3/8 After Trump's two-hour call with Putin last Monday, the Russian president ordered a "security buffer zone" along Ukraine's border. Civilian targeting accelerated: 300 drones, 70 missiles in Saturday's assault alone. U.S. predicts fighting to continue all year.

#TrumpPutinCall #RussianEscalation

9/n Putin’s IRBM strike on Ukraine’s Yuzhmash plant marks a chilling new phase: missiles that cannot be intercepted, striking at the heart of Ukraine’s defense industry. Moscow just made a massive statement: Europe is now within reach. 🌍🔴 #IRBM #RussianEscalation

2008: Russia doesn’t want entire Georgia, they just want Abkhazia & Ossetia

2014: Russia doesn’t want Donbas, they just want Crimea

2022: Russia doesn’t want northern Ukraine, they just want Donbas

2024: Russia doesn’t want entire Ukraine, they just want 5 regions #RussianEscalation

Putin says Russia has right to strike countries supplying weapons used against it The Russian president, in a televised address, also confirmed that Russian forces had hit Ukraine with a new mid-range ballistic missile and said that the conflict had taken on new 'elements of global...

How many countries have Russia supplied with Kalashnikovs that were used against US or countries in Europe? So any right Russia think it might have, we have 1000-fold. #RussianEscalation
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