring to West Bank settlers who came from other countries, he said: “Why would they bring a replacement from South Africa to live in the high mountains, in our land, and replace us, and remove us, why? “

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North Korea Fires Submarine-launched Missile After US Nuclear Warning: Seoul’s Military

North Korea late last month tested a huge new intercontinental missile, prompting the United States to push for 'updating' and strengthening United Nations sanctions on North Korea (Image: Reuters file)

North Korea late last month tested a huge new intercontinental missile, prompting the United States to push for ‘updating’ and strengthening United Nations sanctions on North Korea (Image: Reuters file)

Pyongyang has dramatically ramped up its sanctions-busting missile launches this year, conducting 15 weapons tests since January

North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile Saturday, Seoul said, its second missile launch in three days, after the United States warned Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test.

Pyongyang has dramatically ramped up its sanctions-busting missile launches this year, conducting 15 weapons tests since January including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full range for the first time since 2017.

The latest launch comes just days before South Korea swears in a new, hawkish President Yoon Suk-yeol, who has vowed to get tough on Pyongyang and bolster the US security alliance.

Satellite imagery indicates North Korea may also be preparing to resume nuclear testing, with the US State Department on Friday warning a test could come “as early as this month”.RELATED NEWS

“Our military detected around 14:07 (0507 GMT) a short-range ballistic missile presumed to be an SLBM fired from waters off Sinpo, South Hamgyong,” Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement.

Sinpo is a major naval shipyard in North Korea and satellite photos have in the past shown submarines at the facility.

The missile flew 600 kilometres (372 miles) at a maximum altitude of 60 kilometres, the JCS added, a distance that indicates it was a short-range ballistic missile.

It landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Tokyo’s Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said.

He added that the “extremely high frequency” of tests by North Korea this year was “absolutely unacceptable”.

Pyongyang’s “remarkable development of nuclear and missile-related technology” is a regional and global security risk, he said, adding that Japan also believed “North Korea will be ready to carry out a nuclear test as early as this month”.

SEEKING ‘UPPER HAND’

Last month, while overseeing a huge military parade, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to develop his nuclear forces “at the fastest possible speed” and warned of possible “pre-emptive” strikes.

Pyongyang is “preparing its Punggye-ri test site and could be ready to test there as early as this month”, the US State Department said Friday.

The test could coincide with US President Joe Biden’s visit to Japan and South Korea later this month, or with the May 10 inauguration of Yoon, the State Department added.

“The North is showing its words on nuclear strength are not without substance,” said Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies.

“Recent launches show strategic intent to claim the upper hand with the new Seoul government,” especially before Biden’s visit, he said.

North Korea carried out six nuclear tests before embarking on a bout of high-profile diplomacy with the United States in 2018 and 2019, with former president Donald Trump meeting four times with Kim before talks collapsed. Diplomacy has since languished.

Repeated negotiations aimed at convincing Kim to give up his nuclear weapons have come to nothing.

“Instead of accepting invitations to dialogue, the Kim regime appears to be preparing a tactical nuclear warhead test,” said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.

“A seventh nuclear test would be the first since September 2017 and raise tensions on the Korean peninsula, increasing dangers of miscalculation and miscommunication between the Kim regime and the incoming Yoon administration,” Easley added.

‘SUBSERVIENT’

South Korea’s conventional military capacity outstrips that of the North, and Yoon has called for more US military assets to be deployed in the South, a topic likely to be on the agenda when Biden visits Seoul.

South Korea last year tested its own SLBM, putting it among a small group of nations that have such technology.

North Korea’s “submarine technology probably remains short of being able to stay at sea for extended periods while avoiding detection”, Easley said.

“But the ability to launch ballistic missiles from a submarine would further complicate missions to neutralise and defend against North Korea’s nuclear forces,” he added.

On Wednesday, North Korea test-fired what Seoul and Tokyo said was a ballistic missile, although Pyongyang’s state media — which typically report on weapons tests — did not comment on the event.

For five years under President Moon Jae-in, Seoul has pursued a policy of engagement with Pyongyang. But for incoming leader Yoon, this “subservient” approach has been a manifest failure.

Analysts have said the string of missile launches indicates North Korea’s Kim may be warning Seoul he is not open to dialogue with South Korea’s new government on Yoon’s terms.

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Explained: What’s At Stake in the Philippines Election?

(From left) Ferdinand Marcos Jr and incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo. (Images Reuters)

(From left) Ferdinand Marcos Jr and incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo. (Images Reuters)

Both candidate – Ferdinand Marcos Jr and incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo – have promised to prioritise pandemic recovery and could target investment reforms, like cutting red tape

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Atwo-horse race for the Philippine presidency has emerged ahead of Monday’s election between incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo and Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son of a notorious dictator whose 20-year rule ended in a 1986 uprising. Below is a look at some of the issues at play.

HOW WOULD EACH CANDIDATE RULE?

Marcos is unlikely to rule like his authoritarian father, although strongman-style leadership could be expected. This approach proved popular under incumbent Rodrigo Duterte, who cultivated an image as a ruthless, no-nonsense leader who got things done.

ALSO READ: Philippines’ Bongbong Marcos Is Pro-China, Will Hurt Quad’s Aims To Keep Indo-Pacific FreeRELATED NEWS

If elected, Marcos would likely use his family’s influence to consolidate power through transfers, appointments and connections in the bureaucracy, judiciary and other key bodies, replacing potential obstacles with members of his extensive political network. He could expect a more favourable congress and senate than Robredo.

A Robredo victory would see a more liberal approach and focus on education, healthcare, poverty and gender equality, while strengthening institutions and oversight and boosting market competition. She has pledged to improve social welfare, like unemployment benefits and family support.

However, a Robredo presidency would likely suffer turbulence. She has already been a prime target for hate and disinformation campaigns as a vice president who dared to challenge Duterte.

WHAT ABOUT THE ECONOMY?

Neither candidate will advocate a significant economic restructuring and both have promised to prioritise pandemic recovery and could target investment reforms, like cutting red tape.

Robredo has pledged to increase investment in climate change adaptation, level the playing field for businesses and promote public-private partnerships.

Marcos has revealed very little about policy and has steered clear of presidential debates and tricky media interviews, focusing his campaign on a simple but ambiguous message of unity. Continuity from Duterte is expected, including on major infrastructure projects.

Some economic risk consultants have noted a higher chance of corruption and nepotism under a Marcos presidency, however, and the scope for score-settling and retaliation against businesses linked to the family’s opponents.

WHAT WOULD FOREIGN POLICY LOOK LIKE?

The Philippines’ longstanding ties to former colonial power the United States are unlikely to be threatened by either candidate, having remained steadfast throughout Duterte’s years of very public hostility towards Washington.

The defence alliance is crucial for the Philippines’ internal security and military capability, and preserving it is vital for a president’s relationship with the armed forces.

Marcos is seen as the candidate closer to China and could benefit from its business interests. He is in favour of a bilateral approach to China, which suits Beijing better but will frustrate advocates of a multilateral approach, which Robredo would likely pursue.

Marcos has been pragmatic in recognising the Philippines is no match militarily, so a tough stance should not be expected. Robredo would oppose Chinese provocations, and remind Beijing that an international arbitral court ruling in 2016 invalidated most of its South China Sea claims.

WHAT HAS BEEN DUTERTE’S ROLE?

Duterte has had a testy relationship with Robredo but has been characteristically mercurial over Marcos, having both praised him and questioned his suitability to lead.

Duterte has not endorsed Marcos – nor any other candidate – but crucially he has not sought to move against him or damage his reputation.

A big win for Marcos was securing the president’s daughter, Sara Duterte-Carpio, as his vice presidential running mate, helping him to absorb some of the incumbent’s cult-like following, particularly on social media, and make inroads in new voter territory.

The dynamic between their two families has spurred speculation of a quid pro quo that helped secure the presidency for Duterte, who in turn smoothed the way for Marcos.

Notable was Duterte publicly thanking politician and Marcos Jr’s sister, Imee, for funding his campaign – which she later dismissed as a joke. He also occasionally praised the late dictator and controversially allowed his body to be moved to a “heroes” cemetery in Manila, after years of failed attempts by the family.

HOW IMPORTANT IS SUCCESSION FOR DUTERTE?

Political vendettas are common in the Philippines and former presidents are often hit by legal action or even jailed. Duterte has made a few enemies.

Though they left no dent on his popularity, Duterte’s presidency was fraught with scandals involving allies or appointees, some of which could re-emerge later.

Activists and lawyer groups hold Duterte accountable for thousands of alleged executions of drug pushers and users during his war on drugs and could launch legal action when he leaves office, or lobby the International Criminal Court to resume its investigation.

Robredo has been a staunch critic of the president’s lethal methods of fighting drugs and crime and would be more likely to enable investigations into Duterte. But with his daughter as vice president and Marcos in charge, he would be well insulated.

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Explained: Might Russia Use Nuclear Weapons in the Ukraine War?

Russian President Vladimir Putin had given a veiled but unmistakable warning that if the West intervened in what he has called a special military operation he could use nuclear weapons in response. (Image: Reuters file)

Russian President Vladimir Putin had given a veiled but unmistakable warning that if the West intervened in what he has called a special military operation he could use nuclear weapons in response. (Image: Reuters file)

The main aim of Russia’s elliptical threats of a nuclear strike seems to be to deter Washington and its NATO allies from direct involvement in the war, experts and Western diplomats said

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At the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin obliquely raised the possibility of a nuclear strike against anyone who intervened in the conflict. Below are some of the key issues surrounding the possibility – viewed as remote by many analysts and Western diplomats – that Putin might actually use nuclear weapons.

WHAT HAS RUSSIA SAID ABOUT NUCLEAR ARMS IN THE UKRAINE WAR?

In a speech announcing the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, Putin gave a veiled but unmistakable warning that if the West intervened in what he has called a “special military operation” he could use nuclear weapons in response.

“No matter who tries to stand in our way or … create threats for our country and our people, they must know that Russia will respond immediately, and the consequences will be such as you have never seen in your entire history,” he said according to a Kremlin translation.RELATED NEWS

Three days later on February 27, Putin ordered his military command to put Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on high alert, citing what he called aggressive statements by NATO leaders and Western economic sanctions against Moscow.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, a veteran diplomat, has also talked about the risk of nuclear war, though he said Moscow was doing its utmost to prevent one.

“I would not want to elevate those risks artificially. Many would like that. The danger is serious, real. And we must not underestimate it,” he said last week, prompting the U.S. State Department to call his remarks “the height of irresponsibility”.

While Washington has not seen any actions suggesting Russian nuclear forces are on high alert, experts and Western officials warned against dismissing the comments as bluster given the risk Putin could use nuclear arms if he felt cornered in Ukraine or if NATO entered the war.

WHAT HAS THE WEST SAID ABOUT PUTIN’S VEILED THREATS?

U.S. officials quickly called Putin’s comments about putting Russian nuclear forces on high alert dangerous, escalatory and totally unacceptable, while NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg criticized them as aggressive and irresponsible.

However, U.S. officials also immediately made clear they had seen no signs Russian forces had changed their nuclear posture and the U.S. military said it saw no need to alter its own.

On February 28, U.S. President Joe Biden told Americans not to worry about a nuclear war with Russia. Responding to a shouted question about whether U.S. citizens should be concerned about a nuclear war erupting, Biden said “no.”

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES OF RUSSIA USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS?

Biden’s comment appeared to reflect a widespread view among U.S. experts and Western officials that the chances of Russia using nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war are extremely low.

“Since 1945, every leader of a nuclear power … has rejected the use of nuclear weapons in battle for excellent reasons,” Gideon Rose, the former editor of Foreign Affairs magazine, wrote last week.

“Putin will be no exception, acting not from a soft heart but a hard head. He knows that extraordinary retaliation and universal opprobrium would follow, with no remotely comparable strategic upsides to justify them,” he added.

The main aim of Russia’s elliptical threats of a nuclear strike seems to be to deter Washington and its NATO allies from direct involvement in the war, experts and Western diplomats said.

“They are not credible,” said one Western diplomat who like others spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. “He is trying to scare the West.”

HOW MIGHT RUSSIA USE A NUCLEAR WEAPON?

While Western nations have poured arms into Ukraine since the invasion, Biden last year said putting U.S. troops on the ground in Ukraine was “not on the table.”

The United States and its allies have no desire to get into a conventional shooting war with Russia, let alone do anything that might spark a nuclear exchange.

If Russia were to use nuclear weapons, experts saw a range of possibilities, from a detonation over the Black Sea or an uninhabited part of Ukraine to demonstrate its capabilities to a strike against a Ukrainian military target or on a city.

However, using a nuclear weapon in Ukraine could endanger Russian troops and draw radioactive blowback on Russia itself.

HOW MIGHT THE WEST RESPOND?

Some analysts said Washington could opt for a conventional military response rather than a proportional nuclear counter-strike, which could harm U.S. allies or lead to a further nuclear escalation endangering Europe or the U.S. homeland.

“What I would suggest instead is that the United States and NATO respond with overwhelming conventional military, political and diplomatic force to further isolate Russia and to seek to end the conflict without escalation to all-out nuclear war,” said Daryl Kimball of the Arms Control Association, a nonprofit group that seeks to educate the public about arms control.

HOW MIGHT A RUSSIAN STRIKE CHANGE THE NUCLEAR LANDSCAPE?

NATO might seek to redesign its U.S.-built ballistic missile shield in Poland and Romania to shoot down Russian rockets in future. NATO has long said the current design aims to counter missiles from Iran, Syria and rogue actors in the Middle East.

It remains unclear whether a Russian strike might make other nuclear states such as India and Pakistan more likely to use such weapons. If it led to global condemnation, experts said this could reduce the chances of others using nuclear weapons.

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STRATCOM Head Says US Nuclear Arsenal Behind Russia and China

By infostormer -May 5, 20220

The head of STRATCOM has publicly said that America’s nuclear weapons arsenal is behind Russia and China.

RT:

The head of America’s nuclear forces has sounded an alarm in Congress, suggesting that Washington’s ability to deter attacks by rivals may be lacking amid threats from Russia and a rapid buildup of China’s strategic weaponry.

“We are facing crisis-deterrence dynamics right now that we have only seen a few times in our nation’s history,” US Strategic Command (STRATCOM) chief Admiral Charles Richard said on Wednesday in a Senate hearing. He reiterated concerns over “three-party deterrence dynamics,” of which he warned lawmakers in March, citing the Ukraine crisis.

“The nation and our allies have not faced a crisis like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in over 30 years,” Richard said. “President [Vladimir] Putin simultaneously invaded a sovereign nation while using thinly veiled nuclear threats to deter US and NATO intervention.”

This is probably true. America’s military like the empire itself is in rapid decline. You can look at how Russia has advanced hypersonic weapons while America has yet to develop a working system. On top of this, you have all the gay and tranny shit in America’s military. These are just two of many things you could point to.

There’s also been reports of how America’s nuclear weapons infrastructure has been crumbling for decades. I actually have serious questions if it even works as intended. There hasn’t been any serious modernization effort that’s for sure.

What would be really funny is if Russia hit the West with some sort of nuke and America tried to respond but failed because none of their weapons worked. That is actually something that could happen.

Either way, with the way this country is now, I don’t really care if American cities get hit with nukes. In fact, I endorse the idea. These places are filled with evil and deserve to be wiped off the face of the earth.

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