Russia Reins In War Talk as U.S. Strike Looms

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Russia Reins In War Talk as U.S. Strike Looms
Gregory White @whitegl More stories by Gregory White
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April 12, 2018, 4:57 AM CDT

Russians were being fed a steady diet of war preparations earlier this week, with one report on state TV even advising on how long canned goods would last in a bomb shelter.

But a new message began to creep in yesterday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s bellicose tweets about Russia and its Syrian ally, Bashar al-Assad. Don’t worry, said a senior member of parliament, Russian and U.S. military officials are on the phone and won’t let things don't get out of hand.

Officials in Moscow aren’t so quick to repeat a top general’s warning last month that Russia will shoot down missiles that threaten its troops in Syria and attack the ships or planes that fired them.

Read more at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-12/russia-reins-in-war-talk-as-u-s-strike-looms