6 minutes agoPutin denies access to nuclear weapons in Ukraine
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(4 years ago)Russian President Vladimir Putin denied on Thursday that there was any intention to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, but described the conflict there as part of the Western West's alleged efforts to ensure global domination, which he insisted are destined to fail. Speaking at an international expert conference [...]
Speaking at a conference of international foreign policy experts, Putin said it is futile for Russia to strike Ukraine with nuclear weapons.
“ “There is no meaning in this, no political or military”, he said.
Putin said an earlier warning of his willingness to use “all available means to protect Russia” was not a nuclear blow, but was simply a response to Western statements of possible use of nuclear weapons.
He specifically cited former British Prime Minister Liz Trus, who had said long ago that he would be ready to use nuclear weapons if he became Britain's prime minister, a remark he said disturbed the Kremlin.
“What should we think?” said Putin. “We saw this as a coordinated position, an attempt to blackmail us”, he said.
In a long speech full of controversy against the United States and its allies, Putin accused them of trying to dictate their terms to other nations in a dangerous, bloody and dirty “domination game”.
On February 24, Putin ordered the Russian army to begin the invasion of Ukraine. Since then, Ukrainian forces have been fighting Russian forces for the liberation of occupied territories. / REL
