Ukraine will join NATO, Blinken announces, signaling imminent WWIII with Russia

In the clearest indication yet that the planet is on the verge of being plunged into another world war, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has stated that Ukraine will, in fact, be joining NATO.

The reason this is more serious than perhaps anything else that has occurred yet between Russia and the West is because much of Ukraine is disputed territory. Russia controls Crimea and Donbass, and the whole point of President Putin’s special operation in Ukraine is to get back the rest of what he says is Russia’s.

By inviting Ukraine to join NATO, the West is basically declaring all of what is currently known as Ukraine to be outside of Russia’s control, which crosses a very clear red line.

“This is intentionally starting WWIII to help Hunter Biden’s paymasters level of insane,” tweeted one X account about how “insane” this latest development really is.

If, or rather when, Ukraine joins NATO, there will be a ton of “unresolved” territorial issues and border conflicts that are likely to spark a much larger war that drags NATO through Article V.

“Such a war would be extremely bloody and potentially escalate to nuclear Armageddon,” the same X account warns.

Secretary of State Blinken says that Ukraine will be joining NATO

This is insane. This is insane. This is intentionally starting WWIII to help Hunter Biden's paymasters level of insane

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— Will Tanner (@Will_Tanner_1) April 4, 2024

America promised not to do this

Back in the 1990s when the former Soviet Union (USSR) fell, the United States promised Russia that NATO would not expand any further to the east. That promise was later broken when Goldman Sachs looted Russia by privatizing much of the country, allowing NATO to in fact move further east.

Those developments upset Putin, but up until now he has restrained himself – that is until this latest announcement about Ukraine joining NATO. Again, because so much of Ukraine is disputed territory that Putin says is rightfully Russia’s, such a move crosses a very serious red line.

“It is utterly unacceptable and would have been like Ireland or Canada joining the Warsaw Pact,” tweeted one Will Tanner. “That’s why he launched the war.”

“By ‘demilitarizing’ Ukraine by shelling its army into oblivion and by creating a constant conflict, he wants to keep Ukraine out of NATO without going to war with NATO. He thought we wouldn’t be so dumb as to bring it into the alliance if it is fighting a war with Russia.”

But dumb the West truly is as it makes this dangerous move in the interest of the one percent, and at the expense of everyone else.

“Apparently [Biden’s] administration is that insane and is willing to spark World War III so that Ukraine is controlled by the oligarchs that paid off Hunter rather than Putin and the oligarchs in his camp.”

This article explains in much further depth how the reason Putin launched an offensive against Ukraine in the first place has everything to do with NATO’s broken promises concerning a NATO expansion in eastern Europe.

“The war could have been avoided,” The American Tribune reported. “The hundreds of thousands dead, the millions who are now refugees, the wasted resources and human misery all could have been avoided.”

“All it would have taken is NATO keeping its word and not expanding, not recklessly dancing on Russia’s red line for indiscernible reasons not related to the national interest.”

Turkey set to become America’s largest supplier of artillery

Turkey is slated to become the United States’ biggest supplier of artillery shells as allies within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) continue to drain their stockpiles with military aid deliveries to Ukraine. Now, most allies are struggling to maintain healthy munition stocks while still providing aid to Ukraine.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also presents himself as a possible partner in searching for peace between Ukraine and Russia.

The U.S. is currently in talks with Ankara for raw materials like trinitrotoluene, known as TNT, and nitroguanidine, which is used as a propellant for munitions. Both are crucial for the production of NATO-standard 155mm caliber artillery ammunition.

With sufficient provision of these raw materials, the U.S. could potentially triple its production. Turkey is already on track to become America’s biggest seller of artillery shells as early as this year.

The rise in demand has delayed worldwide orders and has put pressure on defense supply chains, especially for ingredients such as TNT.

The complicated negotiations with Ankara lay bare the delicate balance that needs to be maintained within NATO. Relations between many member nations have been strained these past few years due to the ongoing Russian special military operation in Ukraine as well as by Turkey’s recently-concluded months-long blockade of Sweden’s accession to the military alliance.

Turkey and the U.S. working on creating closer military ties

Erdogan has already planned to visit the White House on May 9 – his first visit since President Joe Biden took office in 2021 – as Ankara and Washington work to smooth over military ties. There are already indications that relations are improving, as Turkey’s approval of Sweden’s NATO membership earlier this year cleared the way for the U.S. to sign off on a $23 billion sale of American-made F-16 fighter jets, as well as a whole host of missiles and bombs.

The partnership on ammunition production would build on improving military relations with Turkey. The Department of Defense said in February that it has already contracted General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems to build three assembly lines for building 155mm projectile parts in Texas with the help of Turkish subcontractors. This plant, to be built in Mesquite, is scheduled to move into production as early as June of this year.

In Turkey, local defense manufacturer Repkon is expected to ramp up production to the point that, by 2025, the company will be producing some 30 percent of all U.S.-made 155mm artillery shells.

In a statement on Repkon’s ramping up of production and the investment into Mesquite, the Pentagon said working with allies “is key to building a global defense industrial base.”

Furthermore, Washington bought 116,000 rounds of battle-ready ammunition from Turkish company Arca Defense, with delivery scheduled later this year and additional purchases believed to be finalized soon and ready for shipment in 2025.

U.S. and NATO efforts are contributing to the race to catch up with Moscow’s own manufacturing capabilities. Russia’s war machine is projected to domestically produce and procure as much as four million rounds of ammunition by the end of the year with the help of shipments from North Korea.

Meanwhile, the European Union expects to triple its production of artillery shells this year to around 1.4 million units.

Russia pins blame on Ukraine, U.S. for Crocus City Hall terrorist attack

Russian officials persisted in their efforts on April 3, to blame the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack on Ukraine and the United States rather than acknowledging the Islamic State’s admission of responsibility for the terrible attack.

Despite ISIS claiming responsibility for the massacre and reports indicating that Russia had received warnings from both U.S. and Iranian intelligence about an imminent ISIS attack, Security Council of the Russian Federation Secretary Nikolay Patrushev chose to deflect blame.

During a recent meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Patrushev argued that Ukraine and the U.S. were “trying to impose it on us” that the terrorist attack that killed over 140 people “was committed not by the Kyiv regime but by supporters of the radical Islamic ideology, possibly, by members of the Afghan branch of [ISIS].”

Patrushev is referring to the Central Asian-based regional branch of ISIS, the Islamic State-Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K.

“However, it is far more important to promptly establish who is the mastermind and the sponsor of this horrific crime,” Patrushev continued. “Its traces lead to Ukrainian intelligence services.”

Asserting that the Kyiv regime is under full control of the U.S., Patrushev echoed the Russian government’s narrative that Washington is responsible for the creation of terrorist groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda. He accused Ukraine of harboring ISIS militants and exploiting them for its agenda.

Patrushev further claimed that the perpetrators of the attack and their accomplices were apprehended while attempting to flee into Ukraine, suggesting complicity on the part of Ukrainian authorities. He criticized Western media for what he described as extensive, pre-planned coverage of the attack, insinuating collusion with a narrative contrary to Russia’s interests.

Despite these claims, Russian officials have yet to present concrete evidence implicating Ukraine in the attack. Patrushev’s assertion regarding a Ukrainian escape route for the terrorists is based on unverified statements made by Russian President Vladimir Putin shortly after the incident.

Both the U.S. and Ukrainian governments have vehemently denied any involvement in the attack.

Kremlin: Intelligence report before the attack too vague to act upon

Russian officials downplayed the significance of the intelligence report provided to them before the attack by claiming it was too vague to act upon.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov suggested that such information exchange typically occurs through specialized channels and attempted to dismiss the detailed warning provided by U.S. intelligence as mere “intelligence chatter.”

According to assessments from international security experts, Putin is endeavoring, without substantiated evidence, to associate Ukraine with the recent assault on a concert hall in Moscow to galvanize domestic support for Russia’s military actions in Ukraine.

Immediately after the attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue, ISIS-K claimed responsibility. Russian authorities also reported the arrest of 12 persons purportedly linked to the attack, including four suspected gunmen identified as citizens of the Central Asian, majority Muslim nation of Tajikistan.

Retired U.S. Army Col. Robert Hamilton of the Middle East Institute in Washington, an expert on security matters, labeled the Kremlin’s attempt to link the attack to Ukraine as a cynical but convenient tactic. He emphasized that there is no evidence implicating Ukraine in the attack and underscored that Ukraine does not engage in terrorist acts or war crimes.

 

yogaesoteric
April 9, 2024