{"id":264794,"date":"2023-02-08T08:32:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T08:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=264794"},"modified":"2023-02-10T08:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T08:35:11","slug":"russia-warns-of-unpredictable-escalation-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=264794","title":{"rendered":"Russia warns of \u2018unpredictable escalation\u2019 in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RT.com \u2013 Feb 7, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_264784\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Russian-Defence-Minister-Shoigu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-264784\" class=\"wp-image-264784\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Russian-Defence-Minister-Shoigu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-264784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Russian Defence Minister Shoigu<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Russian Defence Minister Shoigu. Click to enlargeThe US and its allies are actively trying to prolong the conflict between Moscow and Kiev for as long as possible, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu stated on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>In order to ensure that the fighting continues, the West has begun delivering heavy weapons to Ukraine, while openly urging Kiev to capture Russian territories, Shoigu said, warning that <em>\u201csuch moves are essentially dragging NATO countries into the conflict and could lead to an unpredictable escalation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Last month, the US, Germany, and a number of other NATO states announced that they will supply Ukraine\u2019s forces with modern main battle tanks such as the Leopard 2 and the M1 Abrams. Washington also said it will supply Kiev with ground-launched small diameter bombs (GLSDB) with a range of up to 150km \u2013 which would allow Ukraine\u2019s forces to strike targets deep within Russian territory.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on these deliveries, Shoigu stated on Tuesday that the Russian forces continue to <em>\u201cgrind up\u201d<\/em> all the weapons and equipment being supplied to Kiev, noting that the equipment is being destroyed both on the routes of delivery and in combat positions.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has warned against providing increasingly advanced weapons to Ukraine, arguing that this will only lead to more bloodshed and will ultimately fail to change the outcome of the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has also said that the West\u2019s increasing involvement and Washington\u2019s <em>\u201creckless neo-colonialist expansionist policy\u201d<\/em> have put the world at risk of a devastating global war.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the world is <em>\u201csleepwalking\u201d<\/em> into a <em>\u201cwider war,\u201d<\/em> and called on all countries to recommit to the UN Charter and put human rights and dignity ahead of short-term thinking focused on economic interests and power.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/571104-shoigu-nato-ukraine-escalation\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu has warned the West against supplying Ukraine with advanced heavy weapons. Saying \u201csuch moves are essentially dragging NATO countries into the conflict and could lead to an unpredictable escalation.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,116],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=264794"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264818,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264794\/revisions\/264818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=264794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=264794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=264794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}