International News Archives - National File http://nationalfile.com/category/news/international-news/ NationalFile.com Wed, 15 May 2024 16:25:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://nationalfile.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-National-Logo-32x32.jpg International News Archives - National File http://nationalfile.com/category/news/international-news/ 32 32 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is an Anti-Jab, Anti-War Populist https://nationalfile.com/slovak-prime-minister-robert-fico-is-an-anti-jab-anti-war-populist/ Wed, 15 May 2024 16:25:50 +0000 https://nationalfile.com/?p=69273 Last Updated on May 15, 2024

The anti-war, anti-bioweapon Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was shot today as he left a meeting in the Slovak town of Handlova, which is positioned roughly two hours from the nation’s capital city of Bratislava. The shooting and attempted assassination of Prime Minister Fico came after the populist politician made opposing bioweapon mandates and war with Russia part of his governmental policy. Fico is known to have personally rejected the Covid jab and even took part in anti-bioweapon demonstrations before winning election to his current term as PM.

Details are still emerging in the public shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who’s known as a left-wing populist and nationalist and who has aggressively positioned himself opposite the NATO and EU power structure pushing for war with Russia. As of the latest updates, it’s being reported that Fico has been critically wounded after being shot “multiple times” and sustaining bullet wounds to the head and chest.

Fico, who previously served two non-consecutive stints as Slovakia’s Prime Minister, took office again after last year’s parliamentary elections, in which his party, Direction – Social Democracy, earned big wins over what was then the nation’s incumbent government, which was staunchly pro-Ukraine and pro-World Health Organization.

Watch Video Footage from the Scene of the Shooting Below:

This story is developing. Stay with National File for updates as they become available…

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Church Attacker’s Blade Failed to Open as Bishop Held Cross for Protection https://nationalfile.com/church-attackers-blade-failed-to-open-as-bishop-held-cross-for-protection/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:21:50 +0000 https://nationalfile.com/?p=68958 Last Updated on April 16, 2024

The blade wielded by the Sydney, Australia church attacker failed to open when the target of the attack, Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, held up a Cross for protection, likely saving his life. Bishop Mar Mari was struck with the closed knife several times, including in the face, before the attacker realized that his blade had malfunctioned.

As National File reported in the wake of the attack:

A knife-wielding attacker stormed the pulpit of Sydney, Australia’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church and appeared to stab Bishop Mar Mari in the face, before unleashing a fury of additional stabs and slashes, leaving multiple other people injured as congregants quickly fought to subdue him.

Because the Monday night service was being live streamed, video footage of the attack became available online immediately and has quickly gone viral…

When the video footage is examined, it’s realized that the attacker’s blade did not open as he lunged toward Bishop Mar Mari, likely saving the Bishop’s life as several bladeless blows made contact with the area of his face and neck. As this aspect of the story has made the rounds online, faithful Christians are praising God and some are saying that Bishop Mar Mari was saved by way of direct intervention, with the Cross he held in his hand serving as a shield of protection.

By the time the attacker realized his blade had failed him, he was being surrounded by parishioners who were rushing to the defense of Bishop Mar Mari, multiple of whom were injured, along with a Priest, in the process.

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PHOTO: The anti-Christian terrorist’s blade failed to open as he attacked Bishop Mar Mari.

Full Video: Bishop Stabbed at Pulpit in Anti-Christian Attack

While much of the 15-year-old suspect’s background has not been made clear to the public, law enforcement has confirmed that anti-Christian terrorism was his motivation, and several translations have claimed that as he stormed the pulpit, he shouted in Arabic, “If they didn’t insult my prophet, I wouldn’t have come here,” denoting what many believe to be an Islamic background.

Related: Bishop Stabbed in Sydney Attack Spoke Against Zionist Aggression, Radical Islam, and Marxist Subversion

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Video: Bishop Stabbed in Sydney Attack Spoke Against Zionist Aggression https://nationalfile.com/video-bishop-stabbed-in-sydney-attack-spoke-against-zionist-aggression/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:15:12 +0000 https://nationalfile.com/?p=68949 Last Updated on April 15, 2024

Orthodox Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, who was stabbed in the pulpit of Sydney, Australia’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church during Monday night services, has spoken out against the Israeli government and Zionist aggression in the Holy Land and personally done mission and charity work in service of the Palestinians of Gaza.

In the aftermath of his stabbing at the hands of a thus-far unnamed assailant, video footage of Orthodox Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel criticizing Israel from the pulpit has gone viral, in which the Bishop describes his interaction with a small Palestinian girl and calls on the Israeli government to “stop killing these angels.”

Watch the Video Clip Below: 

In addition to his criticism of Israel and defense of war-ravaged Palestinian civilians, Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has been a prominent voice against cultural Marxism that’s subverted modern Christianity and is known as a staunch defender of traditional family values. Bishop Mar Mari has also taken a hardline stance against COVID jabs and lockdowns, positions that have won him supporters and detractors alike, in Australia and globally, thanks to his online following.

The Bishop’s attacker, who also injured an additional Priest as well as several congregants, has yet to be named, but it’s been reported that he has been identified as a 15-year-old male, who sustained some injuries while being subdued by churchgoers, who held him at bay until police arrived the scene.

As National File reported:

A knife-wielding attacker stormed the pulpit of Sydney, Australia’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church and appeared to stab Bishop Mar Mari in the face, before unleashing a fury of additional stabs and slashes, leaving multiple other people injured as congregants quickly fought to subdue him.

Because the Monday night service was being live streamed, video footage of the attack became available online immediately and has quickly gone viral…

Read More: Bishop Stabbed at Pulpit in Anti-Christian Attack

 

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VIDEO: Bishop Stabbed at Pulpit in Anti-Christian Attack https://nationalfile.com/video-bishop-stabbed-at-pulpit-in-anti-christian-attack/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:46:51 +0000 https://nationalfile.com/?p=68936 Last Updated on April 15, 2024

Orthodox Christian Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, who’s spoken out prominently against Israel’s slaughter of civilians and the cultural Marxism subverting Christianity, was stabbed when a man stormed the pulpit during a Monday night service in Sydney, Australia. A Priest called Father Isaac, as well as multiple congregants, were also reportedly injured. All of them, including Bishop Mar Mari, are receiving medical treatment and are expected to recover. The attack marks the second mass knifing to strike Sydney in a period of just three days.

A knife-wielding attacker stormed the pulpit of Sydney, Australia’s Christ The Good Shepherd Church and appeared to stab Bishop Mar Mari in the face, before unleashing a fury of additional stabs and slashes, leaving multiple other people injured as congregants quickly fought to subdue him. Because the Monday night service was being live streamed, video footage of the attack became available online immediately and has quickly gone viral, showing yet another instance of the anti-Christian terrorism that’s so common around the world but is largely ignored.

Watch the Video Footage of the Attack Below: 

https://twitter.com/aussiecossack/status/1779814006129349061

While the attacker has yet to be identified by name, according to several reports, he’s 15 years old.

A photo of him, smiling as he’s subdued by congregants and reportedly relieved of several fingers with his own blade, has been published online by Aussie Cossack, a leading Australian free speech journalist.

https://twitter.com/aussiecossack/status/1779827456909975571

In the wake of the attack, there’s been a massive outpouring of support from Christians around the world, including locally, where an angry crowd of men estimated to be 5,000 strong waited outside the Church-turned-crime scene chanting “Bring him out” as Sydney police secured the scene and suspect inside.

Watch the Video Footage Below: 

https://twitter.com/aussiecossack/status/1779834578414489796

As he recovers, the corporate media the world over has taken to the internet to slam Bishop Mar Mari for his traditionalist stances and skepticism of the anti-Christian global power structure, with the Telegraph deriding him as “a fire and brimstone preacher known for his anti-LGBTQ views and skepticism over Covid vaccines.”

In the Sydney Morning Herald, Bishop Mar Mari was also described as an “anti-LGBTQ” preacher whose congregation is made up of “radical Christians.”

https://twitter.com/aussiecossack/status/1779867859495321780

This story is developing…Stay with National File for updates as they become available…

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U.S. Intervenes to Shoot Down Iranian Drones Bound for Israel https://nationalfile.com/u-s-intervenes-to-shoot-down-iranian-drones-bound-for-israel/ Sun, 14 Apr 2024 13:00:52 +0000 https://nationalfile.com/?p=68930 Last Updated on April 14, 2024

The United States has once again intervened in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, this time to shoot down “dozens” of Iranian drones bound for Israel, as Iran launched a retaliatory strike on the “Zionist entity” after an Israeli strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria left 16 dead, including a top Iranian military commander.

Iran launched more than 300 missiles and drones toward Israel as part of “Operation True Promise,” which included the use of ballistic missiles. Israel reports no deaths or significant damage and says that “99%” of Iranian projectiles were intercepted, though Iranian state media say that the attack hit a major Israeli air base.

“The most important Israeli air base in the Negev was the successful target of the Kheibar missile,” Iranian state media reported.  “…images and data indicate that the base sustained heavy blows.”

While Israel’s American-funded Iron Dome air defense system activated in response to the attack, so did American forces, taking to the skies to combat Iranian drones in what has marked just the latest U.S. intervention in Israel’s ongoing war – and it likely won’t be the last.

“At the direction of President Biden, U.S. forces in the Middle East on April 13 intercepted dozens of missiles and UAVs en route to Israel, launched from Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen,” Biden Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a public statement. “Our forces remain postured to protect U.S. troops and partners in the region, provide further support for Israel’s defense, and enhance regional stability,” he added.

American forces were reportedly aided in the skies by the British, and the Israelis are vowing to respond.

Background: Israel Expands War into Syria, Kills Iranian General at Consulate

The Iranian strike marked a historic escalation in Israeli-Iranian tensions and a defection from the proxy wars of days past, as it was the first time that an Iranian attack on Israel originated from within Iranian territory. Israel is vowing to respond.

The strike also triggered just the latest instance of American intervention in the region’s latest war, which hit Israel and Gaza after the 10/7 attack and has repeatedly spilled over international borders.

Just days after the 10/7 attack, the Biden White House ordered U.S. troops and ships to the region and American forces began shooting down Iranian proxy drones and cruise missiles, which were launched by Houthi militants operating out of Yemen.

Around the same time frame, Biden ordered U.S. special forces troops to Israel to assist in hostage recovery efforts.

Intervention: U.S. Warship Intercepts Missiles Bound for Israel

Earlier this year, Biden ordered American strikes against at least 85 “Iran-backed” positions in Iraq and Syria, including those held by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, in response to a drone attack on an American installation in a border region of Jordan and Syria, that killed three U.S. troops.

More Intervention: Biden Launches Strikes on ‘Iran-Backed’ Targets in Iraq, Syria

The continued American involvement and escalation of tensions in the Middle East, especially as it pertains to Iran, has seemingly been in the works since the very beginning of the conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Among other uni-partiers, in the wake of the 10/7 attack, then-presidential candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley took to the corporate media to call for a wide-reaching war.

“This is not just an attack on Israel, this is an attack on America because they hate us just as much,” Haley told Fox News in describing the attack.

“And I’ll say this to Prime Minister Netanyahu: Finish them. Finish them,” Haley added. “Hamas did this, you know Iran’s behind it. Finish them. They should have hell to pay for what they’ve just done.”

Video: Nikki Haley Calls for War With Iran Over Israeli Conflict

And more recently, GOP Senators John Cornyn and Lindsey Graham have chimed in to call for an all-out war with Iran, with Graham calling on the United States to “Hit Iran,” and Cornyn calling to “Target Tehran.”

Related: Tucker Carlson Rips ‘F*cking Lunatics’ Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn After Their Calls for War with Iran

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Blinken: ‘Ukraine Will Become Member of NATO’ https://nationalfile.com/blinken-ukraine-will-become-member-of-nato/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:36:41 +0000 https://nationalfile.com/?p=68795 Last Updated on April 4, 2024

Biden Secretary of State Antony Blinken said this week that “Ukraine will become a member of NATO,” which will force the United States and its allies to go to war on Ukraine’s behalf, regardless of what the people of NATO countries have to say about it.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Paris and Brussels this week for meetings with the French government and NATO officials. Blinken’s trip to the area comes as French President Emmanuel Macron openly floats the idea of committing French troops to war with Russia and amid reports of French mercenaries already being on the ground there, en masse.

“Ukraine will become a member of NATO,” Blinken told reporters at the NATO summit in Brussels. “Our purpose at the summit is to help build a bridge to that membership,” he added.

Hear Blinken’s Remarks on Ukrainian NATO Membership in the Video Below: 

Related: Russian FSB Chief Says US, Ukraine, Britain are Behind Concert Hall Attack

Blinken has, for years, been one of Washington’s staunchest supporters of Ukraine and American involvement there.

In 2014, he was serving as an Obama national security advisor during the takedown of Ukraine’s democratically-elected pro-Russia government, which came in the form of a Soros-backed color revolution supported by the Obama Administration. That takedown set Ukraine, Russia, America, and the world on the disastrous course to where they all are now.

In addition to his support of Ukraine’s war effort and America being involved in it, Blinken, who is Jewish, has also been a huge supporter of Israel and has waded into the ongoing conflict there several times since it began last October.

Just days after the 10/7 attacks, Blinken traveled to Israel, telling Netanyahu’s government that “I come before you not only as the United States Secretary of State but also as a Jew.”

Related: Antony Blinken Tied To Jeffrey Epstein – Went To School Where He Taught, Family Connected To Epstein’s Mistress

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Israeli Forces Track, Target, and Kill Aid Workers in ‘Unforgivable’ Attack https://nationalfile.com/israeli-forces-track-target-and-kill-aid-workers-in-unforgivable-attack/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 14:33:33 +0000 https://nationalfile.com/?p=68744 Last Updated on April 2, 2024

The Israeli military launched an unprovoked airstrike against World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza, who were in the region to bring food to starving civilians who’ve been cut off from the rest of the world. Seven aid workers were killed in the Israeli strike, including a British citizen, an Australian citizen, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, and a Jewish citizen of Poland.

Seven humanitarian workers with the World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli airstrike as their three-vehicle convoy left a warehouse in a deconflicted zone of Gaza, where they’d just unloaded more than 100 tons of food aid to be given to civilians in the region, who are battling starvation as tens of thousands of women and children continue losing their lives.

Though Israel is claiming that the attack on the humanitarian workers was a tragic accident, the World Central Kitchen is refusing to fall into the governmental narrative and has revealed in a public statement that their team was “coordinating movements with the IDF” when they were struck, and was driving in vehicles outfitted with World Central Kitchen logos, including on their rooftops.

In other words, the World Central Kitchen (WCK) says that Israeli forces knew exactly where they were and what they were doing there, but they called in an airstrike anyway.

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One of the World Central Kitchen vehicles after it came under Israeli attack. World Central Kitchen symbolism is clearly visible, including in the exact place where the vehicle was struck. Photo: Times of Israel

“This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable,” World Central Kitchen CEO Erin Gore said in a public statement responding to the deadly Israeli attack.

World Central Kitchen founder, Spanish-American Chef Jose Andres, echoed those sentiments in a post he made to X, confirming the loss of life among his colleagues and declaring that “The Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing. It needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon.”

World Central Kitchen Founder X Statement

As the World Central Kitchen and its leadership mentioned in their statements, Israel has sought to block or tightly control all aid, especially food, from entering Gaza and making its way to the Palestinian people, who face a massive and rapidly mounting civilian death toll, made up largely of children.

While international pressure has forced some food and other forms of aid to be allowed to trickle in, the situation is dire, and aid workers, as well as Palestinians seeking help, are at an extreme risk of losing their lives.

And due to the attack, the World Central Kitchen is suspending operations in the region.

Several weeks ago, Israeli forces killed more than 100 Palestinians and left over 700 more wounded, when they opened fire on a crowd as they retrieved food from an aid convoy.

Nevertheless, Israel has operated with impunity and continued American support, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declaring that those who wish to investigate alleged Israeli war crimes are antisemites.

Read More: Investigating Israeli War Crimes is ‘Pure Antisemitism’ says Netanyahu

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Israel Fears US ‘Revitalization’ of Palestinian Authority Not Effective https://nationalfile.com/israel-fears-us-revitalization-of-palestinian-authority-not-effective/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 22:11:48 +0000 https://nationalfile.com/?p=68718 Last Updated on April 1, 2024

Per the US’s demands for a “revitalized” Palestinian Authority, at least two of the new ministers allegedly partake in “religious incitement to terror” and the “demonization of Jews,” according to The Jerusalem Post.

An expose by Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) revealed Minister of Women’s Affairs Muna Al-Khalili and Minister of Religious Affairs Muhammad Mustafa Najem to have said supposed “racist and inciteful quotes,” according to the outlet.

Al-Khalili, a former Chairwoman of the PLO’s General Union of Palestinian Women, allegedly praised Dalal Al-Mughrabi, a terrorist who killed 37 Israelis in the 70s. She also stated that the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas was resistance. Al-Khalili honored those involved and those held as “heroic prisoners,” reported The Post.

The other person in question, Muhammad Mustafa Najem, characterized Jews by “conceit, pride, arrogance, rioting, disloyalty, and treachery.” He also referred to them as “apes and pigs,” which, according to The Post, is a popular Islamist sentiment.

Itamar Marcus, the PMW chair, has called for both individuals in the new PA government to be replaced, claiming having these two is a complete mockery of the US demand for “revitalization.”

Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) rails on the two ministers of the new “revitalized” Palestinian Authority.

Adding a little background, the former Palestinian government suddenly had Prime Minister Ahmad Shtayyeh resign. Most believed it because of the US’s desire for “revitalization.” The Post reported that others thought it to be the reintroduction of Hamas into an officially recognized government.

Hamas has rejected forming a new government without their representation. It claimed that the new authority would not recognize the national consensus. Fatah, which essentially controls the PLO, regards Hamas’ action as “worse than the one of 1948,” said The Post. It also makes the group aware of other past actions, including the coup of 2007.

It all seems very complicated, but in the end, it is very cut and dry. The US will ultimately mandate a palatable solution for Israel. The West, lobbied to its limits, has taken a side. Hamas only has an allotted time before the battle is over, and Israel finally gets what it wants — no ceasefire — a single-state solution.

Israel Expands War into Syria, Kills Iranian General at Consulate

No one is advocating for the Palestinian people. Still, the attack and its genocidal retributions have revealed to the laypeople the power of the Israel Lobby and the mercilessness of its favored nation-state.

Matt Walsh: ‘Bow Before Israel (unless you’re an anti-Semite)!’

 

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Israel Expands War into Syria, Kills Iranian General at Consulate https://nationalfile.com/israel-expands-war-into-syria-kills-iranian-general-at-consulate/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 21:04:21 +0000 https://nationalfile.com/?p=68721 Last Updated on April 1, 2024

Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza has once again spilled over international borders as the Israeli military has reportedly conducted an airstrike in Damascus, Syria, killing a top-ranking Iranian military commander at the Iranian consulate there.

The Jerusalem Post reports that “Mohammed Reza Zahedi, the top commander in the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) for Lebanon and Syria was assassinated in an airstrike on Monday, along with his lieutenant and about five other officers.”

Also according to The Jerusalem Post, the airstrike on Damascus, Syria, “targeted the building adjacent to the Iranian consulate, reported to be used as a military command center for the IRGC.”

More Info in the News Video Below: 

Israel’s strike on Iran’s Damascus consulate also comes as both Israel and its American allies have publicly gone out of their way to pull the Persian power into a conflict, using Israel’s war against Hamas, a group that’s been subsidized by Iran, as a catalyst for it.

In addition to increased Israeli strikes on Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon, earlier this year, the United States struck targets linked to Iran all over the Middle East, including positions held by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard military force.

As National File reported at the time:

American bombers struck targets throughout Iraq and Syria that the Biden Administration says are linked to Iran and its Revolutionary Guard, as well as recent strikes on US forces in the area…

…In a White House statement officially announcing the US strikes, Biden threatened further military action, saying that while “Our response began today[,] It will continue at times and places of our choosing.”

In another statement, this one from Lloyd Austin, the Biden Defense Secretary said that the strikes in Iraq and Syria were only “the start of our response” and that Biden “directed additional actions to hold [Iran’s Revolutionary Guard] and affiliated militia accountable for their attacks on US and coalition forces.”

WAR DRUMS: Biden Launches Strikes on ‘Iran-Backed’ Targets in Iraq, Syria

Preceding the strikes on the Revolutionary Guard, Iran also fell victim to an apparent ISIS attack that many believed to be linked to the CIA and Mossad, given both of those group’s ties to ISIS terror networks around the Middle East, as well as the timing and location of the ISIS strike in Iran, coming at the tomb of fallen Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed in a January 3rd, 2020 drone strike ordered by 45th President Trump.

Read More: Mossad Trends on X After Bombing in Iran Kills and Wounds Hundreds at Soleimani’s Tomb

At the outbreak of Israel’s war with Hamas, political leaders in both Israel and the United States made it abundantly clear that they hoped to engage Iran as part of the conflict, including failed Presidential candidate and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who blamed Iran for the 10/7 Hamas raid on Israel and called it “not just an attack on Israel” but “an attack on America” as well.

“This is not just an attack on Israel, this is an attack on America because they hate us just as much,” Haley told Fox News.

“And what we have to understand is this is the reason that we have to unite around making sure our enemies do not hurt our friends,” she went on, before encouraging war with Iran over the ongoing conflict in Israel and looping the whole situation together to include the war in Ukraine, a conflict that Haley has vehemently supported the escalation of.

“America can never be so arrogant to think that we don’t need friends, just like we needed them on 9/11. That’s why Ukraine needs us when Russia’s doing this, and that’s why Israel needs us when Hamas and Iran are doing this.”

“And I’ll say this to Prime Minister Netanyahu: Finish them. Finish them,” Haley added. “Hamas did this, you know Iran’s behind it. Finish them. They should have hell to pay for what they’ve just done.”

Video: Nikki Haley Calls for War With Iran Over Israeli Conflict

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Expansionist NATO Making ‘Nonsense’ Claims to ‘Trick’ Citizens into War, Putin Says https://nationalfile.com/expansionist-nato-making-nonsense-claims-to-trick-citizens-into-war-putin-says/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 15:39:41 +0000 https://nationalfile.com/?p=68633 Last Updated on March 29, 2024

During an address to military pilots, Russian President Vladimir Putin called claims that Russia is preparing to attack NATO “complete nonsense,” saying that NATO military and government leaders are making such claims to “trick” their citizens into sending more money to Ukraine and backing further escalation of the war there.

In recent weeks, NATO rhetoric describing an expansionist Russia that’s looking to establish a pan-European empire has heated back up, to the point that French President and EU hardliner Emmanuel Macron has floated the idea of deploying thousands of troops to Ukraine to fight the Russians, in what would be a catastrophic escalation by NATO, as far as peace is concerned.

“This is complete nonsense,” Putin said. “The possibility of attacking some other countries, Poland, the Baltic states…the Czechs, [is] just nonsense.”

When NATO governments and media outlets make such claims, Putin explained, it’s just “another way to trick your population” into funding “additional costs” of the war in Ukraine.

NATO governments, Putin said, are making their people “bear this burden on their shoulders.”

Amid the war in Ukraine, which comes after an Obama/Soros-backed color revolution in 2014 that overthrew the nation’s democratically-elected government, NATO has rapidly moved to gobble up more territory and pit the entirety of Europe and North America against the Russians.

Related: Donbas Region Overwhelmingly Votes to Join Russia, International Observers Debunk Pro-War Media Narrative

Including its desire to add Ukraine to the alliance’s membership rolls, NATO has become demonstrably expansionist and is stretching its membership to butt up against Russian borders.

NATO’s membership recently swelled to 32 nations, after Sweden and Finland, the latter of which borders Russia, were added to the alliance that’s propped up by American blood and treasure.

“We didn’t touch anyone,” Putin said, calling out NATO’s expansionism.

“Did we cross the borders of the United States across the ocean? No, they came up to us and came close. What are we doing? We only protect our people in our historical territories,” Putin said.

Related: Moldova Rejects Ukraine’s Offer to Invade Transnistria, Expand War

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