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| Putin puts Russia's nuclear forces on high alert | |
| 2022-02-27 | |
| KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called "aggressive statements" by leading NATO powers. The order means Putin wants Russia’s nuclear weapons prepared for increased readiness to launch and raises the threat that Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and the West’s response to it could boil over into nuclear warfare. Amid the worrying development, the office of Ukraine’s president said a delegation would meet with Russian officials as Moscow’s troops drew closer to Kyiv. Putin, in giving the nuclear alert directive, cited not only the alleged statements by NATO members but the hard-hitting financial sanctions imposed by the West against Russia, including the Russian leader himself. Speaking at a meeting with his top officials, Putin told his defense minister and the chief of the military’s General Staff to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a "special regime of combat duty." "Western countries aren’t only taking unfriendly actions against our country in the economic sphere, but top officials from leading NATO members made aggressive statements regarding our country," Putin said in televised comments. Ooooooooh! Aggressive statements, even!
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| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 oops wasn't Red October but Red Storm Rising |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-27 21:27 |
| #6 You mean they've never been at "high alert"? |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-02-27 21:01 |
| #5 I don't think Biden can get it up. Heh. (no disrespect to the senile geezer pretending to be President) Nuclear weapons are a deterrent. I read this as Putin saying "Don't none of you Western bitches be even thinking about getting involved in this dog fight". |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-02-27 20:13 |
| #4 Are we that point in the Red October story? That escalated quickly. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-27 19:21 |
| #3 the US President raised the DEFCON level. I don't think Biden can get it up. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-02-27 11:47 |
| #2 I recall the '73 war and nuclear material being detected moved into an Egyptian harbor, the US President raised the DEFCON level. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-02-27 10:33 |
| #1 So invading a neighboring country is business as usual, but hurting our feelings and going after my loot is the last step before Armageddon. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-02-27 10:21 |