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For the first time, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Andrei Belousov have publicly stated Russia is likely to go to war with NATO in the next decade.
Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Andrei Belousov delivered their end-of-year report to a giant defense ministry conference on Monday, hailing the state of affairs at the front and in the rear. They talked about the latest successes in the Ukraine invasion, the increase in military spending and Russia’s preparations for conflict with NATO.
2024 was “a landmark year for achieving the goals” of the war in Ukraine, Putin stated, saying the Russian army had captured 189 settlements since January. According to Belousov, Ukrainian forces retain control of under 1% of the territory of the self-styled Luhansk People’s Republic, and 25-30% of the Donetsk People’s Republic, and the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Regions — all parts of Ukraine that Russia claims to have annexed, reported Russian independent news outlet The Bell.
According to Putin, the breakthrough on the front came thanks to people voluntarily signing up to fight. Some 430,000 soldiers have been recruited so far this year, compared with 300,000 in 2023. Amid massive bonuses and salaries, more than 1,000 people are signing up to join the army every day.
Putin announced that the hypersonic Oreshnik intermediate-range missile system would go into serial production in the near future, despite having said at a meeting with Russia’s allies on Nov. 28 that it was already in full swing. And in the third quarter of 2025, Russia should have its own new specialized drone unit, mirroring a decision made by Ukraine back at the start of the year.
Both Putin and Belousov also spoke of the prospect of direct conflict with the West. Putin complained that Russia was “being pushed to our red lines” while Belousov said that preparations for a conflict with NATO “in the next decade” were part of the defense ministry’s tasks and blamed NATO statements at its recent July summit for the increased threat. At the summit the military alliance’s final declaration described Russia as “the most significant and direct threat” to its members, which requires the strengthening and modernizing of its nuclear potential.
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“Putin And Defense Minister Belousov – Russia Is Preparing For War” Well…Russia has been at war for the last 3 years or so…I guess it’s about time.
#2 Russia cannot beat #29 Ukraine and yet Putin is delusional enough to openly state he’s preparing for war with NATO. The Russo-Ukrainian war is the war of Russian disarmament and any war with NATO will be the real 3 day SMO…against. Look at the maps Russia controls a lot less of Ukraine than they did in 2022….look at the map. As to recruiting over 1000 people a day to be butchered in Ukraine maybe their losses of over 1500 per day might tell you the trouble Russia is in. Ukraine is holding its own as Russia has had zero operational breakthroughs since the first days of the war and counting every little cross road as a settlement is just propaganda and nonsense. Gerasimov stated today that Ukraine has lost 48,000 men and 1800 tanks in Kursk alone, I doubt Ukraine has 1800 tanks total nor 48000 combat troops in Kursk total. So keep telling us their lies, it makes you look stupid.
More and more Americans are against continuing to finance the Ukraines in money or weapons. There’s been no congressional action to approve the money moving out of the country for this war. It’s bad enough billions are spent on really dumb things, such as studies on rats under stress doing cocaine, never mind what many Americans think of the money spent on the war in Ukraine. With Trump taking the reins this may come to an end, if he follows through with his talking points during his campaign. I imagine many in congress and the upper levels of government in Ukraine will fight to keep the war going as I suspect they are skimming off money to add to their already host of other areas they enhance their financial portfolios. It is always a good idea to keep your eyes on the real reason America is involved in conflict around the world yet neglect the many and great needs of their own country and citizens. There’s old say still holds true. Follow the money.