{"id":125135,"date":"2022-07-19T15:24:22","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=125135"},"modified":"2022-07-19T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:24:22","slug":"russian-military-given-formal-order-to-target-ukraines-long-range-weapons-from-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=125135","title":{"rendered":"Russian Military Given Formal Order To Target Ukraine&#8217;s Long-Range Weapons From US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Submitted by Harold Saive<\/p>\n<p>BY TYLER DURDEN &#8211; TUESDAY, JUL 19, 2022<br \/>\nRussia&#8217;s defense ministry has issued a formal order for Russian troops to target Ukraine&#8217;s long-range weapons and artillery supplied by the West, specifically the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) provided by the United States.<\/p>\n<p>In Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu publishing the order on Monday, the<b> Kremlin is sending one of the most provocative messages to Washington thus far in the war, signaling the two powers continue stumbling toward direct confrontation. <\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>&#8220;Army General Sergey Shoigu&#8230; instructed the commander to use surgical strikes and crush the enemy\u2019s long-range missile and artillery means,&#8221; the Russian Defense Ministry said according to TASS.<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/russia-issues-formal-order-military-target-ukraines-long-range-weapons-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/russia-issues-formal-order-military-target-ukraines-long-range-weapons-us&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1658345010428000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0lFmuAlu64Sfw8J9_QrPq3\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/<wbr \/>military\/russia-issues-formal-<wbr \/>order-military-target-<wbr \/>ukraines-long-range-weapons-us<\/a><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=125135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=125135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=125135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=125135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}