© Sergei Bobylev, Reuters via SputnikFILE: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in Moscow, Russia December 7, 2023. Dmitry Peskov also warned against comparing his use of the word "war" with what the participants in the protests against the special operation meant by it.
Asked to clarify whether his previous statement about the special military operation being turned into a war changed the status of this conflict, the Kremlin spokesman said: "Essentially, the moment the collective West entered [the conflict], it turned into a war for us. This does not imply any legal changes. It is [still] a special military operation de jure."
Comment: 'de jure':
'by right'
De jure is the Latin expression for "by law" or "by right" and is used to describe a practice that exists by right or according to law.
[...] de facto is considered something that acquires validity based on the fact of its existence and tradition.
"But de facto - in fact - it has turned into a war for us as the collective West increasingly and more directly enhances its involvement in the conflict," Peskov added.
He also warned against comparing his use of the word "war" with what the participants in the protests against the special operation meant by it.
"This is an utterly inappropriate comparison, because their context (the opponents' - TASS) is different from mine," Peskov said. "The word 'war' is used in different contexts. This is absolutely so. You just compare what context I have and what context is present in the slogans of the operation's opponents," Peskov added.
At around 9:30am 07 July 2005, I was working upstairs on my computer with the bedroom window wide open. It was a lovely clear sunny day, with virtually no wind.
Then these two enormous black crows were squarking their heads off in panic like a Hitchcock scene - a few feet away from me.
I didn't hear a thing, until I saw them.
The bombs going off in Central London created a Ripple Effect panicking the birds. I tried to phone my wife, because she had gone in to London, but the phones weren't working. I turned on the radio and the TV. Peter Power said they were doing a tabletop "Terror Exercise" - and had to switch to Live. [Link]
Sometime later a bloke from Sheffield - Anthony John Hill, under the pseudonym 'Muad'Dib' created 7/7 Ripple Effect, 57-minute film on the 7/7 bombings critical of the official narrative.
For his efforts, he eventually got himself arrested, and was in Wandsworth Jail for a year, coincidentally at the same time as Julian Assange
The jury found him not guilty and as almost no one had ever heard of him, the judge said he was free to go.
Although around 12 miles away as the crow flies from Central London, we live on a hill, and on a clear day can see see the centre of London clearly
If the Russians decide to Retaliate, according to Nukemap [Link] , our chances of survival are even worse than if we had got jabbed.