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That said, Putin’s decision to inform Washington in advance of the test was clearly intended to avoid the it misinterpreting the launch and to mitigate the risks of immediate nuclear escalation,
said Acton
I take the launch as a ‘reminder’ to the United States that the risks of nuclear escalation remain present,
said James Acton, the co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International PeacePutin’s a bully. He’s going to continue to sabre-rattle from time to time,
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If you look at the trends of the outgoing U.S. administration, they are fully committed to continuing the war in Ukraine and are doing everything they can to do so,
Peskov said
It seems that this desire, let's say, to muck things up, can be seen in the current situation,
Lavrov added, going on to sayAs for what can be expected from Biden and his outgoing administration, well, the ATACMS supplies and allowing the British and French to use Storm Shadows and SCALPSs certainly have an element of trying to leave as negative a legacy as possible for the next administration,
Lavrov said, ... according to the Russian News AgencyThe Russian side has clearly demonstrated its capabilities,
Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, said on Friday
That is to say, we are defending the Ukrainians against this. It didn't work. So, the biggest danger not right now is not Putin. But I know I'm going to get pushback on that. It's not Putin, it's Joe Biden. Right now, we have a president inbound, President Trump, who will engage and try to ratchet down the drama. That's not so with Joe Biden. As a matter of fact, I don't even know if Joe Biden is the guy in charge,
he addedWe have not seen any reason to adjust our own nuclear posture or doctrine in response to Russia's statements,
Jean-Pierre said
The escalation at every turn is coming from Russia,
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters,They are now seeing high casualties, and so now what they're doing is turning to DPRK to supply them soldiers,
she saidThey (Russia) are the ones escalating. We are going to continue to support Ukraine as they push back on that aggression,
she saidHad self-imposed restrictions been lifted sooner, Ukraine would have made greater advances against the Russians,
Mark Temnycky, a nonresident fellow with the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center, explained to BI, arguing
He doesn't want his legacy to be stained by the war in Europe,
he said of BidenEvery decision's been too late,
Mick Ryan, a retired Australian Army major general and strategist, told BIBased on how Russia is responding, the war may be more 'on fire' by Inauguration Day,
he told BIThe Ukrainians really need to stem this loss of territory, to slow down — if not stop — the Russian advances in the east,
he saidUkraine is only authorized to shoot deeper into Russia to constrain the Russian-North Korean effort to push Ukraine out of the Russian territory,
the aide said
This makes a significant change and one that we warned the Russians about before they did it,
she said
If the long-range missiles are used from the territory of Ukraine against the Russian territory, it will mean that they are controlled by American military experts and we will view that as a qualitatively new phase of the Western war against Russia and respond accordingly,
moaned Lavrov at the G-20 in Brazil