Hal Turner is reporting that U.S.. NATO, Russia Talks have broken down, His research shows the situation has gone from bad to worse.

Only Hours After US-Russia Preliminary Talks, News Goes From Bad to Worse: Russia Says May Deploy Intermediate Range Nukes in Europe

Russia said late Sunday-into-Monday it may be forced to deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Kaliningrad in response to NATO apparent plans for Russia.  That would put nuclear missiles within just five to ten minutes flight time of almost all European Capitals.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov raised the risk of a new arms build-up on the continent, just hours after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken seemed to deliberately sabotage the scheduled talks by saying on U.S. television, “the US will continue arming Ukraine” with lethal weapons.

Later Sunday night, in an interview with Russia’s RIA news agency, Ryabkov said lack of a diplomatic solution would lead Russia to respond in a military way, with military technology. “It will be a confrontation, this will be the next round,” he said, referring to the potential deployment by Russia.

According to Wikipedia, “An intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) is a ballistic missile with a range of 500–5,500 km (310–3,418 miles), between a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) and an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

So, for instance, if Russia were to deploy such missiles, in Kaliningrad, they would need only fly about

1,169 miles to London

1,135 Miles to Paris

1,925 miles to Madrid

The map below may prove helpful:

EVERY other European Capital city, and ALL the top population centers in EVERY European country, would then be well in-range of this new missile deployment.  No one in Europe would feel safe.

Yet, that is the precise point Russia has been trying to make to NATO and to the West.   NATO activities have Russia feeling unsafe.  Russia wants to address this concern Diplomatically and responsibly.   Instead, the West is resorting to bellicose rhetoric about “Russian aggression” all the while it continues to build new bases, and install new missiles, all around Russia.

Said one Russian Diplomatic Staffer, who asked to remain anonymous, “It’s sort of like a guy who screams “help, police” while he’s the one punching someone else in the face.  They’re screaming “”Russia bad”" while THEY are building new military bases and missile launchers around OUR country!”

Intermediate-range nuclear weapons – those with a range of 500 to 5,500 km (310 to 3,400 miles) – were banned in Europe under a 1987 treaty between then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and U.S. President Ronald Reagan.  But the US withdrew from the Treaty in 2019.

Ryabkov repeated a comparison he made last week between the current tensions and the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, which brought the United States and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war.

Ryabkov said there were “indirect indications” that NATO was moving closer to re-deploying intermediate-range missiles, including its restoration last month of the 56th Artillery Command which operated nuclear-capable Pershing missiles during the Cold War.

The Hal Turner Radio Show covered that development in our November 13 story HERE wherein NATO almost gleefully announced this would put hypersonic nukes within range of Moscow.

Ryabkov said Russia had a “complete lack of trust” in NATO.

“They don’t permit themselves to do anything that could somehow increase our security – they believe they can act as they need, to their advantage, and we simply have to swallow all this and deal with it. This is not going to continue“

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Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has described Sunday’s preliminary talks with the U.S. on security guarantees as “stunning” but also noted that the “conversation was difficult.”

Ryabkov has held a two-hour meeting with his American counterpart, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, in Geneva, ahead of Monday’s larger US-Russia engagement. The talks come amid heightened tensions between Moscow and the West over the situation in Ukraine.

Answering questions from the media on his assessment of the preliminary consultations, Ryabkov said that they were “stunning” and that the “conversation was difficult but business-like” with the participants having “dived into the matter of upcoming affairs.”

“I think we are not going to waste time tomorrow,” he noted, adding that he never loses optimism.

(HT Remark:  I am not certain what “stunning” means in this context. Diplomats don’t use words like that; I’m not sure if that means the meeting was good or if was unimaginably bad.   To me, “Stunning” is the word you might choose when describing a talk with someone too stupid to understand what you are talking about…  or, perhaps, was he stunned by their arrogance . . . or by their capitulation? I don’t know.

I am also not certain if, when Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov said “I think we are not going to waste time tomorrow” if he means he already  sees the effort as a waste of time so they’re not going to bother, or if he sees the effort as NOT being a waste of time.

Lastly, If Ryabkov thinks for one moment the US is serious about ANYTHING it says or “promises” it will do, he doesn’t know or understand history.)

The talks were prompted by escalating tensions between Russia and the West in recent months. Western nations are concerned about Moscow’s alleged plans to invade Ukraine – something the Kremlin has repeatedly denied and blamed on anti-Russian “hysteria.”

The situation prompted Moscow to table a set of security proposals, which included curbs on NATO expansion and security guarantees for Russia. Some of these demands have already been rejected by the US and its allies, as both NATO and Washington have said that the alliance would never promise not to expand.

Wil there be a nuclear war in the days ahead? 

Order out of Chaos and they want you living in fear, prepare for the worst and forget about them.

2 Timothy 1:7 - For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Below is a rundown on the current situation between Russia and the U.S.  Get Prepared..

NYPrepper WW3 ALERT!! RUSSIA & USA NOT EXPECTING DIPLOMATIC BREAKTHOUGHS ON EVE OF TALKS OVER UKRAINE!!

UPDATE: Top US and Russian officials held crucial talks Monday with tensions soaring over Ukraine and security demands from Moscow.

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov opened their meeting at the US mission in Geneva at 8:55 am (0755 GMT).

The two diplomats had already met informally in the Swiss city on Sunday evening, with Ryabkov afterwards telling Russian news agencies the first meeting had been “difficult”.

Russia, US start ‘difficult’ talks on Ukraine • FRANCE 24 English Jan 10, 2022 10:30 CST