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.
The article links to this tweet here as a source.
I don’t speak Russian, but I’m transcribing the English subtitles:
Interviewer: How long will the war last?
Mordvichev: I think there is 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.
Interviewer: Ukraine is only a stepping stone?
Mordichev: Yes, absolutely. It is only the beginning. I think all kinds of ideologists and instigators of this war will not stop here.
Since he’s a Russian general, I assume that by “instigators and ideologists of this war” he means someone higher up in the US or NATO. Certainly he’s not referring to Putin or the Kremlin. And he’s saying they will not stop here.
It’s not that I think you’ll understand given your ‘assumption’, but as Russia is the aggressor here and it was Russia that invaded Ukraine, your comment doesn’t make any sense.
It does imo. The headline suggests that the general plans to invade europe. But actually in his (fucked up) worldview he frames the west of wanting to invade russia. Would be a completely different story. That Russia IS the aggressor is irrelevant to the generals subjective view, ain’t it?
… I don’t think they have enough Russians for that.
Pshh. This is an advantage to mother Russia. Since there are less Russians they will fight even harder for their motherland. Unlike the wimpy NATO who only fight because they are brainwashed.
/s /russianlogic
Seems like they will choke on this “stepping stone”…
This is kinda known since the war started and Lukashenko presented a map of the ‘special military operation’ with attack paths into all of Ukraine, as well of Moldova. It was never just a few regions of Ukraine as Russia keeps repeating, it was the whole country and more from the beginning.
Any search engine will do for: Lukashenko map attack
