In a recent interview with Moscow’s state-run Russia-1, a clip of which circulated widely on social media Saturday, the newly appointed Colonel-General Andrey Mordvichev said that the war “will not stop here [in Ukraine].”

“If we are talking about Eastern Europe, which we will have to, of course then [the war] will be longer,” he added.

  • Tar_alcaran@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    For internal consumption.

    Just keep saying you’re winning massive victories and planning to rename the streets in Amsterdam, and some Russians might be dumb enough to believe it

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      1 year ago

      Hehe, I guess it is the kind of thing that you would not say if it’s true, so that means it’s not true because they said it.

      Or something. It gets confusing fast.

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        Or they say it just so you think that isn’t their plan, while it actually is their plan all along.

        Russian is good at propaganda.