{"id":268981,"date":"2023-05-21T07:36:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-21T07:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=268981"},"modified":"2023-05-23T06:29:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T06:29:18","slug":"russia-warns-of-colossal-risks-if-f-16-fighter-jets-sent-to-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=268981","title":{"rendered":"Russia warns of \u2018colossal risks\u2019 if F-16 fighter jets sent to Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction \u2013 May 20, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n

The face-off over the conflict in Ukraine has taken tensions between Russia and the West to levels not seen since the Cuban missile crisis. If anything, the situation now is potentially even more dangerous.<\/p>\n

In 1962 President Kennedy blockaded Cuba to prevent Russian ships from delivering missiles that would have posed a direct threat to mainland U.S.A.<\/p>\n

Now, more than sixty years later the West is delivering huge amounts of arms and ordinance to fuel a conflict on Russia\u2019s border in which ethnic Russians are being targeted. Some of the weapons delivered, like the HIMARS, can potentially hit Russia itself.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian-based F-16s could also launch possible air strikes into Russia and the decision to send some to Ukraine marks an even deeper involvement of the Western allies in their proxy war with Russia.<\/p>\n

Imagine if the U.S. were involved in an armed conflict with Mexico. Obviously the U.S. would prevail. However, if Russia intervened and supplied Mexico with huge amounts of advanced weaponry it would prolong the conflict, and maybe even shift things to Mexico\u2019s advantage.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well something similar has happened in Ukraine and at some point Russia may decide it has had enough. <\/strong><\/p>\n

As Moscow has repeatedly alleged, Washington and its allies are prolonging the war. Indeed, according to the Atlantic Council, an Anglo-American think tank, the West reaps multiple benefits from the conflict<\/a>.
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Had it not received extensive support from the West, Kiev would have quickly backed down and come to terms with Moscow. In fact, in May last year Russia had been preparing for negotiations with Ukraine. However, the proposed peace talks fell through after Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Kiev<\/a> almost without warning to meet with President Zelensky.<\/p>\n

It’s safe to say that the British prime minister told the former TV actor\/comedian Zelensky to back off because the prospect for peace negotiations with Russia promptly fell through.<\/p>\n

Now, after another year in which hundreds of thousands have been killed or wounded, most of them Ukrainians, the prospect for peace is no closer than before; largely because the West is still fueling this war with arms and ordnance.<\/p>\n

At some point, maybe soon, Moscow will have to decide that if it wants to end the conflict then it will have to strike at those who are feeding it. That’s why Russia’s warning of ‘colossal risks’ should be taken very seriously.<\/p>\n

It’s a veiled warning to the West. But note how this is being ignored, overlooked or glossed over by the Western MSM. That’s because the media owners and the ruling elite want this war to take place. They see overpopulation as the most serious threat to their vision of the future and their first solution to the problem — the plandemic — has failed.<\/p>\n

So now they have resorted to their next option: war with Russia. Ed.<\/p>\n

Russia warns of \u2018colossal risks\u2019 if F-16 fighter jets sent to Ukraine<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Katy Clifton \u2013 The Independent May 20, 2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Russia has warned Western countries that supplying Ukraine<\/a> with F-16 fighter jets would carry \u201ccolossal risks\u201d, after US president Joe Biden<\/a> paved the way for Kyiv to receive the warplanes.<\/a><\/p>\n

As G7 leaders met for the second day of the summit<\/a> in Japan, Russian deputy foreign minister Alexander Grushko accused Western countries of \u201cstill adhering to the escalation scenario\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt involves colossal risks for themselves,\u201d he added. “In any case, this will be taken into account in all our plans, and we have all the necessary means to achieve the goals we have set.”<\/p>\n

It comes after Mr Biden informed his allies that it will allow the advanced planes to be donated to Kyiv<\/a>. Mr Biden, who is attending the G7 with other members France, Italy, Germany, Japan and Canada, as well as the EU, also announced training for Ukrainian pilots.<\/p>\n

Ukraine\u2019s president Volodymyr Zelensky has stressed the need for F-16 jets, but the US previously hesitated to provide them. The warplanes can travel at twice the speed of sound and can engage with targets in the air and on the ground.<\/p>\n

Prime minister Rishi Sunak welcomed the decision, having pressed allies to provide the Ukrainian president with the jets.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UK will work together with the USA and the Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark to get Ukraine the combat air capability it needs. We stand united,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The RAF does not have any US-manufactured F-16s.<\/p>\n

Mr Zelensky touched down in Japan on Saturday morning for the summit, saying in a statement that \u201cpeace will become closer\u201d as he headed into talks with G7 leaders.<\/p>\n

It is understood it was Mr Sunak who suggested to the Ukrainian war leader that he should attend the Asian summit in person. Mr Sunak is understood to have pitched the idea during a phone call about a month ago before it was then broached with the Japanese hosts.<\/p>\n

Mr Zelensky\u2019s presence at the meeting will potentially bring him into contact with India\u2019s Narendra Modi and Brazil\u2019s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who have not supported Ukraine like their Western allies.<\/p>\n

Neither are G7 members, but India is being represented at the summit because it is the current G20 chair, while Brazil has been invited as a guest.<\/p>\n

Mr Zelensky\u2019s attendance at the G7, the group that Russia was expelled from over its 2014 annexation of Crimea, is another show of solidarity from Western allies.<\/p>\n

Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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