War in Ukraine: Russian state TV says conflict ‘has already turned into Third War – The Independent

After the destruction of the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, the Moskva, Russia is in shock. One of the presenters of a state television program said in the middle of the show that the war in Ukraine had turned into a war against NATO. Olga Skabeyeva, a staunch supporter of the head of the Kremlin and clearly in favor of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, insisted on Thursday that Moscow was now at war with NATO. For her, the sinking of the Moskva cruiser in the Black Sea means that Putin’s “special military operation”, launched in February, had reached a new level. Russia reacts with hysteria to the sinking of its cruiser #MoskwaPropagandist Olga Skabeyeva called the “special operation” a world war.
There are calls on TV to bomb #Kyiv and the railway used by world leaders to come to #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/SiLL2j8Ptz — Alexandre Guitakos \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@AlexandreGTKS) April 15, 2022 The majority of the Russian population does not has more access than to the Russian media, most of which are mouthpieces for Kremlin propaganda. Olga Skabeyeva is precisely one of the flagship propagandists of Russian public television, pro Putin. The Russia 1 presenter said that “Russia is now fighting not only against the weapons supplied by NATO, but also against the alliance itself”. He added that Western support for Ukraine amounted to direct conflict with Russia, saying, “the escalation we are seeing can certainly be called World War III.” It is completely safe”. Also read: “Moskva” sunk: the flagship “requalified as a submarine”, when the Ukrainians mock this symbolic loss for Russia Russian officials have refused to acknowledge the claims claims that the ship Moskva had been sunk by Ukrainian cruise missiles, an operation that would be one of the greatest military successes since the start of the invasion, but kyiv’s claims are enough to anger Moscow. The aggressive and bellicose tone of the speakers in this TV program testifies to the change of policy and vision of the Russians vis-à-vis Ukraine and the West.A guest of the program even compared the sinking of the Moskva to an attack on Russian soil. The bombardments suffered last night on the Ukrainian capital, hit by rockets after several days of truce, would in any case reflect the first response of Vladimir Putin who wants revenge for the destruction on of the ship Mosvka. Against an adversary that has virtually no naval strength, Russia not only loses the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, but also a ship named after its capital, the armed wing of missile attacks in the region. A serious blow to the Russian Army which could have serious consequences. Read also: War in Ukraine: kyiv accuses Russia of bombing Mariupol with long-range bombers… the situation live