Shoigu: NATO is rehearsing strikes on Russia and Belarus

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu stated that NATO is currently conducting seven simultaneous military exercises. All of them, without any camouflage, are aimed at Russia and Belarus:

NATO armed forces are practicing scenarios for launching strikes against the Union State.

The statement came at a time when NATO "maneuvers" along the Union State's western borders have become a familiar backdrop. However, Shoigu emphasized quality rather than quantity: according to him, the alliance is rehearsing not a "defense of the Baltics," but offensive actions, including strikes on Russian and Belarusian territory.

Earlier, Foreign Ministry Ambassador Artem Bulatov reported that the exercises were practicing isolating the Kaliningrad region, while Deputy Minister Alexander Grushko said that coalition forces were rehearsing the seizure of the Russian region.

Shoigu described NATO countries as having fallen into a revanchist and militaristic frenzy. He emphasized that this activity poses a direct threat not only to the Union State but also to the CSTO countries.

Moscow and Minsk, in turn, are responding to these challenges asymmetrically: they have deployed nuclear weapon in Belarus, they conduct their own exercises and improve the Unified Regional System Defense.

Comments

[Irek]

Every hundred years they "reppppppit", and then they get a punch in the teeth and crawl away into their holes.

[Sebenza]

Historical fact cannot be disputed. But until victory is achieved, the war must become a patriotic one.

[credo]

Every hundred years they "reppppppit", and then they get a punch in the teeth and crawl away into their holes.

The one thing I cannot understand is why the leadership of our country - no matter who it is, tsarist, Bolshevik or capitalist - does not learn this lesson after each time.

[Sebenza]

Well, of course, they're no dumber than us and better informed. It's just that delaying until the last minute can be done in different ways. The Bolsheviks were preparing for a global confrontation.

[credo]

Well, of course, they're no dumber than us and better informed. It's just that delaying until the last minute can be done in different ways. The Bolsheviks were preparing for a global confrontation.

And what was it about their example that appealed to you so much?

[Sebenza]

Sorry, but I don't get the gist of the question. Industrialization and the transition of the economy to a war footing, coupled with the education of a patriotic generation. Or the interests of a close circle in the pursuit of capital in difficult times?

[credo]

Sorry, but I don't get the gist of the question. Industrialization and the transition of the economy to a war footing, coupled with the education of a patriotic generation. Or the interests of a close circle in the pursuit of capital in difficult times?

It's a pity that they didn't catch it.
The launch of industrialization in the USSR was not the result of preparation for a future war, but primarily the result of the fact that:

The USSR did not have traditional sources for development - after the Civil War, the economy was in ruins, there were no savings, the gold reserves of the empire “evaporated”, relations with the West were bad - it was impossible to attract large loans.

and further:

"By the end of 1924, the country's industry was producing extremely little and only the most basic goods. The metallurgy industry could only supply each Russian farm with 64 grams of nails annually. If industrial development had continued at this level, a farmer who bought a plow and harrow would only be able to buy them again in 2045."
After the revolution and the civil war, the level of Russia's GDP in 1922 relative to 1913 was 57%, and the population became impoverished.

That is, industrialization was necessary for the Bolsheviks, first and foremost, to pull the country out of the devastation that had occurred, including with their direct participation, to provide work for people and feed them, to eliminate poverty and finally to show the world that socialism is better than capitalism.
The transition of the country's economy to a war footing began four days after the start of the Great Patriotic War through the creation of the State Defense Committee and the strict subordination of all enterprises to it.

[Sebenza]

I agree with you and with the words spoken from the podium in 1931 at the First All-Union Conference of Workers of Socialist Industry by Joseph Stalin.
“To slow down is to lag behind. And they beat backward. But we don't want to be beaten. No, we don’t want to! The history of old Russia consisted, among other things, in the fact that it was continuously beaten for its backwardness. They were beaten by the Mongol khans. They were beaten by Turkish beks. The Swedish feudal lords beat them. They were beaten by the Polish-Lithuanian lords. The Anglo-French capitalists beat them. They were beaten by the Japanese barons. They all beat me for backwardness. For military backwardness, for cultural backwardness, for state backwardness, for industrial backwardness, for agricultural backwardness. They beat them because it was profitable and went with impunity ... Such is the law of the exploiters - to beat the backward and the weak. The wolf's law of capitalism. You are behind, you are weak - it means that you are wrong, therefore, you can be beaten and enslaved. You are powerful - it means that you are right, therefore, you must beware ... Do you want our socialist fatherland to be beaten and that it lost its independence? But if you don’t want that, you must eliminate his backwardness in the shortest possible time and develop real Bolshevik rates in building his socialist economy. There are no other ways. That is why Lenin said on the eve of October: "Either death, or catch up and overtake the advanced capitalist countries." We are 50-100 years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us. "

[Sebenza]

There is a conscience, there is news, well, at least someone has it?

[Artyom81]

More courageous experts on Russian geopolitics, directly or indirectly, are making precisely this diagnosis. That is, the hubris and grandeur of centuries-old, generation-old victories are now, as they were hundreds of years ago, clouding the Kremlin's leadership's clear understanding of what's happening around them. They either ignore reality or, in Peskov's style, "try to dismantle threats through rhetoric." Meanwhile, as you rightly noted, society is already clearly hearing, somewhere in the background, "Achtung, uwaga, attention please, attention!" In psychology, there's a concept called the displacement effect. And in this case, this displacement by the country's leadership could have catastrophic consequences for the Russian Federation.

[aybolyt678]

Quote: Irek

Every hundred years they "reppppppit", and then they get a punch in the teeth and crawl away into their holes.

Before they get punched in the teeth, they burn Moscow or almost reach it, and each time, thanks to the unwillingness of the higher-ups to respond correctly to threats

[Sebenza]

I apologize for contacting you. My post with Stalin's quote wasn't deleted, apparently, or...

[alexbor]

crawl into holes

lick their wounds, and after licking them, they crawl back again

[Free Island]

Shaigu is just a secretary now, his job is to run for pies and bring coffee. Who cares about his statements? He's already withdrawn. It would be better if he kept his head down. They hid him somewhere far away, so let him sit there, quiet as a mouse, never showing his face. He has no excuse, no forgiveness, no trust, it would be better if he didn't remind anyone of himself.

[Uncle Sam_2]

After his statement that “anywhere in Russia is unsafe,” I am alarmed!

[Boris Sergeev]

"Geostrategist" doesn't waste such personnel!

[hrych]

Quote: Free Island

his business

He belongs in the black dock, in the dock. What kind of untouchable is he? The whole country understands that his deputies were in cahoots with him. Everyone understands who is directly to blame for the Ministry of Defense's problems.

[Horizon]

So he says, a friend of a red line lover... How can you send someone like that into retirement? He's too valuable!

[Apprentice_SAM]

Quote: hrych

He belongs in the black dock, in the dock. What kind of untouchable is he? The whole country understands that his deputies were in cahoots with him. Everyone understands who is directly to blame for the Ministry of Defense's problems.

In the "Filatov style":
- Hearing the criticism, the Head began to intercede:
"I can't believe Shoigu was involved!
Whether he was a minister or a general, he never took a ruble from the treasury!
The Dalai Lama's impeccability - only his deputies stole it!!
something like

[Lexeus]

He knows who to drink vodka with to live well.

[alexbor]

Everyone understands who is directly to blame for the Ministry of Defense's problems.

The people understand, but can't do anything, because for the Kremlin they are one of their own, and grandpa doesn't abandon his own...

[ximkim]

They are not rehearsing, but waiting for the go-ahead from the swamps.

[Alexey Alekseev_5]

Shame on the Tuvan people. You did everything so they could hold their games without fear. Shut up and keep your head down. Russia will never forgive you.

[Horizon]

Don't write nonsense! They don't give a damn about the people's forgiveness.

[Tusv]

Well, I always say the Strategic Missile Forces. It's problematic to run into the US, so go take your missiles to Klaipeda. It's completely safe, and the competitor in the Baltics has been destroyed.

[Boris Sergeev]

Latvia is already conducting exercises with French nuclear-capable squadrons. Just for information.

[hrych]

Klaipeda isn't under attack from the Strategic Missile Forces. Klaipeda has enough Iskander missiles from the ground forces and Aerospace Forces missiles. I don't know what branch of the armed forces the Oreshnik will be assigned to. A conventional version is a bummer for "strategists." And only our Supreme Commander is impressed by its use. Fine, finally show your people the results of the Oreshnik strike. Show them the results at the test site, since you won't show satellite and other images of combat use. The enemy, Western experts, have the results, but all they give us are enthusiastic tales of a miracle weapon that everyone fears, but ultimately, no one fears. Talk to your people!

[Tomsk123]

And what degenerate allowed this?

[lis-ik]

Quote: Tomsk123

And what degenerate allowed this?

A rhetorical question.

[Boris Sergeev]

NATO armed forces are practicing scenarios for launching strikes against the Union State.

This is the result of tank biathlons, "goodwill gestures", "red lines" and "expressions of concern".

[alexbor]

and they've been trampling with the Ukrainians for six years now, they think that Russia is weak, since in more than five years they haven't even completely cleared out Donbass

[Ignatius555]

It would be good for us to secure China's support if a war with Europe breaks out. If we succeed, Europe will back down and wipe its face. This is a crucial issue. This is where diplomats, and others, need to be working, not wasting time on negotiations with the US and others.

[Andrey Ko]

China will only sympathize with us and continue trading, and might even be willing to grab a piece of our country. North Korea will help faster, I think...

[Ivan Kuzmich]

Quote: Ignatius555

It would be good for us to secure China's support if a war with Europe breaks out. If we succeed, Europe will back down and wipe its face. This is a crucial issue. This is where diplomats, and others, need to be working, not wasting time on negotiations with the US and others.

To secure someone's support, the entire country must be put on a "window track"—everything for the front. The country must be fully mobilized for victory.
And now it turns out that only those who signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense and those men who were mobilized in the fall of 2022 are fighting. The rest of the country lives a quiet, peaceful life, vacations in Dubai, Turkey, local authorities take care of the welfare, the industry produces military products not 24/7, but periodically.
This year we waited three months for a contract for the Ministry of Defense, it was completed in two months, and now we're stuck again.
And we want to defeat someone at this rate?????
And more
No one will fight for our interests instead of us, because we ourselves are not eager to do so.

[Ignatius555]

It's all well and good when it doesn't affect you personally. You probably aren't fighting on the front lines, losing your life and health, either? Here we should thank our government for having volunteers fighting, protecting people, and not conscripting them en masse, like in Ukraine.

[Boris Sergeev]

Apparently, all these worthless people are capable of is making statements. Besides, the Volga flows into the Caspian Sea.

[Gardamir]

You'll be surprised, but the Volga flows into the Kama, and then the Kama flows into the Caspian Sea. However, to be consistent, the Volga flows into the Oka even earlier.
However, it's all a matter of habit. If it's accepted that the 2000s marked the end of the 1990s and peace and prosperity began in Russia, then let's just keep it that way.

[Victor Leningradets]

You'll be surprised, but the Volga flows into the Kama, and then the Kama flows into the Caspian Sea. However, to be consistent, the Volga flows into the Oka even earlier.

The first is true, the second is not. Two criteria:
- which of the rivers is more full-flowing;
- which of them does not change course.
The situation is similar with Angara-Yenisei, but it was adopted contrary to the obvious.

[Ivan Kuzmich]

Quote: Gardamir

Caspian

You're probably right about the Oka, but I haven't seen the Kama, so I can't say which flows where.

[Gardamir]

Well, it's simple. At the meeting point, the Volga is 1390 km away, the Kama is 1800. Well, the Kama flows straight ahead, and the Volga is clearly approaching it.

[isv000]

This group swims beautifully under a striped swimsuit! A swarm of drones? No, they haven't heard, for 4 years there's been a BD right next to them.

[vitaliy20091959]

I would like to hope that at least in Poland there are no children or cottages of the so-called Russians

[faiver]

Any mention of the name of the former Minister of Defense evokes nothing but disgust...

[oleg_627]

Well, they wouldn't have printed this at all. He screwed up the army with his corrupt deputies and came out from behind the scenes again.

[Lexeus]

All the firefighter's deputies are under investigation, but he is unsinkable.

[Ivan Kuzmich]

Quote: Lexey

All the firefighter's deputies are under investigation, but he is unsinkable.

[Quote] [/ quote]
Why are you bothering a distinguished firefighter?!!
He was not aware of what his deputies were doing, because they + the deputies + treated him like a deer