Russian tensions with US over Ukraine could see a repeat of the Cuban missile crisis

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Russian tensions with US over Ukraine could see a repeat of the Cuban missile crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, Moscow warns
By: Jack Newman - Mailonline & Daily Mail.co.uk - 19-09-21
Re: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10292961

* Deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov warned standoff was 'entirely possible'
* Russian troops are building up on the border with Ukraine, sparking concerns
* Joe Biden said the US would take a more direct role in the border tensions

Russia has warned the escalating tensions with the US over Ukraine risked repeating the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.

'You know, it really could come to that,' deputy foreign dinister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying by Interfax.

'If things continue as they are, it is entirely possible by the logic of events to suddenly wake up and see yourself in something similar.'

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Russia has warned the escalating tensions with the US over Ukraine risked repeating the 1962 Cuban missile crisis. Pictured: Russian troops amassing on a camp in Voronezh

He was referring to the 1962 standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.

The comment comes amid concerns in the West over a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine.

Moscow has expressed alarm at Ukraine's closer ties with NATO and also accused Kyiv of a troop buildup.

On Thursday, Germany's new foreign minister warned Russia that it would pay a 'high political and economic price' if it made any militaristic moves against Ukraine.

Annalena Baerbock, speaking in Paris while making her first foreign trip a day after taking office, emphasised the need to coordinate a common European position when dealing with hostile neighbours such as Russia.

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Ukrainian soldiers walk past destroyed buildings on the front line amid fears of a Russian invasion

General Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff, called media reports about Russia allegedly preparing an attack on Ukraine 'a lie' and said that Ukraine was to blame for escalating tensions in its war-torn eastern industrial heartland, known as Donbas, by deploying new weapons there.

Gen. Gerasimov warned Kyiv against using force in the area. 'Any provocations by Ukrainian authorities to settle the Donbas problems with force will be suppressed,' he said at a briefing with foreign military attaches.

Russia and Ukraine have been locked in a bitter tug-of-war since 2014, when Moscow annexed the peninsula of Crimea and threw its weight behind a separatist insurgency in eastern Ukraine. The fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russia-backed rebels has since killed more than 14,000 people.

Tensions have reignited this year amid reports of a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine's border.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits combat positions and meets with servicemen at the frontline

US President Joe Biden said this week the US would take a more direct role in diplomacy to address Putin's concerns over Ukraine and Europe at large, part of a broader effort to dissuade the Russian leader from ordering a destabilising new invasion of Ukraine.

US intelligence officials have determined that Russia has stationed about 70,000 troops near its border with Ukraine and has begun planning for a possible invasion as soon as early next year.

Moscow has denied plans to attack Ukraine and in turn alleged that Kyiv might try to reclaim the areas controlled by the rebels. Ukrainian officials have denied an intention to do so.

President Putin has urged the west to provide guarantees that would preclude Nato from expanding to Ukraine and discussed the tense situation around Ukraine with President Biden on Tuesday.

President Biden, as well as officials in Europe, warned President Putin that Russia could face painful economic consequences if it invaded Ukraine.

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(HISTORY) How the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear armageddon in 1962 - The Cuban missile crisis brought the world as close as it has ever been to nuclear war in October 1962.

After America's failed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro, the Cuban strongman allowed the Soviet Union to deploy nuclear missiles in Cuba - putting the warheads in easy striking distance of most of the US.

If Russia chose, it could launch the missiles at the US before Washington had a chance to retaliate.

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Nikita Khrushchev and John F Kennedy during a historic meeting a year before the Cuban Missile Crisis broke out.

America had already deployed ballistic missiles in Italy and Turkey - putting them within easy striking distance of Moscow.

President John F Kennedy informed Americans during a television broadcast on October 22, 1962, that the Soviets had placed missiles on Cuba and that in retalation, the US would erect a blockade around the island to force Castro and Khrushchev to remove to missiles.

He announced America would be willing to use military force if necessary to deter what was seen as a threat to national security - and the world waited with baited breathe.

On October 24, 1962, another key moment came when Soviet ships heading for Cuba neared the line of U.S. vessels enforcing the blockade. An attempt to breach the blockade would most likely have resulted in a military stand-off, but Soviet ships backed down.

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A U.S. invasion forces readied itself for an invasion of Cuba but were eventually stood down. Kennedy (pictured) showed restraint by not attacking the Soviets or Cubans

A flashpoint which could have triggered all-out war was when an American reconnaissance plane was shot down on October 27, 1962.

A U.S. invasion forces readied itself for an invasion of Cuba but were eventually stood down. The 35-year-old pilot of the downed plane, Major Rudolf Anderson, is considered the sole U.S. combat casualty of the Cuban missile crisis.

Throughout the tense stand-off, Khrushchev and Kennedy were in contact to try to avoid any military escalation between the two superpowers. On October 26, 1962, Khrushchev sent a message to Kennedy in which he offered to remove the Cuban missiles in exchange for a promise by U.S. leaders not to invade Cuba.

The following day, Khrushchev sent a letter proposing that the USSR would dismantle its missiles in Cuba if the Americans removed their missile installations in Turkey.

Secret negotiations between Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and JFK and between his brother Robert Kennedy, the Attorney General, and Soviet ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin led to a deal. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said after the incident it would be the 'last Saturday he would ever see' as tensions continued to escalate.

The Soviets agreed to withdraw their missiles in return for America pledging not to invade Cuba. The US also secretly promised to remove obsolete missiles from Turkey. Both sides claimed victory as a way of putting a positive PR spin on the crisis.

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Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro enjoys a steak dinner while holding an impromptu press conference at the Theresa Hotel in Harlem during his visit to New York on September 23, 1960.
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Personal note: If Putin thinks we are going to blink - he's pressing the wrong buttons.
Saving face is one thing - saving his people from a nuclear war is another. This type of
crap being exercised - can only lead to his demise and his country as well. There are no
winners in a nuclear war. As Japan who regrettably pushed the wrong buttons which
resulted in a terrible human consequence - of which we never want to see again.
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All these nukes all around the globe can only due one of two things: Kill a multitude
of people and radiate the world so no one can live on it or grow food on it. And you
guys call yourselves heroes - you are mad men - with only one outlook to destroy
humanity and the only world we have to live on.
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THINK REAL HARD ABOUT YOUR INTENTIONS AND/OR CONSIDERATIONS!