Russian propagandists have stated that World War Three has already begun, and that Britain and the United States will be forced to ‘pay a high price’ for participating in Ukraine’s conflict.
Olga Skabeyeva of Russia One’s state television station effectively declared war on the United Kingdom, the United States, and NATO in her latest sabre-rattling program, and pushed for a new Russian military operation that would reach beyond Ukraine’s borders.
‘Perhaps it’s time to admit that Russia’s special operation in Ukraine is over, in the sense that a true war has begun: WWIII,’ Skabeyeva stated.
‘We are compelled to demilitarize not only Ukraine, but the entire NATO alliance as well.’
Her ludicrous remark was made on the 60 Minutes program, where a group of Russian analysts, commentators, and “political specialists” gathered to discuss President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine.
The Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Vladimir Avatkov then issued his own caution to Western friends supporting Kyiv.
‘We must recall Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin’s words,’ he continued seriously, ‘who declared that anyone who tries to interfere in the special military operation will pay a high price,’ but the threats swiftly escalated.
‘Poland’s current boundaries will be meaningless’ if it intervenes in Ukraine, said Russian MP Oleg Matveychev, before the warmongering Skabeyeva joined in: ‘I wasn’t only talking about Poland, but also the United Kingdom and the United States… they’re all lined up!’
‘No need to rush, there is a line… everything will come in time,’ Avatkov calmly reminded the panel.
However, the open demand for war with NATO is simply the latest in a series of bombastic Kremlin-controlled propaganda broadcasts aimed at instilling patriotism in Russian citizens and turning the narrative against the West.
Last week, one of Putin’s best propagandists claimed that Moscow’s military assault would end only until its forces reached Stonehenge.
The amusing remark was made during the weekly show of fiery television anchorman Vladimir Solovyov, sometimes known as ‘Putin’s Voice,’ who has previously threatened to use nuclear Zircon missiles to blow Britain back to the Stone Age.
In a new threat, he told a Ukrainian pundit who asked when Russia would stop its onslaught in the Donbas that Russia’s forces could go as far as a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire because of British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss’ vocal support for Ukraine and her decision to provide Ukraine with weapons.
‘Well, we’ll stop when we have to,’ he explained.
‘Where will we come to a halt?’ Maybe Stonehenge, as I mentioned earlier today.
‘According to Liz Truss, she is the one fighting the war.’
In his tirade against Ukrainian political analyst Vasil Vakarov, Solovyov also called Vakarov and his people “Nazis.”
According to the Ukrainian, the Russians are on the verge of capturing Severodonetsk, the last Ukrainian-held city in the Luhansk region, and will soon control both the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, which make up the Donbas.
‘Where will you stop…?’ he questioned the Putin supporter. When are you going to stop?’
Solovyov made the humiliating suggestion that Putin storm ‘Kyiv and Lviv’ before threatening to invade Britain.
Despite the Kremlin’s threats and claims of military supremacy, Putin’s forces are still engaged in a grueling fight of attrition in eastern Ukraine, with no end in sight – though Ukrainian officials announced this morning that Russia has managed to consolidate previous gains.
Russian troops reportedly took control of much of Severodonetsk’s industrial center this morning, the last significant urban center in the Luhansk region controlled by Ukrainian forces.
If Russia captures the rest of Severodonetsk and its smaller twin Lysychansk on the higher west bank of the Siversky Donets river, it will effectively control the entire Luhansk region, which includes the Donetsk region.
According to regional governor Serhiy Haidai, the city has been essentially reduced to rubble, with practically all key infrastructure destroyed and 60% of residential property damaged beyond repair.
He went on to say that Russian bombardment has rendered it impossible to bring supplies or evacuate people, before urging locals not to leave bomb shelters because of a Russian air strike on a nitric acid tank.
After two days of intensive street fighting, Russian forces, including Chechen fighters, now occupy more than half of Severodonetsk, according to the British Ministry of Defence’s latest intelligence bulletin.
The destruction of Severodonetsk was ‘horrifying,’ according to Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which had long operated out of the city.
According to the previous UN Humanitarian Affairs chief, up to 12,000 civilians are still caught in the crossfire, with little access to water, food, medicine, or electricity.
‘Civilians are being forced to seek cover in bomb shelters and basements, with only a few precious possibilities for those attempting to flee.
‘We demand that all sides to the conflict immediately allow all humanitarian organizations to provide lifesaving assistance in Severodonetsk, as well as safe evacuations of people who desire to flee the city.’