I would guess Russia thinks they're already at war with the  U.S. because we are supplying the Ukraine with most of it's weapons and ammo and making NO secret about it ! Too many loose tongues in Wahington DC ??

Russia issues ominous threat as it warns of invasion of US state: 'Ready to enter war'  Story by Rebecca Robinson • 6 hours ago Daily Express US

A prominent Russian propagandist has become the latest pro-Putin figurehead to express a desire for Alaska to be under Russian control again, raising fears that the country could make a land grab for the US state. 

Presenter of Russia-1 program 60 Minutes and Putin mouthpiece Olga Skabeyeva referred to the US state as "our Alaska" during a broadcast over the weekend.

Fellow presenter and propagandist Adalbi Shkhagoshev commented on a recent Russian and Chinese joint patrol within 200 miles of the Alaskan coast, prompting the response from Skabeyeva.

Russian and Chinese bombers operated together over the north Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea last week, marking the first time the two countries had been intercepted while operating together.

Shkhagoshev, also a deputy of Russia's Parliament, the State Duma, said, "Our aircraft approached the borders of Alaska" before Skabeyeva interjected, calling it "our Alaska."

She added: "Right now the head of the Pentagon is hiccupping nervously somewhere. You said 'our Alaska,' and he just said that if Russian and Chinese planes penetrate the territory that the U.S. considers its own, the U.S. is ready to enter the war."

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Skabeyeva is not the only propagandist who believes Alaska belongs to Russia and will one day be under its control again. This is a commonly held belief among pro-Putin TV personalities.

Some have even suggested that Russia should strike or seize the US state, part of a NATO member, during the ongoing war in Ukraine.

The US State Department was forced to issue a response in January to a Russian decree that gave Putin more control over his country's "property."

The decree directed and funded the administration and foreign ministry in "searching for real estate in the Russian Federation, the former Russian Empire, the former USSR," referring to the "proper registration of rights...and legal protection of this property."

The State Department was quick to shut down any notion of Alaska being recaptured by Russia. The state was sold to the US by RussiA in 1867 via the Alaska Treaty.

State Department principal deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said: "I speak for all of us in the US government to say that, certainly, he is not getting it back."

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