US officials have said there are fears Russian President Vladimir Putin will resort to a nuclear demonstration, while the Kremlin has insisted it will only use nuclear weapons in accordance with Russia’s nuclear doctrine.
On Saturday, the New York Times quoted US officials as saying that the Russian president may use tactical nuclear weapons, perhaps in a demonstration bombardment over the Black Sea, the Arctic Ocean or inside Ukraine.
But U.S. officials told the newspaper that there was no evidence that Putin was transferring nuclear weapons or preparing for any nuclear tests, adding that the Russian president was considering some kind of additional military mobilization in response. The recent defeats of his forces in Ukraine.
And the paper reported that a senior intelligence official said there was a debate within US intelligence agencies about whether Putin believed such a move (using nuclear weapons) would risk isolating his country from countries – particularly China – that needed it. have. Or if he keeps it.option as backup.
US President Joe Biden – in an interview with the American channel “CBS” – warned against Moscow’s use of nuclear weapons, and Biden added that “Moscow’s use of nuclear weapons in the war with Ukraine, “It will change the face of warfare in a way that hasn’t happened since World War II.”
The New York Times notes that recent U.S. statements indicate a debate within the U.S. military establishment about how to respond to Russia’s demonstration of a nuclear show or test.
Responding to US warnings, the Kremlin said on Saturday that Russia “will use nuclear weapons only in accordance with its nuclear doctrine.” “Humanity is on the verge of entering a nuclear conflict, and Washington is pressuring Europe to go to war with Russia on the territory of Ukraine,” said Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, in the Russian news agency.
Two weeks ago, the American magazine Newsweek published that former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned the United States and its allies, accusing them of trying to use the military conflict in Ukraine to divide Russia and exclude it from the political arena. Butter.
“These are the dirty dreams of Anglo-Saxon perverts who sleep with someone,” the magazine wrote in a report quoting one of the messages of Medvedev – the deputy secretary of the Russian National Security Council – in Telegram after the funeral of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Secret idea of the collapse of our government, and think how to tear us apart and tear us to pieces.
Medvedev added that such efforts are dangerous and should not be underestimated, “These dreamers ignore a simple principle: a strong disintegration of a nuclear power is always like a game of chess with death, when it becomes clear exactly when the game is over.” The end is coming, which is similar to the day of the end of humanity.
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