Return of US nuclear weapons to UK would be an escalation, says Russia

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/05/return-of-us-nuclear-weapons-to-uk-would-be-an-escalation-says-russia

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Moscow says it would respond with ‘countermeasures’, after US air force budget item hinted at possible move

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Jaysyn@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Says the troll that just moved nukes to Kalingrad & Belarus.

Fuck off Putin, you will die in infamy.

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- Syldon@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  The legacy he will leave behind is that every one will see him as a clown.
  
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- tal@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  The Kaliningrad ones have been there for s long time.
  
  He did move some to Crimea subsequent to the 2014 invasion, though.
  
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AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Oh ya im sure you have loads of money lying around for countermeasures what with your comatose economy, purchases of north Korean arms, recruitment of untrained cuban mercenaries, and having the line you poured 60% of your war chest into broken by smaller poorer former vassal state.

Is there something weaker than a paper tiger?

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tal@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

“In the context of the transition of the United States and Nato to an openly confrontational course of inflicting a ‘strategic defeat’ on Russia,

I do kind of want to point out that if Russia weren't off trying to annex neighboring countries in the first place, it wouldn't be in the position of having to worry about victory or defeat in said attempt.

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