{"id":265803,"date":"2023-03-03T08:16:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T08:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=265803"},"modified":"2023-03-05T08:41:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T08:41:20","slug":"russia-warns-nato-u-s-to-back-off-or-risk-catastrophic-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=265803","title":{"rendered":"Russia Warns NATO, U.S. to Back Off or Risk \u2018Catastrophic Consequences\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Simon Kent &#8212; Breibart.com March 2, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The United States and NATO were warned by Russia on Thursday they face \u201ccatastrophic consequences\u201d if they pursue further involvement in the Ukraine war.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva \u201cthe most acute strategic threat is posed now by the U.S. and NATO policy aimed at further fomenting the conflict in and around Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir growing involvement in an armed confrontation is fraught with a direct military clash of nuclear powers with catastrophic consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AFP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20230302-us-nato-role-in-ukraine-risks-catastrophic-consequences-russia\">reports<\/a> Russia\u2019s diplomatic representative\u00a0spoke before a largely empty chamber, with many Western diplomats gathering instead for a nearby photo opportunity in front of a mural painted in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag during his scheduled speaking time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe consider this as an extraordinary show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people who resist an unprovoked and unjustified Russia\u2019s aggression,\u201d Ukraine\u2019s ambassador Yevheniia Filipenko told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil Russia takes its tanks out of the field of Ukraine\u2026 we are here to show support to our Ukrainian colleague,\u201d British ambassador Simon Manley reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir fight is our fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s warning of consequences comes just days after NATO agreed to Ukraine\u2019s request for membership sooner rather than later, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2023\/02\/28\/nato-yields-to-ukraine-promises-membership-in-the-long-term\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NATO Yields to Ukraine: Promises Membership \u2018In the Long Term\u2019<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ojir5sfHu8\">https:\/\/t.co\/ojir5sfHu8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1630538308571865092?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNATO allies have agreed that Ukraine will become a member of our alliance, but at the same time that is a long-term perspective,\u201d Stoltenberg told reporters during a visit to Finland\u2019s capital Helsinki.<\/p>\n<p>Stoltenberg\u2019s statement reaffirmed the belief already held in Kiev that membership is only a step away.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivered a video address Thursday morning stressing the need to extend a high-level war crimes investigation over Moscow\u2019s actions against its neighbor, a so-called Commission of Inquiry, into Russia\u2019s actions in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_265804\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Blinken-calls-for-War-Crimes-investigation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-265804\" class=\"wp-image-265804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Blinken-calls-for-War-Crimes-investigation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-265804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is seen on a screen delivering a speech by video-conference during the 52nd UN Human Rights Council session, in Geneva, on March 2, 2023. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI \/ AFP) (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty Images) Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs long as Russia continues to wage its war, the COI should continue to document such abuses, providing an impartial record of what\u2019s occurring, and a foundation for national and international efforts to hold perpetrators accountable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernments that commit atrocities abroad are also likely to violate the rights of people at home, and that\u2019s exactly what Russia is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2023\/03\/02\/russia-warns-nato-u-s-to-back-off-or-risk-catastrophic-consequences\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As U.S. Secretary of State Blinken calls for an investigation into Russian War Crimes in Ukraine, Moscow warns the West that it will face &#8220;catastrophic consequences&#8221; if it gets more deeply involved in the conflict <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":132559,"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-265803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia","category-ukraine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265803","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=265803"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265824,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265803\/revisions\/265824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/132559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}