19 minutes agoThe Kremlin says nuclear weapons will be used if faced with existential threats
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)After failing to invade the capital Kyev or any other major city with a quick offensive, Russia is waging a war of destruction in Ukraine that has caused several urban areas in ruins and caused concern in the West that conflict could escalate, even in a nuclear war. And when asked [...]
And when asked to exclude the use of such weapons by Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov refused to do so, but said Russia's security policy specified that she would use them only if her very existence was threatened.
“If it is a existential threat to our country, then it (the nuclear arsenal) can be used in accordance with our” concept, he told CNN, Klonkosova forwards. tv
Asked whether Putin's hidden threats to use nuclear weapons were intended simply to send a message to the world, he said: “President Putin aims to make the world hear and understand our concerns”
We have been trying to convey our world concerns to Europe, the United States, for decades, but no one would listen to us”, he added.
