From: slider@anashram.com   
      
   Russia’s relationship with the US is at its “lowest point historically”,   
   the Kremlin has said, with “no hope” of bilateral relations improving “in   
   the foreseeable future”.   
      
   As western defence ministers gather at Ramstein airbase in Germany to   
   discuss sending further military aid to Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson   
   Dmitry Peskov said supplying additional tanks to Kyiv would not   
   “fundamentally change anything”.   
      
   The west will “regret” its “delusion” that Ukraine could win on the   
   battlefield, he said. Peskov told reporters:   
      
   We have repeatedly said that such supplies will not fundamentally change   
   anything, but will add problems for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.   
      
   Asked whether supplying increasingly advanced weapons to Ukraine meant   
   that the conflict was escalating, the Kremlin spokesperson replied:   
      
   "You are absolutely right, it really is developing in an upward spiral. We   
   see a growing indirect and sometimes direct involvement of Nato countries   
   in this conflict ... We see a devotion to the dramatic delusion that   
   Ukraine can succeed on the battlefield. This is a dramatic delusion of the   
   western community that will more than once be cause for regret, we are   
   sure of that."   
      
   https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/jan/20/russia-ukrain   
   -war-live-zelenskiy-expecting-strong-decisions-as-kyivs-allies-meet-in-germany   
      
   ### - tv news here is currently now all about: "decisive battle" this and   
   "decisive battle" that, about history in the making, and that the world is   
   watching etc etc...   
      
   all of 'em banging the drums of... War!   
      
   it's coming...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)