Thread by @generalsvr_en

Dear subscribers and guests of the channel! #Russian President Vladimir #Putin, in his own manner, "formalized" the rejection of the peace offer he received. On November 11, we reported...
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that it would be precisely the next massive missile attack on #Ukraine's energy infrastructure that would mean #Putin's rejection of proposals to move to a peaceful settlement of the war in Ukraine on terms that the #Kremlin considered unacceptable.

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#Putin also rejected an ultimatum that was put forward in parallel with the "peace offer." Now, the most influential Western "partners" will insist on the immediate transfer of #Crimea to #Ukraine with no delays and no compromises.
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On Monday, #Putin, holding a meeting via video call with the leadership of the security and military blocs, spoke unambiguously in the direction of escalation. Moreover, he stated:
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"The operation is limited to the territory of #Ukraine, and this is the problem. Everything stagnates and stinks there. It is necessary to expand the scope." Then #Putin uttered a phrase that surprised all the participants of the meeting:
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"It's time to shake #NATO! It's time to shake NATO!" The President expressed his thoughts, supporting this idea with arguments and suggested using "blanks", meaning a number of operations that were developed and prepared for implementation, but postponed indefinitely.
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According to #Putin, two weeks ago, he personally instructed the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the #RussianArmy, the head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian army (GRU), Igor Kostyukov, to start...
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implementing several of those operations on the territory of third countries. #Putin said that he thought "the allies should be shaken first", pointing to #Turkey and #Hungary and "smoothly move to #Poland, #Estonia, #Lithuania, and #Latvia."
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The President noted the confidence in the absence of a military response from #NATO and considered such tactics effective, at least to reduce the supply of weapons to #Ukraine. #Putin summed it up with the words:
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"Without this, we cannot survive. We must raise the stakes, demonstrating a willingness to go all the way until they give up." This caused surprise, and several meeting participants expressed their dissatisfaction with the fact that they had not been aware of these plans.
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So, already at the end of the discussion, while remaining online, the Secretary of the Russian Security Council, #Patrushev, directly reproached the President for the fact that there had been no secrets of this kind from him before. #Putin replied, "Times are changing."
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#Putin raises the stakes to the limit without having a single winning combination in his hands, but one bluff will not get him far and sooner rather than later, he will lose everything.
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