Eastern Europe & Caucasus Russian General Admits Ukraine Just a 'Stepping Stone' to Invade Europe

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A key Russian general who Russian President Vladimir Putin promoted this week views the invasion of Ukraine as a mere "stepping stone" to further conflict with Europe.

Putin launched the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, sparking fears from many analysts that the Kremlin may have greater ambitions beyond taking control of its former Soviet neighbor. Russian commentators and lawmakers have often heightened those fears with their anti-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) rhetoric throughout the war—routinely encouraging direct strikes on European and even American targets.

This week, Putin promoted Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev to the rank of Colonel-General. The military leader had already been serving in the role of commanding the Central Military District and Russian Central Grouping of Forces in Ukraine.

In a recent interview with Moscow's state-run Russia-1, a clip of which circulated widely on social media Saturday, Mordvichev said he believes Putin's war will last quite a long time and expand in the future.

"I think there's still plenty of time to spend. It is pointless to talk about a specified period. If we are talking about Eastern Europe, which we will have to, of course then it will be longer," the general said.

"Ukraine is only a stepping stone?" the interviewer then asked.

"Yes, absolutely. It is only the beginning," Mordvichev responded, who went on to say that the war "will not stop here."

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[Crimson Fucker]

Called it.

Eastern European nations, such as Poland, have been some of Ukraine's loudest defenders as their leaders fear their borders could be next to be challenged by Putin's forces.

Called it

 

[notgivingmynametoamachine]

Well good luck to them... given how this one is going. lol

The only real fear here is that they know something the rest of the world doesn't.. like china's plans for the future. That's where things get scary given china's desperate reality/future. Either that or they are insane enough to think a nuke threat is going to work once they hit the first NATO country.

 

[Chrysler Building]

Sooo the right wing conservatards shit the bed and Russia wasn't responding to American aggression at all and instead are still pursuing their imperial dreams? I'm shocked that there is gambling in this casino

 

[Crimson Fucker]

Ironically this has to do with why i was banned on kf and vindicates my claims. I said Russia wouldn't stop at Ukraine and they would invade other countries because their land is shit. I also said Russia would try to invade poland over there too and on other accounts on other sites. I seen this movie before so the remake isn't very surprising. Just look at history.

 

[Boobie Bomb]

Russia rules the world no shock there. Don’t mess with Putin

 

[BurnerAccount333]

They might as well just say this.

And you see my next step of my master evil plan is to destroy the reputation of all e-celebs to subvert them with my key-agents to demoralize and further spread my ideology undetected. By surprise I will be faking a hundred screenshots of every e-celeb with damning accusations, ruining them, and rule the world! Of course I'll need to announce this future plan of mine to everyone, I must ensure EVERYONE knows my plan. They must know that this battle, the one I'm currently having, is but merely a step for my evil plans.

It's about as subtle as saying: "Just a stepping stone."

 

[Crimson Fucker]

Russia is too lazy to use most of the territory they have that even is usable since a large portion is basically uninhabitable. They want warm water ports and the the geographic defense of the surrounding countries along with their natural resources and arable land. Only about 8% is even usable for agriculture and they need imports so want to be more self sustained to not rely on imports in case they lose access to them in wartime. They have shitty infrastructure especially when it comes to transportation and the railway is all they have. Their population density makes them just as susceptible to nuclear bombardment as they see everyone else as, if not more in many cases.

 

[Jetstream Sharpe]

Kengle can't keep his autistic fingers off of geopolitics and reporting on news that would anger literal dictatorships, and yet still runs his site better than KF.

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