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Russia threatens Britain with retaliation if involvement in Ukraine war deepens (www.pbs.org)

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Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials about possibly deeper involvement in the war in Ukraine.

After summoning the British ambassador to the Foreign Ministry, Moscow warned that Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory with U.K.-supplied weapons could bring retaliatory strikes against British military facilities and equipment on Ukrainian soil or elsewhere.

The remarks came on the eve of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration to a fifth term in office and in a week when Moscow on Thursday will celebrate Victory Day, its most important secular holiday, marking its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

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[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

We call this behavior "Säbelrasseln" in german.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

in this case, more like nudelwackeln

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[-] Lladra@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Russia sure talks a lot. They've already lost credibility as a major power. All they have left is "blow everything up", including themselves.

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Kinda doubt hes in much condition to mouth off too much

[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons

That explains why they had everyone dig into the radioactive soil around Chernobyl and get radiation poisoning. Gotta simulate that nuclear fallout environment "for practice"

[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago

They believed their own misinformation that it was all western lies. Bet that misinformation is still being pushed.

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[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

Lol

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