Brussels is treating Kiev like a donkey chasing a carrot, Dmitry Peskov has said
The EU announcement that it should begin negotiations with Ukraine on eventual membership is like an old farmer’s trick to manage an unruly beast of burden, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
“We are talking about a carrot that is tied [to a stick] in front of the cart,” President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman told journalist Pavel Zarubin. “These promises are unlikely to be real.”
Peskov was referring to the folk story of a farmer who motivated his donkey by dangling a treat just ahead of the cart that the beast was pulling. The donkey would keep chasing the carrot, but could never catch it – and in some versions of the story, would get beaten with the stick if it stopped. The expression “the carrot and the stick” also comes from this tale.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday that she had.....More Here
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has targeted the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln with four ballistic missiles.
In its seventh statement on Operation True Promise 4, which was launched immediately after the latest Israeli-American aggression against the Islamic Republic on Saturday, the IRGC’s public relations office announced on Sunday that the attack was carried out as part of ongoing operations against American and Israeli enemy targets.
According to the statement, the US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln was targeted by four ballistic missiles successfully.
The IRGC added that the Iranian armed forces have entered a new phase of operations and warned that both land and sea would become a “graveyard for the aggressors.”
Further information about the operation will be released later, the statement said.....more below
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced the largest wave of retaliatory attacks against the Israeli-occupied territories on the second day of the joint US-Israeli war of aggression against the Islamic Republic.
In a brief statement on Sunday, the IRGC said it has launched the seventh and eighth waves of Operation True Promise 4 as it vowed to take revenge for the blood of the martyrs, including IRGC chief commander Major General Mohammad Pakpour.
“With the grace of God, we will avenge the blood of the martyrs and defend the security, national interests and territorial integrity of the country,” the statement read.
The Israeli army radio reported that at least 38 missiles were fired from Iran toward the occupied territories. It described the operation as the largest wave of attacks by Iran.
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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has announced the achievements of the latest waves of its Operation True Promise 4 in retaliation to the Israeli regime's and the US's unprovoked aggression against the Islamic Republic.
In a statement on Sunday, the Corps noted that the "seventh and eighth waves" the reprisal featured successive missile launches and large-scale drone deployments against American and Zionist targets.
They resulted in missile strikes on three US and British oil tankers, the shutdown of key American naval facilities in Kuwait, heavy damage to a US base in Bahrain, and hundreds of American military casualties, it noted.
Oil tankers hit in Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz
According to the statement, three trespassing US and British oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz were struck using missiles, causing them to become "completely" engulfed in fire.
The statement described the strikes as part of continued operations against maritime targets ...
