The 2024 75th anniversary of NATO at the summit this month in Washington DC that has just ended has both Putin and Chinese president Xi Jin Ping foaming at the mouth.
As NDTV reports,
"NATO allies on Wednesday announced they had started transferring F-16 jets to Ukraine and stepped up promises to Kyiv on eventual membership in the alliance at a 75th anniversary summit clouded by political uncertainties in the United States.
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the F-16 transfer "concentrates Vladimir Putin's mind on the fact that he will not outlast Ukraine, he will not outlast us and, if he persists, the damage that will continue to be done to Russia and its interests will only deepen." (NDTV: 11 July 2024) (my emphasis)
CBS News : 11 July 2024: Youtube
As Niamh Lynch (left) also reports,
"Speaking at an event on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, Mr Blinken said the jets are en route to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands.
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He added that a robust package for Ukraine will be unveiled over the next couple of days that will build a clear bridge for Ukraine's NATO membership.
Norway is also set to donate six F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to defend itself from Russian attacks, the country's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store said." (Sky News on Microsoft Start: 11 July 2024) (my emphasis)
Putin, in 'mouth-foaming panic mode', has immediately dispatched his EU poodle, Victor Orban of Hungary, to confer with Trump following the NVABTO summit in Washington.
As Jennifer Jacobs (left) and Alberto Nardelli report,
"Former President Donald Trump will meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Florida on Thursday, according to people familiar with the matter, less than a week after he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
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The visit is likely to fan concerns that the Hungarian leader is working as an intermediary between Putin and Trump.
Trump and Putin professed a fondness for one another during the U.S. president’s first term—often garnering bipartisan criticism. More recently, the Republican leader has said he believed he could convince Putin to end his war in Ukraine and release Americans detained in Russia if he were elected to a second term." (Time: 11 July 2024) (my emphasis)
And just before the NATO summit in Washington, Putin exposed his evil to the international community.
As reported by Fred Pleitgen,
""CNN on scene of Ukrainian children's hospital struck by missile
Video: CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports from the Ukraine's largest children's hospital in Kyiv that was partially destroyed in a deadly missile strike." (CNN: 7 July 2024) (my emphasis)
And against the background of this evil carnage of Putin, John Varga (left) reports that,
"Ukrainian special forces inflicted a major blow on Russian forces, after wiping out 15 boats in a daring nighttime attack." (Express: 10 July 2024) (my emphasis)
As Arpan Rai (top right) and Tom Watling (bottom right) also report,
"Russian forces have lost 1,030 soldiers killed and wounded in the past 24 hours on the war frontline in Ukraine, the Ukrainian military has said. The losses for Vladimir Putin’s troops include 48 artillery systems and 23 armoured combat vehicles, said the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine." (Independent: 12 July 2024) (my emphasis)
And whilst Putin's EU poodle, Victor Orban, is working as an intermediary between Putin and Trump, Stuart Lau (left) reports that,
"NATO has backed on Wednesday Ukraine's "irreversible path" to joining the alliance in future, according to a summit communiqué.
As earlier reported by POLITICO, the language in the communiqué is more critical of China than in statements from previous summits, referring to China as a "decisive enabler" of Russia's war against Ukraine." (Politico: 10 July 2024) (my emphasis)
Which has rather disturbed Putin's 'bosom' buddy, Xi Jin Ping of China.
NATO admonishing China for supplying Putin with weaponry with which to kill the civilians and children of Ukraine has led to Xi Jin Ping,
" ... [accusing] Nato of smearing the country (China) and demanded the transatlantic alliance stay out of Asia, as its military demonstrated growing clout with record numbers of air operations near Taiwan and naval drills near the Philippines. Beijing lashed out on Thursday at Nato’s accusation that China had become a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war against Ukraine. Nato’s 32 leaders demanded on Wednesday that China “cease all material and political support to Russia’s war effort” in its strongest-ever condemnation of Beijing." (Kathrin Hille, Henry Foy,and Felicia Schwartz: Financial Times: 10 July 2024) (my emphasis)
Firstpost: 11 July 2024: YouTube
As F16's from EU countries and the US begin to dominate the skies over Ukraine, and as allies pledge $1 billion to bolster Ukraine's air defense at the recent NATO Summit (Alla Shcherbak) Putin, once again,
"... blames the current war on NATO and accuses it of engaging in unprovoked expansion, said it [Russia] was planning "response measures" to contain the "very serious threat" from the alliance.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying on Thursday that the Western military alliance was now "fully involved in the conflict over Ukraine". ( RFI: 12 July 2024) (my emphasis)
Does the "very serious threat" of NATO and supporters of Ukraine against Russia mean that Putin is ready to press the 'nuclear button'?
UPDATE: 13 July 2024
The world is readying itself for 'nuclear war'.
The Telegraph :23 June 2024: YouTube
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