Ukraine "is only the beginning," Colonel-General Andrey Mordvichev warned in a recent interview.

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.

  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    50·
    1 year ago

    Even assuming it’s true (for the sake of argument) why would you say such a thing?

    Especially if it’s true.

    • Tar_alcaran@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      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

      • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        8·
        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.

        • Honytawk@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          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.

    • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      To get the country behind the idea of fighting a long hard war. That is needed right now fighting Ukraine and much more of it is needed, if they would fight the EU.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Because things have gone south so hard, that self-sabotage might be the easier way out, by now.