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Ex-intelligence officer Ritter apologizes to Russia on behalf of the United States for the conflict in Ukraine
2024-01-20
Direct Translation via Google Translate.

In Russian language, it looks like their Rs are backward. Doesn't mean you have to be.

[Regnum] Former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter apologized on behalf of the US people to the Russians who lost loved ones in the special operation for Washington's role in starting the conflict in Ukraine.
You apologize for yourself, buddy. Starting with those children you were so fond of. I’ll be responsible for my own apologies, thankyouverymuch.
He stated this at a press conference at the international multimedia press center “Russia Today”.

“As an American, I would like to apologize for what we did to you. That's just terrible. The American people allowed their authorities to harm Russia. I hope that every mother, wife, daughter or son who has lost a loved one will forgive us. Please forgive us. We did the wrong thing,” Ritter said.

He also apologized to the people of Ukraine who were “sacrificed” because of the conflict “caused by the United States.”

As Regnum reported, on April 20, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the tragedies in Donbass forced Russia to launch a special operation.

The Russian leader noted on December 7, 2023 that Russia has no reason to fight with NATO countries. The head of state emphasized that there are no reasons for this - neither geopolitical, nor economic, nor political, nor military.

The President of Russia on December 19, 2023 stated that the leaders of Western countries are not abandoning their aggressive goals. NATO activity has increased sharply, and significant forces have been transferred from the United States to Russia’s borders, the president indicated.

The official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, announced on January 27 that the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) is completely involved in a confrontation with Russia, which is growing.

Posted by:badanov

#4  That and the 'Russkiy mir' (Русский мир).
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2024-01-20 13:09  

#3  Ritter's still bitter he missed out on Epstein Island. But then again, those girls were too old for him anyway
Posted by: Frank G   2024-01-20 13:07  

#2  It really is all about the land isn't it ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2024-01-20 12:33  

#1  Face it, this war is not about democracy. It is a war for hegemony of the Eurasian land mass and Joe Biden is the aggressor. Obama and Biden have been screwing around in Ukraine since Obama first took office. They interfered in Ukraine's domestic affairs, engineered a coup in Kiev in 2014, allowed the persecution of ethnic Russians in Ukraine and then insisted on NATO's expansion into that country in spite of Putin's warnings that he regarded such an expansion as an existential threat to Russia. They knew Putin could not tolerate nuclear tipped Tomahawk missiles being deployed by NATO on Russia's border. They knew how destabilizing that would be. But they insisted on doing it anyway.

Putin invaded Ukraine to prevent that from happening. Further, no way in hell would Putin allow a NATO naval base in Sevastopol which has been Russia's only warm water port since 1783. That'd be like letting the Chinese have San Diego.

NATO has no business in Ukraine, never did. This war could have been avoided if only we had a sane president.

My biggest fear was that, if Ukrainian troops threatened the Crimean Peninsula, Putin would used nuclear weapons against them. All bets would be off if that happened but, no thanks to Biden, it hasn't come to that...yet. Biden owes the whole world an apology for his reckless and dangerous policies but he's so senile that the apology will never come.
Posted by: Abu Laptop (same as Abu Uluque but on a different computer.)   2024-01-20 12:25  

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