The war in Ukraine is “guaranteed” to escalate into World War III if Kyiv is allowed to join NATO, a Russian Security Council official said Thursday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise announcement that he had made a fast-track bid for membership into the military alliance just hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin annexed almost a fifth of Ukrainian territory on Sept. 30. All of NATO’s 30 members would have to approve Ukraine’s bid, making full membership of the defense group a long way off. “Kyiv is well aware that such a step would mean a guaranteed escalation to World War III,” Russia’s state-run TASS news agency quoted Alexander Venediktov, deputy secretary of the Security Council, as saying. The loyal Putin ally added: “The suicidal nature of such a step is understood by NATO members themselves.” Read more.
Like rasha didnt start it first…
Watch the kiyum of the nevuos.
Are you so sure? Do you know the history?
That “rasha” supports more Torah than any other State including the Zionist “State”.
Talking about the Zionist state, do you know that in Israel, one needs a permit to build a succah? Not sure if it’s all over Israel, but definitely in certain cities, like Yerushalayim and BB.
The assistance and support that the Ukraine government led by him give to the many Mosdos HaTorah there is certainly a very good thing. At the same time though, we must remember that, when secular politicians and their governments give support for Torah, very often there is with them very little of a sincere want to actually help Torah; rather, they are usually just doing it for the glaringly shallow goals of getting large numbers of religious Jews to now GIVE THEM numerous votes and other political backings.
Mr. Zelensky himself is an exceedingly extreme Toeiva guy, who PUBLICLY promotes his Toeiva on television for everyone to see. For this alone he is a terrible Chillul Hashem and a huge disgrace to us Am Yisroel. Russian residents of the breakaway parts of eastern Ukraine and President Putin of Russia himself have repeatedly — and 1,000% correctly — exclaimed that they DO NOT WANT the Toeiva of the west, obviously including the Toeiva of Zelenskly.
WWIII has already begun with their COVID Quacks where millions have already been killed or injured for life. NATO is finished and there are no nuclear weapons either.
Ukraine must be completely destroyed before Moshiach can come.
Where is this brought down, which of the seforim says it, I am looking for reading materials during the hakofas, so be kind enough and let me know.
Vigor says stay set. Spitting Putin is bored.
Yeh, but he’s cleanshaven!
Yes, B’Ezras Hashem, we should learn a little bit of recent history. As the 1980’s became the 1990’s, the Soviet Union broke up and the many countries of Eastern Europe who had been in that union became independent. The first one was in the eastern side of Germany — its actual name was “East Germany” — which had been the area of Germany that the Soviet-Russian army had entered and occupied near the end of World War II. Now that it was leaving the Soviet bloc, it was obvious that it would join with the western side of Germany, called “West Germany,” which had been the area of Germany that the armies of the western allies, United States, Great Britain, and France, had entered and occupied near the end of World War II. It was further obvious that the hitherto two Germanys would now unite into one country again.
In this joining of East Germany to West Germany forming one Germany, the whole new one Germany became part of N.A.T.O., which was the organization that the previous West Germany had been part of.
Understandably, this was a concern to Russia, for not only had Russia “lost” a country from its group, that country was now joining its opposition, N.A.T.O. So the then United States Secretary of State, James Addison Baker III, explained to the then Soviet President, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, that this was a unique case. [When the east section of a divided country is joining with the west section (which is the bigger “main” section) to make one country, it is understandable that the whole new one country will go with the group that the bigger west section was with.] But regarding all other (non-divided) countries, no other former Soviet bloc country would join N.A.T.O. Secretary of State Baker thus assured & promised President Gorbachev, and it was put in writing, that, besides East Germany, N.A.T.O. would not move “even one inch” east (toward Russia).
THIS PROMISE (OF N.A.T.O. NOT MOVING EAST) HAS NOT BEEN HONORED AT ALL!!
ON THE CONTRARY, (AFTER EAST GERMANY’S ENTRY) FOURTEEN MORE COUNTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, SEVERAL FROM THE FORMER SOVIET BLOC, JOINED N.A.T.O., GREATLY EXTENDING ITS EASTWARD REACH. AND EVEN MORE EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, INCLUDING UKRAINE, ARE UNDER SERIOUS MEMBERSHIP CONSIDERATION.
U.S. officials deny that such a promise was ever made, though, as noted above, it is in writing; Russian officials lament that they should have had the promise formalized into an official treaty.
While Russia is, of course, not happy at this betrayal, with Ukraine, the story is far more serious. A glance at a map shows that it is quite a large country, one of the largest in all of Europe. Its geographic location on the map, the southern area west of Russia — and it actually touches Russia — is right at the “front doorstep” of Russia. Its eastern border and half of its long northern border IS also Russia’s border; it is thus relatively close to some of Russia’s main cities. From Kharkiv to Moscow is 464 miles; that is just a bit, 25 miles, more than the distance from Washington, DC, to Boston, Massachusetts. From Luhansk to Volgograd is 287 miles; that is just a bit, 20 miles more than the distance from Washington, DC, to Stamford, Connecticut.
So, for Ukraine to be part of a massive opposing military operation like N.A.T.O. would present an exceedingly close direct military threat to Russia. Just “simple” groups of soldiers riding in armored trucks could quickly cross into Russian territory and immediately be shooting at residents of countryside villages and in just a few hours be at the gates of major cities — even Moscow — shooting residents there as well. Certainly super-modern fighter & bomber aircraft taking off from Ukrainian bases IN MERE MINUTES could reach Moscow and other big cities and start shooting there their bombs. And certainly, certainly, super-modern missiles launched from Ukraine IN MERE SECONDS could reach Moscow and other key sites and explode there their mass destruction — even nuclear — weapons.
So, it is TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE that Russia demanded — and they were really BEGGING and PLEADING — with the United States and the whole west:
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT MAKE UKRAINE A N.A.T.O. BASE!!!!!!!!!!
Viewing the situation from another angle, it should be readily apparent that Ukraine is quite a Unique country. While it certainly has many people who are “Western-European,” it equally has many people who are “Eastern-European” oriented, and it even has many people who are actually ethnic Russians and speak the Russian language. And the historical fact is that it absolutely DOES have quite a lot of connections with Russia and during certain eras, it actually was part of Russia.
So, in this “competition” and “tug-of-war-pull” between Western Europe and Russia, it should seem to be logical that maybe Ukraine should be NEUTRAL and NON-ALLIGNED. In other words, it would not be joined to either side to be any kind of threat to the other side, but, instead, on the contrary, it could be on good terms and even be friends with BOTH sides!! Even if, because of its heavy Russian heritage, it would “lean” a bit more toward the Russian side, that should be understandable. But, again, it would still be friends with both sides and, instead of being torn and wreaked and destroyed in war, it would be a “bridge” of peace and friendship between the two worlds.
Im Yirtza Hashem, in that way, everyone would benefit and everyone would be happy!! What would be wrong with that???????