“Several officials even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union.”
According to the New York Times, US and European officials have discussed a range of options they believe will deter Russia from taking more Ukrainian territory, including providing Kiev with nuclear weapons. The outlet reports that Western officials believe the Kremlin will not significantly escalate the war before Donald Trump is sworn in as President in January.
Following the election of Trump earlier this month, the US and its NATO allies began taking steps to rush weapons to Ukraine and give Kiev the ability to strike targets inside Russian territory with long-range weapons.
American officials who were briefed on the intelligence community’s assessments told the Times that weapons will not alter the challenging situation that Kiev is currently facing. “US spy agencies have assessed that speeding up the provisions of weapons, ammunition and matériel for Ukraine will do little to change the course of the war in the short term,” the Times reports.
Desperate to bolster Ukraine’s standing in the war before the transition of power on January 20, the Biden administration is looking at a range of serious escalations. “US and European officials are discussing deterrence as a possible security guarantee for Ukraine, such as stockpiling a conventional arsenal sufficient to strike a punishing blow if Russia violates a cease-fire.”
The article continues, “Several officials even suggested that Mr. Biden could return nuclear weapons to Ukraine that were taken from it after the fall of the Soviet Union.”
According to some officials who spoke with the Times, the administration believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin won’t significantly escalate the war until Trump returns to the Oval Office.
“But the escalation risk of allowing Ukraine to strike Russia with US-supplied weaponry has diminished with the election of Mr. Trump,” the report says, adding, “Biden administration officials believe, calculating that Putin of Russia knows he has to wait only two months for the new administration.”
That assessment is based on the belief that Trump and his incoming Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, will take a more favorable stance on Russia. However, Trump proved to be a Russia-hawk during his first administration by ramping up sanctions on Moscow, providing lethal arms to Ukraine, and expelling a large number of Russian diplomats from the US.
In September, Putin said he preferred Vice President Kamala Harris to win the White House. “Trump has imposed as many sanctions on Russia as any president has ever imposed before, and if Harris is doing well, perhaps she will refrain from such actions,” he explained.
Much of the American political class has cast Trump and Gabbard as agents of Russia. However, extensive investigations into Trump’s ties to the Kremlin have come up empty. Additionally, the Times reported last week that there was no evidence Gabbard was in any way an asset of Putin.
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Joe Rogan rants against Biden, Zelensky for trying to ‘start World War III’
Podcaster Joe Rogan has accused President Biden and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky of trying to “start World War III.”
Rogan on Friday slammed Biden for recently approving the Ukrainian president’s request to use US-made long-range missiles against Russia to fight off the Kremlin’s invasion.
“How are you allowed to do that when you’re on your way out?” Rogan said of lame-duck outgoing President Biden. “There should be some sort of pause for significant actions that could potentially start World War III.”
Zelensky, whose country was invaded by Moscow in 2022, has long pleaded for approval to use US-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to attack targets in Russia, a request Biden finally approved last week.
Britain then approved the use of its Storm Shadow missile — a weapon similar to the ATACMS — sparking Russia to fire a new hypersonic ballistic missile at Ukraine.
Moscow has since warned that its new missile, which is capable of carrying a nuclear weapon, could be used against the US because of its extraordinary range.
Russia also has warned of the possibility of a nuclear strike in Ukraine.
Rogan blamed the escalation of the war on Ukraine and its military as he rejected Zelensky’s claims that Russia was acting out of desperation over its slowed invasion and loss of thousands of troops.
“Zelensky says Putin is terrified. F–k you, man,” Rogan told the Ukrainian president. “F–k you, people. You people are about to start World War III.
“Maybe that would be a good thing we would like to avoid from a dying former president,” Rogan added, referencing the 82-year-old Biden.
The podcaster then expressed his hopes that President-elect Donald Trump will be able to stop the war in Ukraine, which was a campaign promise he vowed to complete during his Election Day victory speech.
Trump has suggested he will oversee a diplomatic end to the war that includes Russia being allowed to keep the territory it has invaded, a condition Ukraine has slammed as unacceptable.
Moscow currently controls about one-fifth of Ukraine after launching its invasion in February 2022, including Crimea and the vast majority of the Donbas, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
Rogan is only the latest public figure to describe the current escalation in the war as grounds for the start of World War III.
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Senior NATO Official Says to Prepare For ‘Wartime Scenario’ as Britain and France Consider Deploying Troops in Ukraine
A senior NATO official has urged people to prepare for a “wartime scenario” as various European countries consider the deployment of troops to Ukraine.
The chair of NATO’s military committee, Dutch Admiral Rob Bauer, said in Brussels on Monday that businesses must be prepared for the worst as tensions with Russia continue to escalate.
“If we can make sure that all crucial services and goods can be delivered no matter what, then that is a key part of our deterrence,” Bauer said.
He continued:
We’re seeing that with the growing number of sabotage acts, and Europe has seen that with energy supply. We thought we had a deal with Gazprom, but we actually had a deal with Mr Putin. And the same goes for Chinese-owned infrastructure and goods. We actually have a deal with (Chinese President) Xi (Jinping).
We are naive if we think the Communist Party will never use that power. Business leaders in Europe and America need to realise that the commercial decisions they make have strategic consequences for the security of their nation,” Bauer stressed.
Businesses need to be prepared for a wartime scenario and adjust their production and distribution lines accordingly. Because while it may be the military who wins battles, it’s the economies that win wars.
Bauer’s comments come as the risk of all-out war with Moscow continues to rise after the Biden regime approved the use of U.S. long-range missiles striking the Russian mainland.
According to a report from Le Monde, both Britain and France are currently discussing the idea of deploying troops to Ukraine in a bid to support the anti-Russian war effort.
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However, the future of the war in Ukraine will inevitably depend on the position taken by Donald Trump who has long suggested that he will bring both sides to the negotiating table at the first opportunity.
Following Trump’s stunning election victory over Kamala Harris, he reportedly spoke with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and urged him not to continue escalating the conflict.
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