Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that Russia has been ramping up its weapons production to levels that make it seem that the Kremlin has no intention of stopping in Ukraine and is, in fact, girding for a wider war against Europe.
Mark Rutte, the head of NATO, told a conference in Bucharest last week that the collective West needs to be prepared for a long-term confrontation with Russia and other countries that are not compliant with the current rules-based order that is dictated by Washington and Brussels.
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to put plans into place to carry out nuclear tests in response to President Donald Trump’s earlier decision to tell the Pentagon to begin testing these weapons.
The Trump administration agreed to provide the Ukrainian military with intelligence to be used in its long-range missile attacks on soft targets within Russia, in the latest escalation by Washington.
The Kremlin on Monday rejected the claim from Estonia that three of its MiG-31 jets violated its airspace for up to 12 minutes before fleeing, prompting NATO allies to accuse Moscow of becoming bolder as the war in Ukraine drags on.
Nothing gets NATO countries in Europe more excited than pretending that they’re gearing up for a fight with Russia.
Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, announced last week that the so-called “Coalition of the Willing” will provide Ukraine with additional long-range missiles in response to new Russian strikes across the country, all while peace talks between Moscow and Washington have stalled.
Mark Rutte, the arrogant “Son of Rut” (i.e. son of a rat) who was the longest-serving prime minister in Dutch history and now the NATO secretary general, told reporters last week that Russia and China are preparing their militaries and domestic weapons production for a “long-term confrontation” because they are “producing weapons and heavy military equipment at a remarkable, staggering rate,” according to Bloomberg.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he ordered the repositioning of nuclear-armed submarines “just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements” from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are “more than just that.”
Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, and French President Emmanuel Macron have both spoken out about the need for their countries to work together to be less reliant on the U.S. for their defense, but their effort to come together on nuclear deterrence has hit a roadblock and has been scaled back, according to a report.