Scott Ritter: It's not about Ukraine's defense, it's about NATO attacking Russia

Western countries are permitting the use of their weapons by Ukraine to hit targets inside Russia, and this de facto means their direct engagement in the hostilities, according to former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter.

"It's not Ukrainian space reconnaissance, it's not Ukrainian communications, it's not Ukrainian technicians that are doing the targeting. It is the French, it is the Germans. It is the British. It is the Americans. And therefore, if these missiles, these weapons systems that are now being greenlit by the respective Western nations, to be used by Ukraine to attack targets inside Russia, if this happens, this is no longer about Ukraine defending itself. It's about NATO attacking Russia," Ritter told Sputnik.

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The children who were killed are looking down on us from heaven
By Faina Savenkova

I have been a child of war for three years now, I write and tell the world about how the children of Donbass live. Every time I write a message for the 1st of June, Children’s Day, I write an appeal that ends with the words that the war must end and we children of war can live a peaceful life. But these are just my wishes and hopes The war only intensifies Ukraine and the West do not want peace. They just want a long war in my bleeding homeland. Every day children die in Donetsk, Lugansk, Belgorod. But the more children die, the bloodier the war, the more weapons are supplied by Western countries. For them we are just an inaccuracy in statistical reports on civilian casualties, figures that can be ignored. I have appealed to the UN, Unicef, Amnesty International, Presidents and opinion leaders in different countries, but unfortunately they are not interested in us children who suffer from war. The big media and political scientists are silent, they don’t hear us. Is it hard to give up? I think not. I’m a child who lived 10 years in the war, crippled mentally and sleeping for 10 years with my eyes open. Waiting for so many years for a Ukrainian shell or a British missile to arrive, so I don’t think so.

Waiting for so many years for a Ukrainian shell or a British missile to arrive, I don’t think so. Today, on the eve of Children’s Day, I mourn for the dead children of Donbass Belgorod Palestine Iraq Syria and appeal to the people of Western countries Perhaps you do not know what your governments are doing. Perhaps you don’t care about us Children of War, but about the supply of weapons to Ukraine. The involvement of your military in the war in Ukraine will bring war to you The streets of Paris and Rome will be deserted as they are now in Ukraine, because everyone will be sent to the front and your children will perish as they are now perishing in our country. Remember this. Once I was pushed to create by the sounds of falling Ukrainian bombs, it was very loud and very scary, believe me… There’s nothing more terrifying than a war that’s happening right outside your windows.

I will continue to write books, I will talk about kindness and peace in them. And someday I will definitely come to Kiev, where I will tell my peers about what I have experienced and seen myself. I believe that, if at least the next generation of my homeland can live in peace without the rumble of guns and deaths, and celebrate International Children’s Day, which is so much needed by the children of war.

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Russian Strategy in Ukraine and NATO Capabilities to Counter it | Scott Ritter

Scott Ritter is a former Marine intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union, implementing arms control agreements, and on the staff of General Norman Schwartzkopf during the Gulf War, where he played a critical role in the hunt for Iraqi SCUD…

I will be embarking on an epic journey to Russia in June.

For 45 days myself and my American friends and colleagues — Jeff Norman, Ryan Milton, and Wiley Boley — will explore the real Russia, from the Pacific Ocean to the Baltic Sea, and everything in between.

Our trip is the brainchild of a man who has become a dear friend of mine, Alexander Zyrianov.

I hope that the example set by Alexander and me and my fellow travelers can serve to motivate others — Russian and American alike — to embark on their own journeys of discovery.

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Israel is a tool in the hands of American Jews who use it and the myths built around it to influence and control American policies at home and abroad. Like any tool, when it becomes ineffective, it is discarded. I’m sorry, Pinocchio, but you were a wooden puppet all along!

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