{"id":217916,"date":"2024-03-19T08:45:28","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=217916"},"modified":"2024-03-19T08:45:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T12:45:28","slug":"president-putin-just-issued-his-most-serious-warning-which-warmongering-neocons-will-recklessly-flout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=217916","title":{"rendered":"

President Putin Just Issued His Most Serious Warning…Which Warmongering Neocons Will Recklessly Flout<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Putin Warns Of ‘Full-Scale WW3’ If West Sends Troops To Ukraine<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

Russian President\u00a0Vladimir Putin’s election victory speech and Q&A with the press was full of familiar themes, but he used the occasion after capturing\u00a0a record 87% of the vote<\/a>\u00a0to warn the US and Europe\u00a0that a\u00a0“full-scale World War III” is “possible” should any Western troops enter\u00a0Ukraine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The remarks came in response to a journalist’s question on President Macron’s recent statements saying he thinks sending troops to Ukraine should be a realistic possibility. Putin\u00a0responded<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday: “I think anything is possible in today\u2019s world and it\u2019s clear to everyone that this would be\u00a0one step from a full-scale World War III<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

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Putin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But the Russian leader also emphasized that NATO military personnel are already present in Ukraine, with Russian intelligence having observed English and French at times being spoken on the battlefield. “There is nothing good in this, first of all for them, because they are dying there and in large numbers,” he said.<\/p>\n

Putin said, “It seems that France could play a role. All is not lost yet.” Over the weekend French President Macron floated the idea of a Ukraine\u00a0ceasefire during the Paris Olympics<\/strong>, which is set to take place from\u00a0July 26 to August 11 of\u00a0this year<\/a>:<\/p>\n

France wants Russia to observe a cease-fire in Ukraine during this summer\u2019s Olympic Games in Paris<\/strong>, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an\u00a0interview<\/a>\u00a0with Ukrainian television on Saturday.<\/em><\/p>\n

“This is a message of peace,”<\/strong>\u00a0Macron said, before a voiceover interpreter quoted the French president as saying that France is doing so in line with the spirit of the Olympic movement.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Putin appeared to respond to this overture, saying in his Sunday address: “I\u2019ve been saying it over and over again and I\u2019ll say it again.\u00a0We are for peace talks, but not just because the enemy is running out of bullets<\/strong>,” Putin stated.
\n“If they really, seriously, want to build peaceful, good-neighborly relations between the two states in the long term, and not simply take a break for rearmament for 1.5-2 years.”<\/p>\n

The Kremlin followed up later with this\u00a0exchange<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Commenting on the French President\u2019s call for a ceasefire, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova urged Macron to stop weapon supplies to Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported.<\/em><\/p>\n

Zakharova also said Macron should have proposed the same ceasefire to the sides of the conflict in the Middle East.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Putin elsewhere presented his re-election to another six year term as proof that the\u00a0Russian populace stands behind him<\/strong>\u00a0in defending Russia in the ‘special military operation’ in Ukraine.\u00a0“Dear friends, it’s a great pleasure this evening to be with members of my team, with members of my team, people who think alike, who have the same goals. But let’s think about this word, where it came from, comrade in arms, or teammates.” He stressed, “The votes of all citizens of Russia express the united will of the Russian Federation.”<\/p>\n