Putin is now on the tip of pressing the button of nuclear war.

 The World Stands With The People Of Ukraine

Throughout the world people are raising their voices against Putin's second war with Ukraine.

 (top): South Africa, The Netherlands, Malaysia, Turkey, (bottom) Japan, Israel, Finland, Cyprus

 

And as the people of the world raise their voices against Putin's war with Ukraine, BBC News informs us that,

"Russian President Vladimir Putin has described sanctions imposed by Western nations over his invasion of Ukraine as "akin to a declaration of war".
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Mr Putin also warned that any attempt to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be seen as participation in the armed conflict." (BBC News : 5 March 2022) (my emphasis)

 

Putin is now openly threatening the US, the EU, the UK and, more significantly, throwing down the gauntlet to NATO.

As reported by Gordon,

"Putin, speaking about the ports of Belarus in the Baltic Sea, raises the stakes and hints at the attack of the Baltic countries after Ukraine, Gerashchenko believes
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On March 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced support for the development of Belarus' "port facilities" in the Baltic Sea. He said this while speaking via video link at the flag-raising ceremony of the Marshal Rokossovsky ferry, TASS reports .
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According to Putin, he spoke about this with Alexander Lukashenko (left), who calls himself the president of Belarus.
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The head of the Kremlin said that his " Belarusian friends are interested in being present in the Baltic, interested in developing their own port facilities." (Gordon UA : 6 March 2022) (my emphasis) (Google Translate))

Putin's threat to invade ANY of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania, is propelling Finland and Sweden into the arms of NATO.

 John Simpson now reports that,

"Like other Scandinavian countries, besides Sweden, there has never been much support here to join the Nato military alliance. But when the spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry recently warned Finland and Sweden explicitly that any move towards Nato could have military consequences, people in both countries were deeply shocked.
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Since then, Russian warplanes have blatantly intruded into Swedish airspace.""BBC News : 6 March 2022) (my emphasis)

Responding to Putin's threat towards Finland and Sweden, Gerard O'Dwyer (right) reports that,

" Nordic governments are scaling up defense cooperation and preparedness planning against the backdrop of regional tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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The Nordic states are looking to accelerate the deepening of joint defense measures that may lead to more serious discussions around the need for a Nordic-styled solution modeled on the North Atlantic Treaty’s Article 5, which considers an attack on one member state to be an attack on all states.
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NATO membership is certain to become a hot election topic in both Sweden and Finland based on fresh opinion polls since Feb. 24 that indicate popular majorities, for the first time, to joining NATO as part of enhanced national security strategies." (Defense News : 4 March 2022) (my emphasis)

Mahanology : YouTube : 27 Februarry 2022

On the economic front pressure is also mounting against Putin.

As reported by  John McCrank,

"U.S. payments firms Visa Inc (V.N) and Mastercard Inc on Saturday said they were suspending operations in Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, and that they would work with clients and partners to cease all transactions there.

Within days, all transactions initiated with Visa cards issued in Russia will no longer work outside of the country and any Visa cards issued outside of Russia will no longer work within the country, the company said." (Reuters : 6 March 2022) (my emphasis)

The immediacy of these suspensions will have a profound effect on the ordinary people of Russia who have become so dependent on using Mastercard or Visa.

Putin's criminal war actions are now being brought home on the Russian people.

How the Russian people will respond to this economic hammer blow on their use of Visa or Mastercard now remains to be seen.

Putin has thrust Russia into becoming a global pariah state.

Finland and Sweden are on the tip of joining NATO.

And Putin is now on the tip of pressing the button of nuclear war.

(to be continued)